I'm unsure of the pulpy angle. Although I am absolutely aware that even the most "upstanding' and "nice" guys are capable of violence, particularly under the influence of drugs and alcohol, I'm wondering if A. she took a couple vicodin to come down and it fatally interacted with the alcohol or B. (as a previous poster suggested) She was up all night. KZ said, "okay, I gotta do some work, TTYL", and maybe she went to her dealer for more and weirdness happened, let down the "sketchy dude" guard on OKC, or even checked out Craigslist for people down to to party. From my own experience, people on coke can and will make the stupidest, riskiest decisions ever to keep partying. Not to victim blame, that's just the evilness of the drug.
I don't know who said a few 8-balls a week is casual use. While it doesn't necessarily mean they're hope-to-die addicts, that amount definitely impacts one's life both physically, socially and emotionally.
I think I said, a few lines three times a week doesn't an addict make. The habit could lead to an addiction over time. I don't know what an 8-ball looks like.
But, I came of age in the seventies and, some of you may know, it was during this decade when everything began to change within the mainstream population, thanks to the sixties happening first.
I believe the saying was, "sex, drugs and rock and roll". The era probably encompasses the sixties and seventies.
By the mid to late seventies, disco dancing was all the rage. I remember going to clubs where cocaine was available. It seemed like alcohol and cocaine were the main drugs during that era (prior was pot, although never went away, psychedelics and downers).
Some people I knew, two in particular who were a couple, both very attractive and, in particular, the male was considered to be a very cool dude (a friend to all type of guy, beloved, I'd say) became addicted to cocaine.
All I can say is their transformation was dramatic.
The drug took both of them over completely. They were unrecognizable skeletons of their old selves.
Other recreational drug users tried to help them and shake them into reality but, for a time, they remained on an island of their own.
Miraculously they both survived and eventually got clean but the male never recovered fully. Not long after attending his thirtieth high school reunion, he took his own life.
So many people were shocked and saddened when they heard the news but, for some reason, he decided to not go on with his life.
Based on witnessing what real addiction looks like, at this point, I wouldn't classify Kelly that way.
Time may have changed that of course.
But I knew many Kelly's back in the seventies who dabbled but never developed an addiction.
The reasons are a mystery as to who does or doesn't; same goes for alcohol.