In a new interview on ABC’s Nightline and Good Morning America, Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky detailed the late Soundgarden singer’s drug relapse. She told a story about telling Chris he was walking like her Grandfather, and how he reacted.
By February 2017, Vicky says Chris began acting differently, which she attributed to his prescription medication.
“I just remembering seeing him and I said, ‘You know, you’re walking like my Grandfather.’ He said to me, ‘Oh you know what, I’ll just stop taking it.’ I said, ‘Okay.’ He didn’t.”
“In retrospect I’ve learned it’s not supposed to be given to anybody who is in recovery, and if you have to give it, they have to be closely monitored, and it shouldn’t be given for more than two to three weeks.”
During one weeklong period, “He took 20-something pills,” she said. “And in a nine-day period, 33.”
Vicky Cornell, wife of iconic singer, songwriter and Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave front man Chris Cornell, is joining the Advisory Board at the Addiction Policy Forum. As a member of the Advisory Board, Vicky will be joining former Drug Czar General Barry McCaffrey and former Members of Congress Alan Mollohan and Frank Guinta.
“I’ve learned a lot since losing Chris, including the fact that addiction is a brain disease – a disease that is both preventable and treatable,” says Vicky Cornell. “While I can’t bring my husband back, I can help the millions of other families struggling with addiction and I hope we can prevent this horrific experience from happening to others.” Vicky Cornell appeared on Good Morning America this morning to discuss for the first time her husband’s tragic passing from addiction and highlight the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation’s plan to address the addiction crisis.
The Addiction Policy Forum is a national nonprofit focused on improving policies related to substance use disorders through a comprehensive response.
“We feel incredibly fortunate that Vicky is joining our Advisory Board,” says Addiction Policy Forum President and CEO Jessica Hulsey Nickel. “Addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and Vicky has seen first-hand how addiction impacts families.”
