It is a story that we have heard time and again — star falls from grace, picks up the pieces and rises again. Regardless of the number of times that we hear the story, we should certainly wish only the best for the person involved – celebrity or not.
One such story is that of country singer Mindy McCready. At 18 she was one of the rising stars in the country music scene; her debut album, “Ten Thousand Angels,” sold two million copies, according to a feature on CBSNews.com.
She was, however, unable to sustain that first success. While she did come out with three more albums, they were all considered as failures commercially. The problems were not confined to her career and life in the limelight; her personal life was also in disarray, and she suffered from a substance abuse problem.
Entertainment Weekly senior writer Whitney Pastorek told CBS News: “It really seemed like McCready became more of a tabloid headline than a music headline, and that her scandals started to outweigh the significance of her singles.”
She has since tried to put her life back on track and was one of the stars who appeared on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab. The show became part of her conscious effort to rid herself of her substance abuse problem, an issue that has reportedly led to attempts at ending her life.
On trying to commit suicide, McCready said: “I didn’t knowingly ever try to kill myself… It was after there had been a depressing moment or… a crushing thing had happened to me that… I would drink too much and I don’t really remember making those decisions.”
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