you know, drug addicts dont have to fit whatever stereotype you (and most people) have in their heads. there are MANY “very in control” addicts. it’s possible he had chronic pain and developed an addiction to pain killers. if you have a steady supply of opiates (which a celeb would bc of their access to the right DRs)…

I’m not ready to trust TMZ, but there were rumors Prince had a hip replacement a few years back. Lots of people get hooked on painkillers after major surgery. And it definitely fits better with the fact he was touring up to last week than that AIDS rumor does.

Jehovah’s Witnesses do not refuse standard medical care. The only procedures they refuse are blood transfusions. I was raised as one.