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Anger begets anger. Violence begets violence. It never leads to resolution, reconciliation, or any meaningful outcome. J...
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Anger begets anger. Violence begets violence. It never leads to resolution, reconciliation, or any meaningful outcome. Just tragedy. RIP.

Beloved Hollywood director/actor/producer Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered by their 32-year-old son Nick at their Los Angeles home, according to multiple reports. Per TMZ, the couple were discovered Sunday afternoon and appeared to have “suffered lacerations consistent with a knife."

Nick, who reportedly struggled for years with drug addiction and homelessness, is now in Los Angeles Police Department custody.

Reiner, 78, was the son of legendary writer/actor/director Carl Reiner. He starred from 1971-1978 as the lovable Michael “Meathead” Stivic on All in the Family, and went on to direct such beloved films as Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, and When Harry Met Sally. But it was his stewardship of the pioneering 1984 rock’n’roll mockumetary This Is Spinal Tap that cemented his place in the hearts of music fans.

Reiner directed, co-wrote, and starred as the film’s fictional director, Marty DiBergi, who chronicled a disastrous album launch and U.S. tour by fading U.K. rockers Spinal Tap (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer). The film’s spot-on portrayal of rock’n’roll behavior and clichés became the stuff of legend — memorized on tour buses by bands all over the world and its dialog recited like Bible verse for decades ever since.

“We’re the first generation that grew up on rock’n’roll — we love rock’n’roll! So to find that crease between paying homage and loving rock n’roll and at the same time making fun of it, that was a tricky line to walk,” Reiner told People earlier this year.

“Virtually everything that happens is taken from something that we either experienced with people, because in the late ’60s, the rock’n’roll world and the improv world, which is where I come from, there was kind of a cross-pollination there, so I was very much aware of what goes on tour and what happens, [and] we got stories from people that we knew.”

A sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, was released in September and reunited Reiner with McKean, Guest and Shearer, plus real-life musicians such as Paul McCartney and Elton John.

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The identity of addiction...

I’ve worked with many clients over the years -- hundreds, at this point. When first sitting with an individual, I’ll often ask them about their interests in life -- things like hobbies, passions, and pursuits.

More often than not they reply, “I have no idea. I don’t even know who I am anymore.”

This is a sad and a startling moment for the individual. People in life often say that they would like a chance to “start again”, to have a “clean slate”, a chance to “do it all over”. To this, I might offer, “be careful what you wish for”. Those at the beginning of their journey through recovery ARE starting over, with a clean slate, a do-over -- and it is always a frightening and confusing experience.

Addiction is much more than just a pleasure-seeking illness. It is a force that envelops all aspects of the user. It is not uncommon to see the culture of drugs and alcohol influencing the way that people dress & speak, the company they keep, the places they go, even the music and media that they consume. Addiction becomes an identity unto itself -- one that can further alienate the individual from others, and from more healthy and sustainable pursuits.