eddie on a cleanse

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/eddie-vedder-and-josh-bro_n_134614.html


Eddie Vedder And Josh Brolin Swap Master Cleanse Stories
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Huffington Post | October 14, 2008 03:05 PM


"W" star Josh Brolin graces the cover of the November Interview magazine. Inside he has a length Q&A with singer Eddie Vedder. The conversation is interesting, worth reading and too long to excerpt here. But, the phone interview starts off with talk of the Master Cleanse, which is transcribed below. They both have tried it and swap tales of diet woe.

EDDIE VEDDER: I just finished touring, and I'm on a detox thing. It's a heavy detox, so nothing in my belly except water, salt and cayenne pepper.
JOSH BROLIN: You're drinking the lemon water and the cayenne and all that?
EV: Yeah, I'm doing the master cleanse, which also means I'm not smoking. I haven't smoked for four days. This is probably the first phone conversation I've had in 10 years where I haven't had a smoke. It's like trying to talk without using adverbs.
...
[talk turns to politics and the upcoming election]
EV: Yeah, that's why I'm detoxing this week. It's just to set myself up for next month.
JB: Why are you detoxing?
EV: Well it was a long couple of years, and being on the road a lot... I'm ready to just clean up my act. I don't know how it's all going to come out - this is, like, four days in. In fact, I don't want to talk about it. But it does feel weird. I'm feeling different.
JB: Are you feeling high yet? I've done what you're doing a few times. After the initial period of feeling like you have the flu come these five or six days of speediness. Obviously, that hasn't hit you yet.
EV: No. I'm more kind of walking around in a daze, wondering if this is all really happening.

And at the end, during a conversation of how Brolin had to lick Patricia Arquette's hairy armpit for a scene in "Flirting with Disaster." (She'd grown it out for her character)

JB:I had to lick her armpit with the hair
EV: This is really great for me, man. This is going to keep me from eating for days.
JB: It's the disgusting truth of my profession. Anyway, we saw the footage, and it was disgusting that [the director] David said, 'We can't have the hair. Patricia has to shave the hair'."

Pick up Interview for more Brolin, or read this other new Josh Brolin interview

Lizard

Keep it up Eddie--the no smoking part!!!

Thanks for posting that.

12345AGNST1

I really have no idea what any of that meant. Is any of that even remotely interesting other than Ed quitting smoking for a whopping 4 days?

Ms. Haiku

I've heard about the master cleanse, and I don't think it's a good choice if the goal is to become healthy. You want to clean your system, squeeze some lemons and put the juice into a cup of hot water and drink it up. Your eyes will pop out of your head. Fruits and vegetables, fruits and vegetables, add healthy sources of all other essential nutrients in whole food form. Spend money on a nutritionist if you're that concerned. There is nothing that will make your body feel better than a good diet. If it took a person months or years to get the body he/she has, then why should it change in a few days.

I started drinking coffee when I was 25ish, for 15 years, so it didn't make sense to me that it was something I couldn't just stop. I haven't had coffee/soda in 30 days. It's not easy though. I don't consider it one of my soul desires, like yarn art, reading, and running. I bet Eddie thinks similarly about his cigarettes because he started it later in life, so I hear. I wonder if smokers go through that face-squeezing-entireheadache thing that people withdrawing from coffee go through.

Marie Curie

Thanks for posting this. Now I want to read the whole thing.

Sprunkn7

I agree with the not smoking...

BlackCorduroy

The end was pretty weird hah.. hope he quits smoking for good:)

CantKeepmedown

For anybody who hasn't seen Flirting with Disaster, pick it up. Very funny movie.

