By tam lucky 
About the song
Christine McVie once admitted that the members of Fleetwood Mac often got high — not just for pleasure, but as a desperate attempt to numb the misery of being around each other. That confession cuts deeper than tabloid gossip. It reveals the emotional toll of a band torn between artistic brilliance and personal breakdown.
At their peak, Fleetwood Mac was a paradox: musically in sync, emotionally shattered. Behind the harmonies of “Rumours” lay betrayal, heartbreak, and emotional warfare. Christine, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood were not just colleagues — they were lovers, ex-lovers, friends, and rivals. The recording studio often felt more like a battlefield than a sanctuary. And yet, from that chaos emerged some of the most timeless songs in rock history.
When Christine spoke about turning to drugs to cope, she wasn’t glorifying excess. She was pointing to a painful truth: sometimes, success doesn’t heal wounds — it magnifies them. The band was stuck in a loop of performing songs about heartbreak with the people who caused that heartbreak. Every concert, every tour, every late-night session was a reopening of old scars.
Getting high became a way to mute the emotional noise. But it never solved anything. As Christine later reflected, the drugs dulled the edges, but the problems were always waiting in the morning light.
Fleetwood Mac’s story is not just about fame. It’s about the emotional cost of creating beauty with people who broke your heart. And Christine McVie’s honesty reminds us: even legends are human — and sometimes, survival means escaping your own dream.