Star Trek (TOS) The Original Series
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Grace Lee Whitney (Rand) had a hard go of it. Sexually abused by an EP on the original ST series, and pretty much a lifetime struggle with alcoholism, drugs, etc. Even resorting to prostitution at the lowest point:
"And bottoming out means I was sick and tired of being sick and tired and I had to get help. What happened was that I was down on Skid Row, on 6th and Main in L.A., looking for my lower companions to get some kind of help, when I was 12-stepped down there by a man from the Midnight Mission named Clancy, who is a guru in the 12-step program. His sponsee helped me get to my first 12-step meeting where God absolutely delivered me. There was no question. I could not not drink. I was using a lot of drugs from Dr. Feelgood. A lot of actors used the amphetamines from Dr. Feelgood to stay skinny, to function. It's just insidious. Once you get into the drinking and using, it's almost impossible to get out without the grace of God, which is what I give my credit to. Leonard Nimoy (who is also a recovering alcoholic) was so moved that he (later) wrote the foreword to my book. But that's how I began my recovery and my trek back to the studio to make amends, to do everything I've had to do there."
NImoy was also a key part of pulling Whitney back from the brink when he found out she had hit rock bottom.
A very beautiful woman, but beauty is no guarantee your life is going to be an easy one....sometimes, it can be a curse.
RIP
"And bottoming out means I was sick and tired of being sick and tired and I had to get help. What happened was that I was down on Skid Row, on 6th and Main in L.A., looking for my lower companions to get some kind of help, when I was 12-stepped down there by a man from the Midnight Mission named Clancy, who is a guru in the 12-step program. His sponsee helped me get to my first 12-step meeting where God absolutely delivered me. There was no question. I could not not drink. I was using a lot of drugs from Dr. Feelgood. A lot of actors used the amphetamines from Dr. Feelgood to stay skinny, to function. It's just insidious. Once you get into the drinking and using, it's almost impossible to get out without the grace of God, which is what I give my credit to. Leonard Nimoy (who is also a recovering alcoholic) was so moved that he (later) wrote the foreword to my book. But that's how I began my recovery and my trek back to the studio to make amends, to do everything I've had to do there."
NImoy was also a key part of pulling Whitney back from the brink when he found out she had hit rock bottom.
A very beautiful woman, but beauty is no guarantee your life is going to be an easy one....sometimes, it can be a curse.
RIP
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