Wilco's Jeff Tweedy puts himself in rehab...

[MindGoneHaywire]

I get migraines. They suck. I'm lucky, though, to not be the type who gets addicted to things. Before I went to a doctor who knew of an effective non-narcotic medication to help me, I spent a couple of years having to treat them with strong painkillers. I bounced between doctors who refused to prescribe anything that would treat them properly and those who were quite willing to just hand over a prescription for a huge bottle of Vicodin. For two years now I've had this medication called Axert that works like a charm most of the time. Every once in awhile I get hit with a headache that the medication can't tackle properly, but fortunately that's rare. Taking a pill with codeine or whatever can be pleasant and all, but you don't want to have to rely on it to kill pain on an ongoing basis. And addiction is a legitimate concern. I can't say I understand where he's at, but I can relate to part of it, I guess. I lucked out finding the doctor I go to for migraines--it can be difficult finding the right one. I would think it would be easier, especially when on the road, to just stick with the strong painkillers. It can be hard to sympathize with rock stars' drug problems, but if he has migraines...it differs from situations where people are abusing substances strictly for kicks. I hope he ends up alright.

[dld]

Kathy and I were talking about this tonight. We remember he was talking about migraines during the DVD of I Just Want To Break Yer Heart. Always thought he was stoned during most of the scenes he was in. Absolutley positively hope he gets 100% better ASAP. Too much of a talent to be out of the action for any material length of time, and yea, maybe he'll wrinte some good tunes in rehab. But most of all, get better dude.