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    Abandoned Addiction: thoughts on finding Hoffman dead with a needle in his arm

      Day 6 of my 30-day blog challenge. Read day 5 “The benefits of a blog calendar”     George Willis Jr. grew up and became the mighty Lester Bangs before dying from a heroin overdose, with a needle still sticking out of his left arm. I didn’t want to write about Philip Seymour Hoffman. My heart has just been so heavy. I want to share my thought process in discovering this loss, and why I am writing about it.   I have a hard time ( it’s pathetic really) distinguishing people’s faces. I often joke about it, but my husband worries if something is wrong my ability to perceive. …