Ginuwine Talks Suicide And Drug Addiction Ginuwine, born Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, recently admitted that, at one point in his career, he contemplated suicide and battled drug addiction. "After my father shot himself to death and my mother died from cancer less than a year later, I really didn't want to be here anymore, I didn't want to live and tried to commit suicide more than once", confessed the 33 year-old singer, "there was no one around that I really loved at the time, so I turned to the drinking and drugs like weed and ecstasy. I was done mentally and emotionally to the point that I had to go see a psychiatrist, but that didn't do any good because I wasn't interested. In fact, the two times I visited him I was high. I was depressed and felt like I had nobody to talk to that could relate to me". "I had one friend who intervened and begged me to get help. Even though I didn't continue with my therapy, I went to church and received counseling from my pastor and got straight spiritually. I was able to turn away from all those things that were destroying me and finally think clearly. I had to ask myself whether or not I wanted to go out like my dad and have my kids hurt the way I was hurting," said Ginuwine. "Now, I keep all that stuff away from me, especially when I'm on the road", the singer, who is married to rapper Sole aka Tonya M. Johnston, had said. CommentsLeave a Reply |  Celebrating
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