How You Know Your Shit Has Truly Hit Rock Bottom
Michael Todd, the bassist for the band Coheed and Cambria (Google them, you dumb fuck!), earned himself the perfect "I knew I hit rock bottom when..." story to tell in rehab yesterday when he robbed a Walgreens pharmacy for some OxyContin just hours before his band opened for Soundgarden at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
The New York Post reports that at about 1pm on Sunday, Michael Todd did the withdrawal strut into a Walgreens in Attleboro and showed a pharmacy employee a note on his cell phone that said he will detonate a bomb if they don't hand over a bunch of OxyContin pills. After the employee handed Michael six bottles of Oxy, he jumped into a taxi and headed back to the venue. With a little help from the taxi dispatcher, the police tracked Michael down at the Comcast Center and busted him for armed robbery and possession of a controlled substance. The band went on without him and later said this on their Tumblr:
Michael Todd was arrested today on what we consider very serious charges and therefore he will not be finishing up the current tour. Wes Styles, long time member of the Coheed family will take on bass duties starting tomorrow for the remaining dates. No shows will be canceled.We are surprised to say the least and will address the situation with Michael after the tour. For now, we just want to have a great time out here and finish with some killer shows in Boston, Poughkeepsie, Quebec City and Halifax.
Why in hillbilly hell did this happen? Couldn't Michael Todd have politely asked for some Oxy on his tour rider? Couldn't Michael Todd sniff up Chris Cornell's ass in hopes that maybe just maybe he'd snort up some bad shit that never made it out? Couldn't Michael Todd just snort up a line of OxyClean and cotton bits and just told his brain to believe (detonate the GONG for that one, I deserve it). Couldn't Michael Todd have done ANYTHING besides rob a damn Walgreens and use a taxi as a getaway car?! Those who say that the worst side effect for drug addiction is dumbfuckery might be right.
And Michael Todd's sad mug shot just says it all. That's the same look Harper Seven is going to make when she realizes that Posh & Becks named her Harper Seven.


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can't these fucktards pop some Tylenol PM and down it with vodka like everybody else? that's a nice feeling and for under $10, you too can feel dopey, woozy and relaxed in private
What's really sad is that opiate addiction is HUGE in Massachusetts and if only asked about, he probably would have scored. What's also really sad is that Oxy is not going away. Big Pharma makes too much money. They were able to get rude of Ludes, but times have changed.
Took Oxy after my tonsillectomy (fact: a tonsillectomy when you're an adult is f'n horrible). It didn't make me sick but didn't do a whole lot for the pain either. Lortab did me much better, but it made me so sleepy. I can't imagine anyone taking tons of pills like that a day... seems it would just keep you sleepy all day. I can do that just fine without drugs, thanks.
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This guy wanted to be caught. They probably had a drug buffet back on the tour bus already. Used to go around with a dealer friend of mine who made house calls to musicians, hookups in every town. We got perks, free show tickets, etc.. (I have better friends now.) This is his cry for help, hope he gets it.
You are so right. I've seen lives destroyed by this drug.
It was prescribed to me after a surgery and luckily for me it gave me such horrible nightmares I stopped after one dose.
I took extra strength Tylenol which worked just as well.
I wouldn't touch the stuff under any circumstances.
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Submitted by Hekki on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 2:10pm.
OxyContin is the devil. And perhaps I am evil for wishing I had some money to invest in the Big Pharma company that makes it - I'd pull out before the lawsuits get going, though.
I feel very sorry for the people who have gotten addicted to this stuff. CurrentTV runs an hour-long documentary about it and the "pain clinics" in Florida that dispense prescriptions (and sometimes the pills themselves) to addicts.
Submitted by johnnysgirl on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 1:31pm.
Ugh, I hate it when people call Oxycontin "Oxycotton." It's like when people pronounce "tequila" TAKEELYAH. *slaps a bitch*
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Or Colombia "Columbia"
I'm with the peeps who are impervious to opiates, they never did nothing to me.
