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> <channel><title>Comments on: Memorial Day For Hollywood Overdose</title> <atom:link href="http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/</link> <description>Art Harris' the Bald Truth is a popular news blog with attitude that counts well over a million page views its first year, and draws on three decades covering celebrity, politics, war, true crime, pop culture and Hollywood.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:29:11 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>By: isabel martinez</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-46899</link> <dc:creator>isabel martinez</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-46899</guid> <description>Hi im Isabel from los angeles, ca. i fell the pain in every ones letters i aiso had a brother jo jo who was a addicit . it is sad, to loose a love one to a diease that we didnt know they had . i hope everyone that read yourblog finds the help we all need to get our life back on track like i did .  I thank the people in my life who care enought for me ,to seek help. Yes! WE CAN HAVE FUN WITH OUT DRUGS AND DRINKING... GOD. BLESS EVERYONE AT THE Sober night in Hollywood Honoring &quot;brent shapiro&quot; tRULY iSABEL...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi im Isabel from los angeles, ca. i fell the pain in every ones letters i aiso had a brother jo jo who was a addicit . it is sad, to loose a love one to a diease that we didnt know they had . i hope everyone that read yourblog finds the help we all need to get our life back on track like i did .  I thank the people in my life who care enought for me ,to seek help. Yes! WE CAN HAVE FUN WITH OUT DRUGS AND DRINKING&#8230; GOD. BLESS EVERYONE AT THE Sober night in Hollywood Honoring &#8220;brent shapiro&#8221; tRULY iSABEL&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: freida</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-29017</link> <dc:creator>freida</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:55:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-29017</guid> <description>It&#039;s greater than addiction it&#039;s loss of faith in one&#039;s self that they make no difference and are no good, and that their life is not worth living because nobody cares.But Obama is gonna change &quot;All That&#039; right? ...amd make this world a better place...Bah Humbug...And Al Gore demonstrated, what was that a &#039;football strategy&#039; a defensive line?Meanwhile, guess he&#039;s still guzzling fuel with his jets and mansions, just like the rest of those Democrats.Not to mention Repulicans, too!!!But really what has Al done?Reminds me of OJ&#039;s side-kick.That&#039;s pretty awful, isn&#039;t it?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s greater than addiction it&#8217;s loss of faith in one&#8217;s self that they make no difference and are no good, and that their life is not worth living because nobody cares.</p><p>But Obama is gonna change &#8220;All That&#8217; right? &#8230;amd make this world a better place&#8230;</p><p>Bah Humbug&#8230;</p><p>And Al Gore demonstrated, what was that a &#8216;football strategy&#8217; a defensive line?</p><p>Meanwhile, guess he&#8217;s still guzzling fuel with his jets and mansions, just like the rest of those Democrats.</p><p>Not to mention Repulicans, too!!!</p><p>But really what has Al done?</p><p>Reminds me of OJ&#8217;s side-kick.</p><p>That&#8217;s pretty awful, isn&#8217;t it?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vicki Coggins</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-28425</link> <dc:creator>Vicki Coggins</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:06:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-28425</guid> <description>Thank you, Art, for covering the 2008 Sober Night in Hollywood honoring Brent Shapiro.  It was written beautifully and touched me in many ways.  I&#039;m sure you remember me as John Coggins&#039; mother - John was very close to your son and I am still heartbroken and continue to grieve deeply over John&#039;s death from a drug overdose on October 24, 2005 - at age 17 1/2.   John took ONE pill (100 mg morphine stolen from a relative&#039;s prescription pill bottle) the night he died - he had not been drinking, he had no other drugs in his system and he&#039;d been sober for five months.  I live in Los Angeles now because I wanted to leave Georgia and the painful memories behind - at least for a while - in my search for recovery and healing from losing John.   The Foundation the Shapiros have created for their son is so inspirational and gives me much hope that one day I can also stand and tell John&#039;s story, and bring others to greater awareness of the devastation and destruction of addiction.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Art, for covering the 2008 Sober Night in Hollywood honoring Brent Shapiro.  It was written beautifully and touched me in many ways.  I&#8217;m sure you remember me as John Coggins&#8217; mother &#8211; John was very close to your son and I am still heartbroken and continue to grieve deeply over John&#8217;s death from a drug overdose on October 24, 2005 &#8211; at age 17 1/2.   John took ONE pill (100 mg morphine stolen from a relative&#8217;s prescription pill bottle) the night he died &#8211; he had not been drinking, he had no other drugs in his system and he&#8217;d been sober for five months.  I live in Los Angeles now because I wanted to leave Georgia and the painful memories behind &#8211; at least for a while &#8211; in my search for recovery and healing from losing John.   The Foundation the Shapiros have created for their son is so inspirational and gives me much hope that one day I can also stand and tell John&#8217;s story, and bring others to greater awareness of the devastation and destruction of addiction.