Tatum O'Neil busted for crack

[Taxmyth]

Ouch

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/tatum.oneil.drugs.2.738165.html

[Auggie]

1. Weird...

Doing research?

[MilesColtrane]

3. If only...

She's had a long, sad history of addiction. Mostly to heroin.

[Window]

4. That is so sad. I was hoping she could stay clean this last time.

[Lerkfish]

2. Doing crack on Clinton Street?

I'll restrain myself

(too....many.....JOKES!)

[Patsy Stone]

5. Poor thing.

Well on her way to a reality show.

[noonwitch]

6. Having Ryan O'Neal for a father must have really sucked

And Farrah, who never appears sober on talk shows, as a stepmother.

I feel badly for her-she was so cute in movies like "Paper Moon" and "Bad News Bears". Or, the one all the girls my age found a way to see, "Little Darlings".

She was on Oprah a couple of years ago-she was just out of rehab, and Oprah asked her if she really felt she was ready to be on the show. She really wasn't, she was shaky and obviously not at a point in her recovery where she was ready for the interview.

At that time, she said that John (McEnroe) had custody of their kids, so that's probably a good thing at this point.

[Javaman]

7. I really wish her well.

She had a hard childhood. An abusive dad and an alcoholic mom (Farrah). And instant fame as a kid. Is it any wonder why she turned to drugs?

[Ghost in the Machine]

8. Crack isn't just a "poor man's drug"...

I remember the wife of a well known republican politician in South Florida who used to drive her big white shiny mercedes benz down to Florida City twice a week to buy anywhere between $100 - $500 worth of crack from us. She loved to sit there and get high, then, as another stab in the back to her husband, start stripping and inviting us to gangbang her.... because he just hated us "dirty biker scum"...

Crack is a very powerful, seductive and addicting bitch. I feel for anyone caught in her grip. I speak from experience... I had a $1000/day habit when I was finally able to shake loose and get clean...

I hope Tatum finds the inner strength to get clean and beat this monster...

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Ghost, I commend you

I never had a problem with it myself, but my ex did (or maybe still does, although I hear second-hand through my daughter that he's staying away from the "bad stuff" these days). It's such a destructive drug, and extremely difficult to quit, even when you know you must.

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. Thank you, Blue...

There was a time when I thought the *only* way I was gonna be able to quit was by dying. I had tried a few times, but got sucked back into it quickly. I finally figured out that I had to change my friends and my surroundings. The turning point was finding out I was gonna be a daddy... I quit that day, cold turkey, and never looked backed... I've been clean for 16 years now.

:hi:

[noonwitch]

11. Do you volunteer or sponsor people who are in recovery?

If you don't, you should think about it. It's empowering for someone in treatment to see someone who has been clean for 16 years.

[Ghost in the Machine]

13. I helped a few people I knew get out of the lifestyle & atmosphere

... but having never been in "treatment" myself, I have very unorthodox ways of helping others. I don't ascribe to any "____ Step Programs", nor to any "higher power". I had to *shame* myself into quitting, and that's what I do with others... in a passive-aggressive manner. "Don't you love your kids, John? Yeah? Well, you *could* have spent that $100 on bicycles for them, or food for the week, or keeping your electric on...."

I don't think they'd let me anywhere *near* a treatment center with the message I have to send, though my message is about inner strength and self empowerment. 99% of the treatment programs are about giving some deity power over you, and drawing your strength from that deity. "The Devil made you do it, but GAWD can pull you through it!" :puke:

[LSK]

12. I don't know who that is

[BlueIris]

14. Goddamn it. "A Paper Life" changed mine (for the better).

I've never struggled with addiction, but I have had to work hard to come to terms with self-worth issues and other emotional stresses. Tatum O'Neil's autobiography and her frank discussion of her own problems actually helped me gain more insight into my own self-examination process.

I really, really hope Tatum continues to get the help she needs.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Raised by Mr and Mrs Pure-ego

And tossed away by an industry that granted its highest honer to her prior to adulthood. Forgotten. Joked about. Instead of wondering about Tatum, think about the society and culture that would and could treat people in such a way. "Hi, you are 12 and the best in the Industry. We will now give you a standing ovation, and procede to never hire you again. Thanks for your service!"
It is not a way to treat people at all. When they are children, it is disgusting. While you watch the Kite Runner and drool over the art and insight, think about the fact that those two starrting boys were paid about $900 a week, taken to a distant foriegn location, treated kindly, and returned to the street where they came from, a place they were likely to be persecuted for taking part in the film. Only public furor made the producers see to the saftey of the families upon release of the film. The producers said the $900 a week was a fortune to Afghanis. Bear in mind that film people fly first class, and take note that each round trip ticket to the location in China-yes, China- from the US base of production would have cost more than they paid to the star of the film, who will live his whole life defined by that film. The price of plane fare. Remember as well that the writer became wealthy from the book and then the film, and famous, and accalimed. The director and all of the producers would have been paid six figure salaries, followed by massive residuals for years on end. The boys, being Afghani and shot in China, were not covered by any Union agreement, and the company did not see fit to extend such payments to the stars of the film. The producers and director and writer will see residual income from this film that is higher than the boy's entire payment even 20 years from now, each year. Dakota Fannig get like $7 million a pic. $900 a week.Cut, print that's a wrap, transportation, get the kids to the airport, and someone bring me a Pimm's.

[Mz Pip]

16. Fortunately for her

the charge against her is a misdemeanor so even though she could face up to a year in jail, it is highly unlikely that she will have to do time. She's more than likely be given the opportunity to go into treatment.