It was very hard for me to read this blog by Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes without thinking, okay, you’re a drug addict, and you’re also illiterate! Okay, he isn’t really, just a little…wordy.� But, if you can get through it, more power to ya. He’s a talented guy, hopefully he’ll be able to ditch the drugs for good without ditching the talent!� Get well, Travis!

From his official blog:

Baby I�m a blur�� So i�ve had a little time on my hands lately. Recovering from a relatively new procedure that cleans your opiate receptors and basically gives you a new beginning. I feel like a layer of shit as been peeled off of my brain. I�m sure alot of you who really pay attention to our music know that i�ve been addicted to pharmaceuticals since I was 15 years old. This is my second stint in a detox program, the first was right before we signed to FBR and it really didn�t help much. Meeting after meeting i still had a thirst, a death wish. Fuck it, it is what it is. You�re probably asking yourself why is he spilling his guts on the inter-web?? Well the truth of the matter is, I felt an enormous amount of guilt for glorifying drug use in our music, I never talked about getting fucked up in song to sound cool or to gain points. It WAS my life, day in day out, its how I coped with everything. The death of my cousin(R.I.P Isaiah) this past year did it for me, I dove in face first and began killing myself slowly. Then people started dropping like flies all around me, friends, Heath, Pimp C, etc., etc. Still, I was selfish and thought I was invincible, as we all do. I realized something, I gave myself an expiration date, a self fullfilled destiny I was certain to make true. For some retarded reason I never thought i�d make it past 27. Well, it�s nearing and I�m still here, and I have no plans to leave anytime soon. There are only a few people I hold dearly that know I even went through with this, of course the world knows now, but to all my friends, family, management, fans I love you all immensely and to anyone else struggling with this shit, it is conquerable, you can beat it. All kinds of things were pulling at me before I boarded the plane for the hospital. Will I still be cool drug free? Will I lose my edge? Will my writing suffer? Will my friends think I�m lame? Will I still be a fun guy or a vegetable? Guess what?!?! I feel like Wolverine out this motherfucker,uh, whatever that means. I�m a little weak and achy but every hour that passes I feel more and more like me. The me i havn�t seen in 10 years. There is no instruction manual to this lifestyle, the road, the cameras, the press(good or bad), the expectations, the pressure, it�s enough to make an ox buckle at the knees mid-charge. I�ve always rolled with the punches, I�m throwing them now. If it means anything , any of this, just don�t be selfish, live for yourself but know your life is directly connected and important to anyone who loves or cares for you, I can count with 2 hands how many friends i�ve lost to drugs, I don�t want to start using toes.

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De Jesus H. Christ that felt good. There you have it, that what�s been eating Gilbert Grape. For more information on The Waisman Method check out this website http://waismannmethod.com . I�m not seeking sympathy just empathy. It was really hard for me to type all of this but if it helps a couple of you out with some problems, I�m stoked. I�m not the preachy holier than thou type of dude so don�t expect any anti drug rants at our shows or me putting x�s on my hands(no disrespect to my SxE compadres)YOU DO YOU, Im�a DO ME. �THE QUILT� is coming!! RUN FOR COMFORT!!!!! Until then here�s another �QUILTEASER��btw Click That pitiful picture of me above for a little treat, something you�ve been waiting for for a while�enjoy!! JJ and Dan You�re GENIUSES, KNOW THAT!!

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