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Drink and drug addictions 'blighting lives of classical musicians'

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/18/2014 - 19:00

Addiction is blighting the lives of many classical musicians as they grapple with performance anxiety and antisocial hours, a cellist has said.

Rachael Lander features in a Channel 4 documentary that brings together classical musicians whose careers have been derailed by drug and drink problems.

The cellist, who was addicted to alcohol and prescription pills, said the problem was rife in the classical music world.

Lander, who began drinking to self-medicate her concert hall panic attacks, told Radio Times: "Addiction problems are widespread among classical musicians, for many reasons.

"There is the lifestyle, the odd hours, working weekends, post-concert socialising. Many players use alcohol and beta-blockers to control their performance anxiety and then, after the 'high' of a performance, musicians can struggle to 'come down' and therefore drink to relax – which becomes habitual."

Lander left her profession to become a waitress...

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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/19/drink-drug-addictions-classical-musicians-channel-4-addicts-symphony

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