I’m guessing that pretty much all of us have done one seriously stupid thing in our lives. Most of us a lot more than one, and some, like David Crosby, did multiple epically stupid things. It’s always a good question: “did you learn anything from all this?” It seems like he had some self-awareness:
“I’m concerned that the time I’ve got here is so short, and I’m pissed at myself, deeply, for the 10 years — at least — of time that I wasted just getting smashed,” said Crosby, who for decades battled addictions to alcohol, cocaine and heroin. “That’s really a waste. I’m supposed to be making music. I’m ashamed of that.”
He spent so long as a junkie — “as low as a human being can go” — that now he’s trying to be somebody he can be proud of. And part of that means taking a hard look at all of his mistakes…”