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Eazy E's own prescription for "nourishing the inner aspect", Nutz On Ya Chin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH this story is so freaking hysterical. These douchebags, they fall like dominoes.
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Submitted by Hekki on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 2:10pm: "OxyContin is the devil..."
Shut your dirty whore mouth!!!!!!!
Seriously, this story is as embarrassing as it is sad (and funny). Taking a taxi to a robbery? G to the H to the ETTO.
OxyContin is the devil. And perhaps I am evil for wishing I had some money to invest in the Big Pharma company that makes it - I'd pull out before the lawsuits get going, though.
I feel very sorry for the people who have gotten addicted to this stuff. CurrentTV runs an hour-long documentary about it and the "pain clinics" in Florida that dispense prescriptions (and sometimes the pills themselves) to addicts.
Ugh, I hate it when people call Oxycontin "Oxycotton." It's like when people pronounce "tequila" TAKEELYAH. *slaps a bitch*
Luckily for me, these kinds of drugs do nothing but make me queasy - I'd rather just take some Ibu after the dentist.
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Submitted by Thamar on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 8:47am.
A lot of artists affected by drugs and go down the drain....
Some of you will understand every junkie 's like a setting sun
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As for this guy - wow. I feel bad for him because I know all too well what it's like to be sickly addicted to opiates. They fuck with your mind. They make you obsessed on getting more, and your body hurts more than normal, telling you over and over "you need more drugs!" Never robbed a pharmacy, but i DID think about it. Glad to be off that shit. Oh, and the OP - you can get around that. I won't describe it in case I trigger someone, but there IS a way. I hope this guy gets some serious help - opiates are deadly.
It sounds like they just played without him last night (no bass player), and that they have another capable bass player who will be filling in for the rest of the tour. Sometimes in a pinch the bass or guitar tech can step in, since they know the band's music and equipment and are often musicians themselves... and well, shit happens and bands need people to fill in sometimes at the last minute. Coheed and Cambria are a pretty good band and quite well-known, hopefully Todd will be able to pull himself together and rejoin the group.
To a previous poster: whatever company that makes Oxycontin HAS changed their formula to a different pill form called OPs. They are harder than shit, impossible to chew, and almost impossible to even cut in half with a knife!! My father in law has cancer and has to take them, but they really do "suck out the fun" that came with abusing OC. A lot of abusers were pissed when they came out, and had no choice but to visit their friendly methadone clinic. I don't get why these non functioning addicts don't get help sooner! At least temp. assistance with methadone is legal and prevents detox temporarily. (yes I know methadone is addictive, too but shit! An addict who can't go to rehab to get clean can either keep abusing opiates, or use methadone until other options become available. Idk. Opiate addiction is a shit road, no matter what method you use. Yeck!
Submitted by Das ist ein Dreck on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:50am.
"... with some killer shows in Poughkeepsie ..."
Is it just me or is that name kinda hilarious in the context of killer shows.
Poughkeepsie are u ready to rock!?
Let's bring the house down in Poughkeepsie
Kick some ass in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie where rock'n'roll dreams come true
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HAHAHAHA! From all the places to visit, I've been in Poughkeepsie NY a few times. Visted the mental hospital with "killer" stories.
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What's a Coheed & Cambria? I know Umbria is a placename in England and the preCambrian period. Wha a crappy rock band name.
Wait, Soundgarden is back together? With Matt Cameron? I thought he was playing with Pearl Jam? I saw a great Onion headline last week: Soundgarden inadvertently reunites in local Cinnabon.
Submitted by Bowchickawawa on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:32am.
...imagine the worst flu virus you can ever dream up and then multiply the symptoms by 10 for the first 4 - 5 days then just a normal flu for another week or so) and are a state of complete non-functionality. This is what keeps those addicts from making the decision to stop using...