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ms. Tracy Green</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-28396</link> <dc:creator>Ms. Tracy Green</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:36:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-28396</guid> <description>Greetings:This evening was a magical event, and in reflection of a life torn apart by an unforeseeable addiction. The love generated at this event I will never forget. The table I was seated at included one of Brent&#039;s closest frineds and many of the Shapario&#039;s longtime friends of 20 years or more. Iwas blessed to atend this event and lsiten to Bob and Linel speak of their love for their son and Grant, his brother spoke lovingly abut his brother. I was moved and touched like I have never been moved and touched before. I cried when I walked across the red carpet and saw in the foyer large photogrpahs in rememberence of Brent Shapiro. Brent was larger than life, a full life taken much too soon. Bob and Linell&#039;s cartoon and speech of their fondest of memories of Brent moved me to tears, and when I think about their speech, and I often do, I still cry. We ALL will never forget him, his life and his love of his family and life. When Linell stated &quot;I loved him every day of his life for he was my son!&quot; Rings true for all of us who have lost someone to them affliction.Love and Affection, Mz. Tracy Green, Beverly Hills, CA</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greetings:</p><p>This evening was a magical event, and in reflection of a life torn apart by an unforeseeable addiction. The love generated at this event I will never forget. The table I was seated at included one of Brent&#8217;s closest frineds and many of the Shapario&#8217;s longtime friends of 20 years or more. Iwas blessed to atend this event and lsiten to Bob and Linel speak of their love for their son and Grant, his brother spoke lovingly abut his brother. I was moved and touched like I have never been moved and touched before. I cried when I walked across the red carpet and saw in the foyer large photogrpahs in rememberence of Brent Shapiro. Brent was larger than life, a full life taken much too soon. Bob and Linell&#8217;s cartoon and speech of their fondest of memories of Brent moved me to tears, and when I think about their speech, and I often do, I still cry. We ALL will never forget him, his life and his love of his family and life. When Linell stated &#8220;I loved him every day of his life for he was my son!&#8221; Rings true for all of us who have lost someone to them affliction.</p><p>Love and Affection, Mz. Tracy Green, Beverly Hills, CA</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: freida</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-28183</link> <dc:creator>freida</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:09:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-28183</guid> <description>Dear Art,
What does Shapiro have to do with the military?
Call me naive, but really I just haven&#039;t read enough.It was sad to hear about Russert today, even though I know he&#039;s in a better place.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Art,<br
/> What does Shapiro have to do with the military?<br
/> Call me naive, but really I just haven&#8217;t read enough.</p><p>It was sad to hear about Russert today, even though I know he&#8217;s in a better place.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sarafina</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-27986</link> <dc:creator>Sarafina</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:49:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-27986</guid> <description>Thanks Joni.I thought what happened to his friend would make him think, but no, they go on partying.  He is a good kid, though, and I just hope the experimenting will soon loose its appeal.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Joni.</p><p>I thought what happened to his friend would make him think, but no, they go on partying.  He is a good kid, though, and I just hope the experimenting will soon loose its appeal.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Joni</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-27970</link> <dc:creator>Joni</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:00:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-27970</guid> <description>Joy, that is so horrible what happened to your niece, her friend, and those two little children. It just makes me so furious when people get behind the wheel of a car after they&#039;ve been drinking. That is just something I can&#039;t abide by. I&#039;ve never been tempted to smoke or drink and drugs were never around my neck of the woods back then, but I know I would never have been tempted to do drugs either. At a young age, I was so scared of anyone who drank too much and I don&#039;t know if that helped in some way or not. I&#039;m still scared of people who are out of control of themselves because you never know what they may do.I&#039;ve never been around anyone who was on drugs and hope never to be around anyone who is on them. I&#039;m sure that would scare me. I&#039;ve heard other people who have had so much trouble with their kids from drugs and alcohol and I feel so lucky not to have had to go through that with mine. So very lucky.Joy, I will pray for your son and his friends.