It's So Easy and Other Lies Page #5

And it was... It was hardcore.

And they gave me a button for the morphine.

A button for the Librium.

"Take as needed." So, I was just like...

The last thing you need

when somebody's basically having

a third-degree burn inside their abdomen

is to have them also go through

alcohol withdrawal.

But they came in and did another

ultrasound before surgery

and my pancreas had come down.

"It's looking like you've been given

a second chance, dude.

"And you better figure out

what you're going to do with it."

And that was like all the rehab I needed.

"'You knew this was coming, ' I thought.

"'All you ever wanted to do

was leave your mark on the world.

"'Get in, get out.

"'You've done that.'

"I figured, as part of Guns,

I'd left a big mark."

What else do you have to live for anyway?

"I'll never forget when my mom

came to the hospital to see me.

"She was in a wheelchair

from Parkinson's disease,

"and there I was...

"Her youngest son."

Now, you've failed your f***ing mom.

She shouldn't see you like this.

That wasn't part of the plan either.

"The order isn't right here.

"I should be taking care of her.

"It's not right.

"You're a f***-up.

"I'm a f***-up.

"The key for me was admitting

how selfish I was being.

"And how terribly bad I'd been

hurting my own mother."

Who knows what the crystal ball ever holds,

right? But if he hadn't stopped drinking,

I don't think he'd be here.

He really would have pushed it to

the point where there's no coming back.

I'm Thundering Nine Horse,

known as Benny "The Jet" Urquidez.

I'm what they call a trouble shooter.

When they're in trouble, they come to me and

I'm able to not teach them a way of life.

My job is to give them tools,

so they can live their life.

I teach the art of war. I teach the art of

mental warfare, physical warfare,

spiritual warfare, character warfare.

I turn people inside-out and so

they can see themselves.

And sometimes, a lot of times,

we hide it very well.

I think Duff had this light in him,

but he couldn't see it.

He just didn't know where to find it.

"After jumping rope,

there was a heavy stretch.

"I would be shaking by this point

and Benny would stretch me

"and sometimes that would be

the rest of the workout.

"He could tell when my body

had been pushed far enough.

"He could also pick up on stress

during the stretching sessions.

"He looked at my eyes and gauged

the tension in my muscles

"and could tell

what was going on inside of me.

"He talked to me when he

sensed I was receptive to his lessons.

"But it wasn't a conversation.

"Still stretching me, Benny began to talk.

"It can feel like

everyone is out to get you.

"That's when you have to refuse to succumb.

"Make people realise you are a force.

"But you also have to

give and take in these situations."

"'Place pain in a steel box

and let it float away, ' Benny would say.

"Pain will always be there.

It's how you deal with it that matters."

So, we went from the mental workout

to a physical workout.

And then from the physical workout,

he really got a chance to

really start to recognise that

he was actually going into a line-up.

Mental, physical, spiritual line-up.

I think it was really good for him

and to really get into that

and have such a great mentor in Benny.

Calming and had great, very wise and...

Just a great influence on Duff

and I think that was a big part of

helping him get his life back on track.

Everybody, after you get done

with a self-destructive habit,

whichever one it is, you have to channel

that energy into something else,

and when you quit,

that was the direction that he went.

He's like, "Do you want to go work out at

the Washington Athletic Club with me?"

And I was like...

"Yeah, man.

I'll f***ing work out with you. Sure."

It was the f***ing worst day of my life.

His warm-up at the gym

was more than my whole three workouts.

And after each step, I'm like, okay...

So, where's...

Time for the shower.

And he's like,

"Okay, now we're going to go hit the bag."

And not many people get first chances.

Not many people get second chances, third,

it seems like...

He's got nine lives.

But I just was very impressed

by the fact that he could,

after what he had been through, that he

can totally turn his life around now.

"'Her name is Susan, '

"he said, as we waited for her to answer.

"He quickly told her about me

and then just handed me the phone.

"We exchanged pleasantries and

agreed to meet up at some stage when

"I got back to L.A. in October.

"And she sounded really nice."

He connected us on the phone

and the minute we started talking

we really just kind of clicked.

I know it sounds crazy, but it's true.

And, um...

We just enjoyed each other's company,

good old-fashioned way,

just talking on a telephone.

"And as we walked past a news

stand, he pointed to a magazine cover.

"'That's Susan there, ' he said.

"Oh."

"Oh, check this out. She happens to have

a picture in Allure Magazine this month."

And then he showed Duff the picture

and Duff was like, "Uh, yeah."

"Now call me shallow, but I was much more

interested once I saw that f***ing photo.

"She had long, brown hair

and dark almond-shaped eyes.

"F***ing beautiful.

"She was nearly naked in the shot, too,

and her body was absolutely slamming.

"'Yeah, ' Stain said, reading my mind.

"'She's the real deal.

"'I didn't want to say it,

but the famous fashion photographer

"'Steven Meisel gave her the nickname

The Body after one of their shoots.'

"'What's The Body's last name?' I said.

"Holmes.

"She was 5'11".

"And I fell in love with her

in that very instant."

And we were pretty much

inseparable ever since.

I think that they just got together,

was just a great, great match.

Yeah, I think that all the bad stuff

had already happened to him

and so, when she came along,

she, uh, I don't think,

ever saw any of that.

For all who have touched the lives of these

two, have helped them on their journey,

and who are their friends now

and will be always, we pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

- I, Duff.

- I, Duff.

- Take you, Susan.

- Take you, Susan.

- To be my wife.

- To be my wife.

- I promise to be true to you.

- I promise to be true to you.

- In good times and in bad.

- In good times and in bad.

- In sickness and in health.

- In sickness and in health.

- I will love you.

- I will love you.

- And honour you.

- And honour you.

- All the days.

- All the days.

- Of my life.

- Of my life.

I present to you

for the first time as a married couple,

Mr and Mrs Duff McKagan.

"Susan and I went to go see our doctor

"when she was two weeks overdue.

"He said he was going to make

us an appointment

"to go into the hospital

the following morning

"so they could induce labour.

"Sh*t!

"Susan showed me through

15 excruciating hours of labour,

"that she owned the

warrior spirit of 10 men.

"She powered through

all of that pain and confusion.

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