Peaches Geldof died due to heroin overdoseMOD NOTE: NO JOKES

thebaz · 01-05-2014 01:59AM

hopefully now, she can Rest in Peace , after the inevitable media frenzy - and her father who has done such good for the world, and little wrong , is allowed live . Is drug use such a heinous crime ? , obviously in the Daily Mail view of the world it is - there is a lot of compassion here for people with depression, and sadly many people with depression succumb to addiction to all sort of substances including our legal drug alcohol.
R.I.P.

mikom · 01-05-2014 02:00AM

What was that again about "Attachment parenting"?

shamrock55 · 01-05-2014 02:01AM

Its no wonder the husband was checking up on her when he was away, she was more then likely loaded the whole time, plus he needs to be investigated for leaving his kids in her care fully knowing she was a fcuking drug addict, give the kids to bob

RayM · 01-05-2014 02:04AM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Last I checked this was posted in After Hours, if you don't want jokes or banter post it in the Celebrates forum, apologies for any offence caused by my post earlier but it is after hours so humour is expected here, low brow as it may be in my case.

It's kind of difficult to find humour in the death of a 25-year-old mother of two. I mean actual humour, as opposed to the utterly tiresome "oh, look at me, I'm so cool, empathy is for pussies" sort of nonsense that dumb and immature people usually resort to in cases like this.

131spanner · 01-05-2014 02:05AM

Since the news broke I figured it was a drug overdose. Feel for the family left behind.

Nerdlingr · 01-05-2014 02:10AM

She didnt look well in fairness to her. Not a surprising outcome if it's true.

Y2KBOS86 · 01-05-2014 02:14AM

Candie wrote: »

You're so hard. Calling a dead 25 year old a stupid bi*ch. If only everyone was as cool as you.

The truth sometimes hurts.

She died from a heroin overdose with no thoughts for her children as she was sticking the needle in.

Perhaps the kids are better off without her. Sad, but true.

Anyway

Drug addicts having children who turn out to be drug addicts. Why is no one surprised?

Saint Bob

shamrock55 · 01-05-2014 02:16AM

People like me who have no empathy for her, have none not because we think its a cool or contraversial thing to say but simply because of the fact this person didnt give 2 ****s about the only thing she should have given a **** about which was her kids, yes drug addiction is terrible and can happen to anyone at anytime, but it can be beaten, you do anything for your kids, the thought of her young baby lying next to its mothers drug riddled corpse makes me wanna puke, and thats why ive no sympathy for peaches geldof

meoklmrk91 · 01-05-2014 02:16AM

What a horribly tragic situation, literally history repeated itself, she seemed really devoted to her children and I thought she was a decent person. I just think its a real pity someone didn't step in and stop this, quite frankly somebody with an out if control addiction has no business caring for children and they shouldn't have been left with her, I highly doubt that someone in her life didn't know what was going on.

Addiction to any drug be it alcohol, coke, heroin whatever is seriously damaging, but it far more damaging to people around the addict, as in this case her family, her husband and the two young children she left behind.

I simply cannot fathom why anyone would ever try heroin, not because it is less acceptable than other drugs but because it seems to be the final stop, former heroin addicts are few and far between, it never ends well. For some reason people always think that they will never get addicted, that happens to other people, nobody is immune to addiction, we all have our moments of weakness and given the right set of circumstances I suppose anyone is capable of anything.

Naydy · 01-05-2014 02:22AM

I'm not shocked at this tbh, I always thought it was the most likely reason.

What has surprised me is the complete 180 some people have done in their opinion of her death. One example is a girl on my facebook who only a few weeks ago was singing Peaches Geldof's praises as if she knew her personally, how she was such a good mother and such a horrible waste of a lovely young woman's life. Jumped down the throats of anyone who dared suggest it was drugs and who were we to judge, anyone who said that was a heartless compassionless monster.
Tonight she has a status up calling her a disgusting piece of sh*t excuse for a mother, what she's done is unforgivable etc etc.

So much for compassion

--LOS-- · 01-05-2014 02:41AM

Amazingfun wrote: »

Some people here need to take a big chill pill, acting like she was your best friend or something.

Not everyone has to see addicts in a sympathetic light, and they are not "evil" because they don't either.

I really hope you never have anyone close to you suffer with addiction.

TireeTerror wrote: »

Maybe we just do not care?

Do not get depressed, otherwise yours will be just another life wasted in the same way.

I think with society and social care, the natural selection process which would have eliminated such weak examples of our species has been destroyed. Now we are surrounded by feeble specimens requiring help and assistance at every turn.

Perhaps we should be saying "good riddance" rather than RIP, it could be seen as a cleansing of the human race. Perhaps in the future, when the earths resources are stretched to breaking point, the Governments or corporations will start a culling program whereby those incapable of taking responsibility for themselves will be fed into a big mincing machine and used as fertiliser to grow crops for the Aryan race!

wow excellent trolling

01-05-2014 05:47AM

Not need for half the bile and revelling in this thread at the death of two young children's mother. Having said that, the way people automatically bring up mental health and addiction as defences, for want of a better word, is getting tiresome. Where is the personal responsibility? Being in the throes of addiction is undoubtably a horrible situation to be in but that doesn't excuse the first time. That's when the choice is made. And in the 21st century, there's alwAys a choice , can't blame heroin use on addiction if you've never taken it before.

It's a horrible story with absolutely no winners but I hope they don't go down the embarrassing route of trying to absolve her from all responsibility and twist the ultimate blame on whoever she got the drugs from, a la Katy French. Just be real and try to hit home that nobody is invincible from the scourge of heroin whether they're famous/ beautiful or not.

