Scott Weiland’s Ex-Wife Shared Different Take on His Death

Posted by azdrugrehabctr on December 14, 2015 under Addiction Trends, AZ Drug Rehab News | Comments are off for this article

When it was announced recently that Scott Weiland had passed away from a heart attack, the world began to mourn a lost artist. People flocked to social media to sing their praises for the man who had been an integral founding member and lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots. While his wife reassured the public that Weiland’s death was not caused by drugs, his ex-wife poignantly explains that drugs had everything to do with the star’s early passing. Mary Forsberg Weiland and the two children that she shared with Scott sat down to write an open letter about the dangers of addiction and how it very much destroyed their family.

The letter begins by explaining that Weiland’s struggles with addiction had changed him to the point where he was no longer a father, friend or even a star. Mary describes Scott’s life as an addict as only someone who was intimately involved can do. She points out that while the public has just learned about the death, she and her children basically had to say goodbye to Scott a long time ago. The picture of a rock star is quickly erased and replaced by a person who let paranoia, drugs and bad decisions take over his life. It is not the singer that the reader feels for, but instead his children. This is one of the many heart wrenching effects of addiction – the toll it takes on the family – one that echoes throughout the country.

Noah and Lucy are Scott and Mary’s two teenage children. They watched as their father faded out of their lives and chose drugs and people who negatively influenced him over them. While they did not expect their father to ever completely change, they always hoped that he would try a bit harder to be a part of their lives. Now that he has passed, so too has their hope for a father who is present.

Children of addicts are often the ones who suffer the most when a parent struggles with such a disorder. They are made watch over and over again how drugs can ruin lives. Mary explains that she wrote the letter to hopefully illustrate how focusing on the children and the countless times they are overlooked is much more important than mourning a lost star.