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'I wanted to age gracefully': Chili Peppers’ Flea on how quitting drugs led to amazing changes

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Flea, the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, stopped using drugs at the age of 30 .

Quitting drugs helped him confront his anxiety and panic attacks.

Flea lost Chilli Pepper’s guitar player, Hillel Slovak , to addiction in 1988 , as well as his friend, actor River Phoenix , in 1993 .

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28

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16

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38

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informal

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English

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32

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possibly offensive

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medium-lived

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