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This right here. My benzo rx ran out just as I was getting over H1N1, so I didn't realize at first that I had become addicted and was going thru withdrawals. Then I started feeling like I was losing my frickin mind-totally depersonalized. I was thisclose to checking myself into the psych ward. If I hadn't seen my doctor for a refill and subsequent tapering, who knows what I might have done? Never touching that shit again!
"my brows could subtract that WTF look on your face so move along"
Can't we all just get a bong?
I was reading this until MK got to the part about Chris Cornell, then I started fantasizing about Chris Cornell and needed a moment Myself....
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"... with some killer shows in Poughkeepsie ..."
Is it just me or is that name kinda hilarious in the context of killer shows.
Poughkeepsie are u ready to rock!?
Let's bring the house down in Poughkeepsie
Kick some ass in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie where rock'n'roll dreams come true
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You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway
Dr. Drew is on line one. You just know the Dr. get's a boner for addicts like this guy.
"Couldn't Michael Todd sniff up Chris Cornell's ass in hopes that maybe just maybe he'd snort up some bad shit that never made it out?"
Me FIRST!!!!!!!!
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Submitted by Whamo on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 8:41am.
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well written. You nailed it!
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Submitted by Evil_Cupcake on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:31am.
It tis a sad day when rock musicians cannot have a lackey go and procure drugs for them.
*makes note to not try to get invited backstage by this band since the cornucopia of drugs is at zero*
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Submitted by TrashyWilma on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:08am.
Addiction is such a selfish, stupid decision.
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First off, I am so sorry to read that your mother has been terrorized at work by desparate addicts. That would make me, understandably, very unsympathetic to the plight of addicts. I will say though that not every addict makes a choice to directly hurt others in order to get their fix nor do addicts initially choose to be addicts, as you wrote. Active addicts make a daily choice to remain sick or ask for help and many choose to continue thier addict behaviors and chemical dependency. I don't think that anyone takes that first hit thinking, "I'm going to now become an opiate addict, even though I know I have the option not too." Most think, stupidly, that they will not become addicted and that they can control it. Once they learn differently, it is too late. Opiates present a unique issue with the severe physical withdrawals that running out of the bad shit will produce. Withdrawals are show stopping for most people (imagine the worst flu virus you can ever dream up and then multiply the symptoms by 10 for the first 4 - 5 days then just a normal flu for another week or so) and are a state of complete non-functionality. This is what keeps those addicts from making the decision to stop using, not because they want to continue getting high. By the time an addict gets to this point, they are no longer getting high from their opiate of choice, they are simply avoiding dope sickness. Trying to get high, after a long period of continual abuse often results in O.D. or moving up to a more powerful opiate.
Sadly, this is a topic I am an expert in...I wish I wasn't. There are physically comfortable ways to detox off an opiate and I hope this man finds the strength to ask for help. Sometimes, behavior like his is a cry for help. Purdue Pharma needs to reformulate Oxy's to avoid abuse and misuse. They can do this but don't want to. Addicts either crush the pills, in order to release all the oxycodone immediately instead of time released, or they chew them. There are generic Oxy's that cannot have their time release function messed with but the name brand is still a favorite with opiate abusers. Most addicts will not accept the generics. If Purdue Pharma did reformulate, they would lose many of their customers. Do not kid yourself about how much of their profits are a result of illicit use.
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"And people try to tell me that God wasn't high on the good shit when he made this place" -by angel_i
It tis a sad day when rock musicians cannot have a lackey go and procure drugs for them.
*makes note to not try to get invited backstage by this band since the cornucopia of drugs is at zero*
Don't most trailer park folk rob Walgreens?
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Submitted by El Bastardo on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:39am.
You're only bisexual if someone rams a bottle of water up your ass and you cum. FACT.
Also, I am just going to throw in that when I heard A Favor House Atlantic, I totes thought they were a chick band.
I actually like this band, but bassists are a dime a dozen, and (about 99% of the time) their part is so simple that they are really easily replaced.