LizT · 01-05-2014 06:00AM

Mod

Jane82 banned, you were warned in the last Peaches Geldof thread. Don't post in this thread on your return.

Everyone else, please keep the vitriolic comments out of the thread. If you don't care about her death, you could just, you know, not post.

Galwayguy35 · 01-05-2014 06:13AM

Was surprised myself when I read this, after what happened to her mother it's sad that she got hooked on heroin.

Yes once the addiction gets hold of someone it's difficult to stop but noone is an addict before taking that first hit, and doing it when a parent to young children is just wrong.

CaraMay · 01-05-2014 06:38AM

Angry_Mammarys wrote: »

Never said that, in this day and age, everyone knows what heroin does to you,there's no excuse. she seen what it did to her mother, not everything is about mental health, She had the means to get clean. I hate how mental health is brought into absolutely everything these days, maybe she was just a selfish woman who thought she could get away with taking heroin whilst she looked after her kids.

All users think they can get away with it. That's why the use it.

Merkin · 01-05-2014 07:07AM

I'm really surprised by this, she really seemed to have gotten it together. What a tragic waste and one I am sure which makes the grieving process more complex and pained for those left behind, R.I.P.

bmwguy · 01-05-2014 07:26AM

Henlars67 wrote: »

I really don't get why people who have everything going for them go down the heroin route.

It wouldn't be my kind of scene, but I do kind of understand the use of recreational drugs like cocaine, but why heroin?

Apparently Heroin is the best recreational drug of them all, its meant to be amazing at the start. Quite quickly however, the body develops a tolerance and resistance to it and that first high cant be replicated. But the addiction forces people to chase that first high over and over then the drug kills them. I also believe Heroin is almost identical to Morphine administered in hospitals for pain

crazygeryy · 01-05-2014 07:42AM

Am i wrong in thinking she was a selfish so and so for leaving two kids behind.
Am i wrong to think the same thing about phillip seymour hoffman?
Heroin must be bloody brilliant to want it more than your own kids.

Rip peaches because your kids won't.

LorMal · 01-05-2014 07:43AM

shamrock55 wrote: »

People like me who have no empathy for her, have none not because we think its a cool or contraversial thing to say but simply because of the fact this person didnt give 2 ****s about the only thing she should have given a **** about which was her kids, yes drug addiction is terrible and can happen to anyone at anytime, but it can be beaten, you do anything for your kids, the thought of her young baby lying next to its mothers drug riddled corpse makes me wanna puke, and thats why ive no sympathy for peaches geldof

Look, you have absolutely NO idea what she was thinking, who was with her, why she took heroin, what her personal circumstances are, how much she cared for her children (or otherwise) and what her mental state was.
So, please understand that you can really hurt those who loved her and who are grieving to contribute to this Internet speculation where idiots play the role of judge and jury.
Let her rest in peace. My heart goes out to her poor Dad.

Amazingfun · 01-05-2014 08:23AM

bmwguy wrote: »

Apparently Heroin is the best recreational drug of them all, its meant to be amazing at the start. Quite quickly however, the body develops a tolerance and resistance to it and that first high cant be replicated. But the addiction forces people to chase that first high over and over then the drug kills them. I also believe Heroin is almost identical to Morphine administered in hospitals for pain

conorhal · 01-05-2014 08:35AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Was surprised myself when I read this, after what happened to her mother it's sad that she got hooked on heroin.

Yes once the addiction gets hold of someone it's difficult to stop but noone is an addict before taking that first hit, and doing it when a parent to young children is just wrong.

A lot of people are assuming that she was 'hooked on heroin', that may not have been the case. The remarkable similarities between her and her mothers deaths could suggest a deliberatly staged suicide that was very precise in it's planning.

Too Tough To Die · 01-05-2014 08:41AM

In true rock n roll style. Watch her albums fly off the shelves now.

anncoates · 01-05-2014 08:46AM

Genuinely feel sorry for her and her kids and her background may well have contributed.

But would many of the people in here feel the same pity for a junkie in Dublin centre with a no doubt worse background of generational drug abuse and tragedy and none of the privilege?

RustyNut · 01-05-2014 08:50AM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

What leads people to take heroin? I would take it seeing what it does to people.

Some people make bigger mistakes than others.

RIP Peaches.

01-05-2014 08:56AM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

What leads people to take heroin? I've done a few drugs in my time but not a hope I would take it seeing what it does to people. I'm genuinely interested in why people do.

^^^^^ RustyNut, why would you edit my post like that? I have no idea what you're suggesting

Muise... · 01-05-2014 09:16AM

anncoates wrote: »

Genuinely feel sorry for her and her kids and her background may well have contributed.

But would many of the people in here feel the same pity for a junkie in Dublin centre with a no doubt worse background of generational drug abuse and tragedy and none of the privilege?

I would. Especially if everyone was lined up the length of the boardwalk, screaming at them for being such bad bad people. :mad:

01-05-2014 09:23AM

Muise... wrote: »

I would. Especially if everyone was lined up the length of the boardwalk, screaming at them for being such bad bad people. :mad:

Feel sorry for the kids regardless of whose they are too

Muise... · 01-05-2014 09:37AM

bluewolf wrote: »

Feel sorry for the kids regardless of whose they are too

Actually, I really feel sorry for the kids in all cases like this. Not only is their mother dead, classy people use them as a stick to beat their dead mother with.

RustyNut · 01-05-2014 09:38AM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

^^^^^ RustyNut, why would you edit my post like that? I have no idea what you're suggesting

Sorry I completely misread your post, a brain fart on my part. sorry

Removed.

farmerjj · 01-05-2014 09:43AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

I've news for you:

Nice people take drugs.

nice but not bright

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