Be Sound

BlackCorduroy wrote:

The end was pretty weird hah.. hope he quits smoking for good:)

me too - as an ex-smoker what he is doing is very hard, but well worth it!

blacknapkins

Ms. Haiku wrote:

I've heard about the master cleanse, and I don't think it's a good choice if the goal is to become healthy. You want to clean your system, squeeze some lemons and put the juice into a cup of hot water and drink it up. Your eyes will pop out of your head. Fruits and vegetables, fruits and vegetables, add healthy sources of all other essential nutrients in whole food form. Spend money on a nutritionist if you're that concerned. There is nothing that will make your body feel better than a good diet. If it took a person months or years to get the body he/she has, then why should it change in a few days.

I started drinking coffee when I was 25ish, for 15 years, so it didn't make sense to me that it was something I couldn't just stop. I haven't had coffee/soda in 30 days. It's not easy though. I don't consider it one of my soul desires, like yarn art, reading, and running. I bet Eddie thinks similarly about his cigarettes because he started it later in life, so I hear. I wonder if smokers go through that face-squeezing-entireheadache thing that people withdrawing from coffee go through.

Yeah, I've avoided that cleanse, but I've witnessed friends who've done it. Not a good idea, in my opinion, as it gives the illusion of doing something drastic just before you go back to your old bad habits. I the long run, your body just needs you to eat healthy foods. I do drink lemon juice in water frequently. It's a natural diuretic and just tastes good. My husband and I quit smoking a long time ago, but you don't forget how deprived it makes you feel. Luckily, like most things that are unpleasant, the feeling goes away with time.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I'll drink to that.

PJSEMPRE

I would love to read the whole interview.
And good news... hope he quits to smoking.

supersonicyears

Ms. Haiku wrote:

I started drinking coffee when I was 25ish, for 15 years, so it didn't make sense to me that it was something I couldn't just stop. I haven't had coffee/soda in 30 days. It's not easy though. I don't consider it one of my soul desires, like yarn art, reading, and running. I bet Eddie thinks similarly about his cigarettes because he started it later in life, so I hear. I wonder if smokers go through that face-squeezing-entireheadache thing that people withdrawing from coffee go through.

It's great that he's doing that.
Eddie didn't start smoking until later in life?
He didn't smoke when he was younger? How did you hear that?

Sprunkn7

I think I heard him say somewhere that he started smoking when Kurt Cobain died....Something about how he is killing himself slowly. I could have made it up or dreamed it, but I remember hearing it a long time ago.

I quit smoking and years and years after I still have smoking dreams. Those are almost better than sex.

Be Sound

Sprunkn7 wrote:

I think I heard him say somewhere that he started smoking when Kurt Cobain died....Something about how he is killing himself slowly. I could have made it up or dreamed it, but I remember hearing it a long time ago.

I quit smoking and years and years after I still have smoking dreams. Those are almost better than sex.

I remember that too - I don't think you were dreaming it

iamica

"This is probably the first phone conversation I've had in 10 years where I haven't had a smoke. It's like trying to talk without using adverbs."

The whole article was worth reading, just for that quote.

kittykat416

hartamh wrote:

Congrats Ed for not smoking for 4 days Yay

Ditto. I'm glad to hear that he at least WANTS to quit smoking (hey, some people really have no desire or intention to ever quit) and is trying to do something about it. Quitting smoking is the SINGLE BEST thing someone can do for their health, bar none.

STT757

I smoked half a pack a day (Marlboro Lights, Camel Lights, Winston Lights) from when I was 13 until I was 23. I'm 33 now, quiting smoking was one of the best decisions I've ever made. However I would be lying if I didn't say I jones for a grit every now and then, especially on long drives at night listening to music. When I quit a pack of cigarettes was about $2.00, I was behind a guy at Wawa today and he bought a pack of Marlboro lights which cost $6.00!... That's just crazy.

Here's how I quit, no medicine or nicorette etc.. Not cold turkey either.

Once I decided to quit it took about a year to get myself to actually go through with it, what I did was count how many cigarettes I smoked a day ( I counted about 10-12). So for the next month or two I decided not to exceed my limit of 10-12 a day. After a month or two I cut it down by one less cigarette a day, so for the next month I would only smoke 10 cigarettes, the next month 9. It got to the point where I would only smoke about 1 cigarette a day (before bed). Then one day I just did not have that daily cigarette.