Also. Never heard of Michael Todd or Coheed and Cambria, but he looks like he wants to be dead. Can't think of a lower rock bottom and hopes he has the help and support of friends and family so that he can climb his way back up after he serves his time. Couldn't help but notice that the band's press release is very detached. Then again, maybe he's just an all around asshole.
@ Jana, LOL! Yeah I have weird taste in guys, guilty as charged. I also like Troy Polamalu and Jason Mamoa when he had dreads.
@ DianaDeath, at least you have heard them and you can say you don't like them and I respect that. A lot of people think they sound like RUSH (who I can not stand either), but I just don't hear it and I grew up with my brother listening to RUSH. You are not just writing them off without ever hearing them like a lot of stuck up fucks do. I hated Coheed & Cambria so much when I first heard them I cringed, but then they grew on me.
I think it makes a difference whether or not a person has the physical or mental propensity for addiction. I was prescribed Oxycontin during the few weeks I was having four impacted wisdom teeth removed (advice: do this when you are young, the older you get, the deeper the roots get, the harder they are to get out, and the more it hurts.)
Because it is a narcotic and unlike, say, Aspirin, Oxycontin does not work by actually alleviating the pain, but, instead, by masking the pain and making you feel so good that you don't notice it. At the time, I was still depressed over the death of my mother and I noticed that it also made me feel happier. I won't lie, I enjoyed the effects. Plus, the minute I skipped a dosage or was late, I got whacked by blinding pain. In fact, I'm sure the Oxycontin made my perception of the intensity of the pain to worsen simply because as long as it was in my system, I was high on cloud nine (don't know if people still say that).
As soon as my mouth started to heal a little, my oral surgeon lessened my prescription to Tylenol #3, and then down to alternating dosages of acetaminophen and Ibuprofen. She explained that you have to be weaned off Oxycontin or else the withdrawal symptoms will make you crave more. My mouth still hurt like hell for weeks, but I had no problems stopping. Didn't miss it and didn't rob no pharmacies.
It's really fucking easy to get addicted to opiates. I've had painkillers after dental surgery and once had a Roxy at a party (which resulted in itching so bad I dug at my skin with a fork).
I get the appeal. You don't give a shit about anything. For hours, I lay on the couch, unproductive, watching E!, a network I despise violently while sober. It's a nice, floaty feeling.
That said, I know I like it, which is why I avoid it unless I'm getting a legit Rx. Addicts make a choice in life. I decided early on that it's not worth destroying my family and career in order to forget how painful life can be, and I live in Florida, Pill Mill Central, where for $100 you can get hundreds of OxyContin from a seedy pain clinic.
Addiction is such a selfish, stupid decision. It pisses me off when people like this think it's cool to rob another human being for their next hit. My mother, a bank teller, has had a gun to her head half a dozen times. Ten years later, she's still traumatized.
So fuck you, Michael Todd.
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It's really fucking easy to get addicted to opiates. I've had painkillers after dental surgery and once had a Roxy at a party (which resulted in itching so bad I dug at my skin with a fork).
I get the appeal. You don't give a shit about anything. For hours, I lay on the couch, unproductive, watching E!, a network I despise violently while sober. It's a nice, floaty feeling.
That said, I know I like it, which is why I avoid it. Addicts make a choice in life. I decided early on that it's not worth destroying my family and career in order to forget how painful life can be.
Addiction is such a selfish, stupid decision. It posses me off when people like this think it's cool to rob another human being for their next hit. My mother, a bank teller, has had a gun to her head half a dozen times. Ten years later, she's still traumatized.
So fuck you, Michael Todd.
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Submitted by whippersnapper on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 9:40am.
Submitted by Jana on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 9:01am.
*swoons*
http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/C/Coheed_And_Cambria/Coheed.And.Camb...
