Ryan Adams has been talking to the New York Times about stuff, and has freely admitted to his formerly heavy drug habit. Of that period in his life, he explained: "There was intense loneliness, end-of-the-world stuff going on in my mind, bottomless depression. Without exaggerating, it is a miracle I did not die. I snorted heroin a lot - with coke. I did speedballs every day for years. And took pills. And then drank. And I don't mean a little bit. I always outdid everybody".
Apparently his lady, Jessica Joffe, helped him straighten himself out, and now he's been 'clean' for more than a year.