Chris Cornell, best known for his work with the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave and for providing the soundtrack for the opening credits of the 2006 James Bond film “Casino Royale,” was discovered dead (by hanging) after the Soundgarden reunion concert in Detroit, Michigan, in May 2017.
His wife and many of his followers questioned whether his drug usage in any way contributed to his death even though it was determined to be a suicide. The identical query was posed in 1994 following the contentious suicide of Kurt Cobain.
When did Chris Cornell relapse?
When he tore his shoulder in 2016, Cornell’s sobriety came to an end. “The shoulder ache kept him up at night and kept him awake… He was given a benzodiazepine prescription to aid in his sleep, according to Vicky, his wife.
Benzodiazepines are extremely addictive and habit-forming, even for persons without a history of addiction. Many famous people who started using them for sleep or stress later experienced unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
Chris started abusing the drugs right away. According to his wife, “in seven days, he took twenty-or-so pills, and in nine days, he took 33.”
Without a doubt, Chris Cornell shouldn’t have been given a prescription for an addictive, mind-altering drug. However, a lot of people going through recovery have to suffer physically traumatic or grueling surgeries.
They are required to take addictive drugs like opioids or benzodiazepines in the short term.