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I know right?! What I find attractive about him is he ALWAYS looks so fucking happy and he's very humble. He's not some pretentious stuck up asshole. I love it when guys are just truly happy and you can see it shine through them.
http://weheartit.com/entry/2157947
That is one happy man *sigh*
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Oxymoron! And I hate their music, reminds me of RUSH, who I fucking hate. Couldn't have happened to a better douche.
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Submitted by Jana on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 9:01am.
*swoons*
http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/C/Coheed_And_Cambria/Coheed.And.Camb...
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I know right?! What I find attractive about him is he ALWAYS looks so fucking happy and he's very humble. He's not some pretentious stuck up asshole. I love it when guys are just truly happy and you can see it shine through them.
http://weheartit.com/entry/2157947
That is one happy man *sigh*
Its the job of the roadies to get drugs for band members, under the supervision of the band manager.
This band is poorly managed which may be the reason nobody's ever heard of them.
Coheed & Cambria? Am I lost in the countertop department of Home Depot?
What a loser. And yeah, like his bandmates didn't know he had a problem.
Hmmmm, I thought I was the only one who didn't get high easily. I even had to get 2 epidurals cuz 1 didn't kill the pain. Obviously, our parents and grandparents spent too much time getting high and now they've created a bunch of super stoners who require massive amounts of drugs to get buzzed. And that's how you end up robbing a pharmacy via taxi.
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Submitted by spankypants on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 8:56am.
Don't dealers deliver like Dominoes?
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This is some sobering reality because coincidentally, I just watched a doc on Current TV about Oxy addiction. It focused on Mass. stats because the problem there is huge. 78 people from Mass have died in Iraq or as a result from Iraq. In contrast more than 3,000 during that same time frame died in Mass due to prescription drug overdose.
Step away from the chemicals. (But yeah, I do know about pain.) It's really a blessing that this guy is going straight to rehab, and not to the morgue.
My vision of world peace: a chicken in every pot, and pot for all us chickens...and weasels.
I remember reading a book on the Stones and they were talking about how Kieth use to have a guy whose job it was to smuggle Kieth's smack over all the borders when they were on tour. What a job eh!
You get to see the Stones for free but might also spend 15 years getting your ass stretched by some bitch in the big house.
I guess the guy wasn't around when he got busted in Toronto back in the 70's though. lol
Submitted by spankypants on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 8:56am.
Don't dealers deliver like Dominoes?
IKR. You are in a band and you can't find a dealer?? Either you are just pathetic or you owe them all money.
Jeesh, that's just sad. And spankypants, I know! How do they not have a dealer that delivers?! Weird. Maybe the other guys are straight-edge or something. I can't believe he took a cab, unless he was thinking that there'd be so many people at the venue (and maybe so many guys that look kind of similar) that they wouldn't be able to pin him down). Or maybe he just wasn't thinking at all.
(Google them, you dumb fuck!)
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...reports that at about 1pm on Sunday, Michael Todd did the withdrawal strut into a Walgreens
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@ whippersnapper - ''But I am kind of surprised that this happened with Coheed & Cambria, they are known as a bunch of nice guys. Their frontman Claudio is actually very talented. And he is hot too.''
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*swoons*
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I was given oxy after surgery last fall. all that shit did was make me puke. FUF took the rest for recreation. Me no likey.
I took Vicodin while recovering from surgery last fall and didn't get any sort of buzz either, but I DID get violently ill. I didn't finish out the bottle because I decided I'd rather deal with the pain than constant vomiting.
Whamo is right on the money...this shit is bad news. A guy recently shot and killed four people in a Long Island drugstore to get his fix, including a 17-year old high school graduate who worked there. Fucking awful.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/23/david-laffer-arrested_n_882785....
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I've never tried Oxycotin or Roxycotin but know a couple of LADS that are addicted to it... I'm not a downer person myself so I'm not interested. I do know, however, that the shit is pretty easy to come by... well at least around here it is.
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Submitted by kate773 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 11:06am.