1. By: Dr. Cori Wright

2. Kurt Cobain killed himself on April 5, 1994. According to a family member, Kurt had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He also tried lots of addictive drugs when he was younger. He reportedly had a painful digestive disorder that went undiagnosed for a long time. He found that drug use finally gave him relief. Also, his parents divorced when he was eight years old. He began to withdraw and feel ashamed much of the time. He experimented with marijuana and heroin. Cobain finally went to drug rehab in 1992. However, his sobriety didn’t last long. He relapsed and survived a heroin overdose a few months later. In 1994, he had another drug and alcohol overdose. This was reportedly the beginning of the suicidal attempts leading up to his death. He was once reported to have a bottle of pills and a gun in the bathroom. Family and friends set up a drug treatment intervention for Cobain. He agreed to go to a detox center, but left not long after her got there. He flew back to Seattle, but family and friends lost track of him after that. Cobain was found dead in his home from an apparent shotgun wound. He had heroin and Valium in his body, and had been lying on the floor for days when police found him.

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