When did Nikki get sober?

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When did Nikki get sober?

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I saw a recent instagram post from him this year noting ‘24 years sober’ which denotes 2001.

Brides of Destruction formed in 2002… wasn’t he high during this run?

If I’m mistaken let me know. Either way. Good on him
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With that guy, you could ask him twice and get five different answers.

Frankly(ha!) I don't believe a word of what he says. He claimed in his fake diary that he went back to heroin in the early 2000s.
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He fell off the wagon around 2000ish. When he was fucking Samantha Maloney in the house while his then wife Donna was pregnant. I remembering hearing about Nikki not being sober in 2001 as I know somebody in the business who went to work with him and that person was surprised to see how fucked up he was.

As far as I know, he's never talked about what substances he was doing at the time. I think he was sort of on again/off again in the 90s as well.
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Wasnt he drinking when he was with Kat Von D? I think I remember a photo circulating of him drinking wine with her or some shit.
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Does wine count?
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Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:58 pm Does wine count?
Uh, yeah I’d think so.

I mean….sober
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VinnieVincentsVag wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:09 pm
Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:58 pm Does wine count?
Uh, yeah I’d think so.

I mean….sober
:lol: at thinking wine does not count.
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He had to be high to hire London LeGrand and release “Shut the F Up” as the first single.
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I sent a quick text to an alcoholic, she said wine does NOT count and I’m like “That’s not what I heard” and she’s like “Wine is made by nature” and I’m like “Wine or wind?” … I’m waiting for her reply.
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LitaStrauss wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 12:19 pm He fell off the wagon around 2000ish. When he was fucking Samantha Maloney in the house while his then wife Donna was pregnant. I remembering hearing about Nikki not being sober in 2001 as I know somebody in the business who went to work with him and that person was surprised to see how fucked up he was.

As far as I know, he's never talked about what substances he was doing at the time. I think he was sort of on again/off again in the 90s as well.
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Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:01 pm I sent a quick text to an alcoholic, she said wine does NOT count and I’m like “That’s not what I heard” and she’s like “Wine is made by nature” and I’m like “Wine or wind?” … I’m waiting for her reply.
Some people consider a glass of red wine healthy. A lot of "sober" people think California Sober counts too. Then there's the ones that won't touch a CBD soda or even take an aspirin. Just depends on how diehard you are. Whatever, as long as they're keeping their shit together who cares.
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Cindy Buzzedimisa wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:27 pm
Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:01 pm I sent a quick text to an alcoholic, she said wine does NOT count and I’m like “That’s not what I heard” and she’s like “Wine is made by nature” and I’m like “Wine or wind?” … I’m waiting for her reply.
Some people consider a glass of red wine healthy. A lot of "sober" people think California Sober counts too. Then there's the ones that won't touch a CBD soda or even take an aspirin. Just depends on how diehard you are. Whatever, as long as they're keeping their shit together who cares.


I work with kids that say they are "sober" while smoking wax. I guess since they aren't doing coke in their minds they are sober. At least they are off the powder that's all that matters.
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Wax?
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Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:00 am Wax?
Weed.
Never done it and not sure how it works.
My old coworker used to smoke it about 4xs a day.
He wasn’t worth a shit.
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Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:01 pm I sent a quick text to an alcoholic, she said wine does NOT count and I’m like “That’s not what I heard” and she’s like “Wine is made by nature” and I’m like “Wine or wind?” … I’m waiting for her reply.
So is Beer and Weed :)
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Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:00 am Wax?

It's a THC concentrate. It's called "dabs". You are basically smoking a thc paste through a bong with a small blowtorch to light it. I don't dig it at all. Gives my RIchard Pryor vibes and you get way, way too stoned. Like so stoned you're thinking about shit that happened to you when you were 8.
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HottKarl777 wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 10:01 am
Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:00 am Wax?

It's a THC concentrate. It's called "dabs". You are basically smoking a thc paste through a bong with a small blowtorch to light it. I don't dig it at all. Gives my RIchard Pryor vibes and you get way, way too stoned. Like so stoned you're thinking about shit that happened to you when you were 8.
Yup. I'm an edibles guy for a good night's sleep, but not opposed to a light, feel-good high once in a while. But hit the dab once, coughed for a half hour, and was high af ... on Christmas day. That much made my head spin.
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I think I’ve heard this referred to as “California sober”
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After he shared a sammich with a kid on the street
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When I told him to.
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Alcohol is alcohol... there's no more sober alcohol vs other alcohol. I think we're all on the same page here, but wine is gonna get you drunk like other alcohol gets you drunk because it's alcohol.
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Sam: It's called dabs, and you don't want no part of this shit!
Dewey Cox: Dabs? What’s it do?
Sam: It turns all your good feelings into bad feelings. It's a nightmare!
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I like the hhc gummies.
I think it's like a synthetic thc or something.
The website I buy it from also incl a freebie baggie of some synthetic marihuana called Huffman or something.
They gave me like half a gram. It's a brown powder.
I researched it and you're supposed to use like 5 or 10 milligrams. It's that strong. I haven't tried it. How the hell am I supposed to take 10mg out of a 500mg baggie? I'd need to buy a labatory scale or something...
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