Who was REALLY behind the downfall of Jim Morrison? Sunset Strip and “WORST Influence on His Life”

What destroyed Jim Morrison was his addiction to alcohol. He was already a full-blown drunk when the Doors' debut album was released. By the time "The Soft Parade" was recorded, Morrison's drinking had reached ruinous levels of self-destruction. It was only a matter of time before his short chaotic life was shut down forever. What a shame. "Strange Days" remains a stone-cold classic. It was Jim's personal favourite album.

You know you're on a bad road when (a not-yet-sober) Alice Cooper is worried about you drinking too much.

The most amazing thing about Jim is that here we are fifty years later and we’re still fascinated by him.

In Paris when Jim overdosed, Pam freaked out not wanting to call the Fire department and not able to speak French, she called her Friends who came too late and found Jim dead. They later put him in the Tub as if he dead of natural causes. Lesson, don't hang out with Junkies.

One of the best rock voices ever

Jim's demise was on him. He was a heavy drinker from day one. LSD, too.He lived in the moment. Pam only fueled his crazy. A real shame.

He took a face from the ancient gallery is one of my favorite lyrics of all time

Morrison actually had an unusually good baritone voice. He had an unusually strong voice.

He seems to have had the sensibility and sensitivity of a pure artist. The rock and roll world, driven by sales, is a dangerous place for a pure artist.

I find it absolutely disgraceful that Pam's parents would even want to have rights to anything about Jim or the Doors over Jim's Family. But that's greed for you. So what that it's wrong and makes absolutely no sense because they had Zero% whatsoever to do with him or them or any of it, but there was a loophole that landed that opportunity to financially benefit by using what's not theirs so why not. Disgraceful & disgusting to say the absolutely least.

The Doors are one of my all time favorite bands. Some of the things Morrison did musically was simply amazing. I read Break on Through in high school. I was amazed at what Morrison would do, drink, push the boundaries of normal society. I recall one of the things Morrison would do. Morison would stay up days on in drinking, walking, and just wandering. My sophomore year in high school I stayed up for two days and just walked everywhere around the beach. I didn’t partake in any alcohol or drugs. I wanted to just walk around and meet people. It was one of the best moments I’ve ever had. I just probably should’ve told my brother I was doing this as he thought I just disappeared. He saw me walking on the beach one evening and yelled my name. He said he was moments away from calling the police and reported me missing. While I did scare the heck out of my brother. It was a good time and I met some interesting people. I still listen to The Doors to this day 34 years later. Great band.

The Miami concert, was really the start of it all..my older sister, went to that concert ( Coconut Grove) and she mentioned it was wild, she also said, that she was close enough to the stage; that Jim, didn't expose himself..

I'm guessing Jim was behind his own downfall. But before he fell, he gave us some pretty amazing work.

Crazy how in 2024 people as heavy as jim dont exist anymore... rip the poet/musician/writer/filmmaker... rip charisma in general! Who shines anymore? Isn't that insane!! The soul is on the brink.....

Anyone with acute drug and alcohol addiction is heading for a downfall ....

I heard during a radio interview Ray Manzerek say Jim was a "hopeless drunk." He also said Oliver Stone's movie The Doors was a "pack of lies."

Pam's dealer was the son of a french diplomat who left France the day after he overdosed. So I think Jim died from the heroïn he bought for Pam, then the father protected his son by hiding the true reason of the death. That's why the police report mentions a heart attack and why Jim was buried so quickly

It is also very odd that his family is satisfied with not knowing whether his body was in the ground or not. I would expect a military man to demand that they show him his son, in that coffin. I'm sure his mother would demand they show her son in his coffin. I find that really odd that not even his family questioned this. Really odd.

This was my era. Lots of confusion, no anchors, and it happened overnight. As I remember, young people were saddened by his death, reverential, but no one was shocked. They were all dying, one after the other, because of drugs/addiction. He had a phenomenal brain, great intelligence. Who knows what he could have done in a different era. But he was the cause of his downfall.

Jims dad was very proud of his accomplishments, and thats good.