It's only been 2 days since the news broke out, and my anger and grief have not cooled a bit. I had a rough night sleeping last night, no matter how much I tried to remind myself that there are more important stories (like San Bernardino) out there to worry over, my thoughts kept returning to Scott and the way he died. I especially couldn't help but keep thinking how this should never have happened.
I know that in the end the only one who could save Scott was himself, but surely everyone else, from his family, to the Wildabouts, to STP and VR, could've done something to make him realize that he needed to conquer his demons once and for all.
More and more, I keep thinking that the late Dr. Steven Chatoff would've worked miracles for him, especially in light of his role in Aerosmith waking up to the triangulations and manipulations of Tim Collins, and the treatment he would've given Kurt Cobain if someone hadn't blown the whistle and led up to the intervention by a less skilled doctor that led to his trip to Exodus, where he jumped the wall. Chatoff was very much the opposite of Dr. Drew, someone who valued privacy, as well as truly getting to the roots of the psychological problems in a way that didn't bring those old impulses back. If Scott had been under his care back during the Tiny Music era, we would've gotten an absolutely phenomenal resurgence. Scott would never have fallen even more, there wouldn't even have been the need for the time in jail, and he'd have been kicking ass with STP on all fronts, still as nimble and powerful as he was 20 years ago, aging gracefully like Mick Jagger.
But this are my thoughts. Do you think that would've happened. And if, like in reality, Chatoff and Scott never crossed paths, what do you think could've been done by everyone (family, bandmates past and present) to ensure that Scott woke up and gotten his shit together?