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joy, that is so horrible what happened to your niece, her friend, and those two little children. It just makes me so furious when people get behind the wheel of a car after they&#8217;ve been drinking. That is just something I can&#8217;t abide by. I&#8217;ve never been tempted to smoke or drink and drugs were never around my neck of the woods back then, but I know I would never have been tempted to do drugs either. At a young age, I was so scared of anyone who drank too much and I don&#8217;t know if that helped in some way or not. I&#8217;m still scared of people who are out of control of themselves because you never know what they may do.</p><p>I&#8217;ve never been around anyone who was on drugs and hope never to be around anyone who is on them. I&#8217;m sure that would scare me. I&#8217;ve heard other people who have had so much trouble with their kids from drugs and alcohol and I feel so lucky not to have had to go through that with mine. So very lucky.</p><p>Joy, I will pray for your son and his friends.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: freida</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-27956</link> <dc:creator>freida</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 02:09:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-27956</guid> <description>They lost their son shortly after that &#039;trial&#039; didn&#039;t they?Did their son not understand?This is bold, but I was thinking about how hard it must be to be an attorney.Guess, it has more to do with sacrifice and forgiveness, and ethics than a lot of us are comfortable with.I personally don&#039;t think a career is worth it, but maybe something else is. Maybe there&#039;s some special integrity, or strength, or guts, or more.I know they must miss their son, and I know like most parents they must feel some guilt.Hope is a good thing, I hope OJ was not protected and guilty.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They lost their son shortly after that &#8216;trial&#8217; didn&#8217;t they?</p><p>Did their son not understand?</p><p>This is bold, but I was thinking about how hard it must be to be an attorney.</p><p>Guess, it has more to do with sacrifice and forgiveness, and ethics than a lot of us are comfortable with.</p><p>I personally don&#8217;t think a career is worth it, but maybe something else is. Maybe there&#8217;s some special integrity, or strength, or guts, or more.</p><p>I know they must miss their son, and I know like most parents they must feel some guilt.</p><p>Hope is a good thing, I hope OJ was not protected and guilty.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Joni</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-27954</link> <dc:creator>Joni</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:21:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-27954</guid> <description>Thanks Isabel. At the time, I didn&#039;t really care which  he chose, I just knew it was going to be one or the other, he wasn&#039;t going to have us both, lol. I was one of those people who thought I could change his habits, and I guess I did in the end. That was the only way to do it. It worked!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Isabel. At the time, I didn&#8217;t really care which  he chose, I just knew it was going to be one or the other, he wasn&#8217;t going to have us both, lol. I was one of those people who thought I could change his habits, and I guess I did in the end. That was the only way to do it. It worked!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sarafina (Joy)</title><link>http://www.artharris.com/2008/05/26/memorial-day-for-hollywood-overdose/comment-page-1/#comment-27950</link> <dc:creator>Sarafina (Joy)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:52:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artharris.com/?p=978#comment-27950</guid> <description>FreidaI agree with you, peer pressure is a powerful thing!!I see what it is doing to my son and his friends, and pray to God they will wisen up soon enough.I had my days of experimenting and it was good and it was wild and by the grace of God I am still alive.But not everyone is that lucky.  My son&#039;s friend (over in Africa) ran over and killed 2 little children a month ago, he was driving under the influence of alcohol.My 16 year old niece and her friend was ran over and killed by an 18-year old drunk driver few years ago.I think of the young American girl in Italy that apparently killed her roommate last year after a day of heavy smoking, not sure if it was marijuana.ONe thing I have seen is that even if people have ALL THE INFORMATION, it does not always change behaviour.With all the information on the dangers of  cigarette smoking, I am still amazed that everybody around me is still smoking like their lives depend on it.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freida</p><p>I agree with you, peer pressure is a powerful thing!!</p><p>I see what it is doing to my son and his friends, and pray to God they will wisen up soon enough.</p><p>I had my days of experimenting and it was good and it was wild and by the grace of God I am still alive.</p><p>But not everyone is that lucky.  My son&#8217;s friend (over in Africa) ran over and killed 2 little children a month ago, he was driving under the influence of alcohol.</p><p>My 16 year old niece and her friend was ran over and killed by an 18-year old drunk driver few years ago.</p><p>I think of the young American girl in Italy that apparently killed her roommate last year after a day of heavy smoking, not sure if it was marijuana.</p><p>ONe thing I have seen is that even if people have ALL THE INFORMATION, it does not always change behaviour.</p><p>With all the information on the dangers of  cigarette smoking, I am still amazed that everybody around me is still smoking like their lives depend on it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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