Singer bj thomas biography drug abuse

Pop singer B. After that triumphant run, Thomas crossed over into Christian music. From , he won gospel Grammys five consecutive years.

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He immediately quit drugs and found an avenue for expressing his faith in gospel music. In an interview with Geraldo Rivera in see below , Thomas discussed his addiction to pharmaceutical drugs: "At that time in my career I had become so involved in the drug thing it seemed like it was really another person that was doing all this stuff. It was right after I had 'Hooked on a Feeling.

So, I'd take one and it would make me feel great. I took them, but not really knowing what they were going to end up doing to me until really it was too late. Thomas' drug intake was astronomical. I took the 40 until I got where I wanted to be. Of course if you take 40 and you start coming down, then you've got to take 80 to get back up to where you were.

There had been times when I took sleeping pills on Monday and didn't wake up until Friday. I was so wrung out. Thomas: "Around and '70, drugs were fairly inexpensive. They were easy to get. I would buy 10, pills at one time so I could feel secure.