It was easier to quit a 1 cigarette a day habit than to quit a 10 cigarette a day habit, the trick is to ween yourself off over an extended period slowly reducing your smoking habit. Your body will adjust if you do it over an extended period like every 30 days.

justam

I think it's good news he's trying to stop smoking cigarettes.

pearljamgirl07

thanks for posting!:)

Sharon_Hearts_PJ

I just read this article, and then came here to see if it had been posted. Silly me, of course it had!
I, too, think it's awesome that he's decided to quit. Only took having his second kid, eh?
I am going to buy this magazine tomorrow. I just saw Brolin's interview with Letterman last night. I never knew they were friends, but it seems that Ed has some random Hollywood friends.

Mrs.Vedder78

Quitting is smoking hard as shit even if its only temporary... so good for Ed!
I've been smoke free now for 28 days ! YAY for me!!!!!!!

I'D RATHER BE

[quote="
EV: Well it was a long couple of years, and being on the road a lot... I'm ready to just clean up my act. [/quote"]

I think maybe he might be trying to accomplish more than just quitting smoking.

LiteTheMatch

I always wondered why he smokes cigarettes. I've heard he's a vegetarian and such, and that he is kind of at odds with big business and the U.S. government.

Evil Beaver

As a life-long Pearl Jam fan I have to say that the biggest change in Ed's voice came around 94/95 when he started smoking.

Some of those 95 shows are just hard to listen to because he's still trying to scream with as much rage and enthusiasm as he did with a healthier voice. And it quickly changed the way a smoker's voice is affected by cigarettes.

Go listen to the song "Habit" again. That song is about Ed and smoking. In many live versions he says "Speaking as my own bad self" during the part that usually goes "Speaking as a child of the 90s."

This is an interesting thread, because I am a former smoker, too. I smoked for 10 years. Started when I was 18, quit when I was 28. There are some interesting opinions here about the best way to go, but I did that shit cold turkey and would recommend nothing else. I tried many different tactics. I tried wearing the patch. I also tried weening myself by cutting down the number of smokes I had each day, but nothing worked until I quit cold turkey. I went through about 14 days of hell, but after that I was in the clear. And I never think about smoking now, although for the first year I would have many dreams about it.

Someone once asked me, "What one thing in the past five years are you most proud of?" My answer was "quitting smoking." Because I seriously thought I'd never be able to quit. I thought it would eventually kill me.

I hope Mr. Vedder goes through with it. Because I'd love at least 20 more years of that wonderful voice.

South of Seattle

I bet he writes a song about it.

pdalowsky

A busy election month eh?

brainofme

13PJ13 wrote:

I, too, think it's awesome that he's decided to quit. Only took having his second kid, eh?

well, he already wanted to quit a few years ago (mentioned trying to use hypnosis [sp?] to quit, in the interview the members of sleater-kinney did with him). that was about the time his first daughter was born. so we'll see for how long he stays on his non-smoking way this time ;-)

Ms. Haiku

brainofme wrote:

so we'll see for how long he stays on his non-smoking way this time ;-)

Tsk tsk why the debbie downer attitude

I was going to post what I thought was an inspirational rockish song with some words changes, but it just wasn't working. I would post the Rocky Video of him running towards the steps in Philadelphia, but I can't view youtube at work. Anyone got inspirational rock and roll lyrics to share with someone trying for a life change? Please post them. Let's give some cheer to Ed, and all of you, doing that life changing thing. Yippee for you!

JasonTeck

So I guess that means there will not be a 3rd leg of his solo tour, not like there was any hint of that. Just a dream of many of us here in the midwest and the south.

finnannie

Good for you Ed

Keep your hands off of those cigarettes!

!!!