Editing Jimmy Webb (section)

===Substance abuse===
In his memoir and in interviews with the press, Webb has been frank about his problems with [[substance abuse]], which included frequent use of [[cocaine]], [[marijuana]], and [[Alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]. He stated that using cocaine was pervasive in the [[music industry]] during the 1970s as recording sessions typically were long and cocaine provided the energy to keep on recording. "[Cocaine] had become legal tender. You could get studio musicians with it. You could get a date for the evening. Cocaine was in the executive suites of all the major record companies. It became cool; there was no social stigma attached to it. Au contraire: Most people didn't set off for an evening's dinner engagement and party after without your stash."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Pat |title=Jimmy Webb On Auto-Tune, Lying To Keep John Lennon From Being Deported And How Cocaine Changed Music |url=https://awaken.com/2023/01/jimmy-webb-on-auto-tune-lying-to-keep-john-lennon-from-being-deported-and-how-cocaine-changed-music/ |website=awaken.com |date=January 12, 2023 |publisher=Awaken Weekly Newsletter |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref>

Webb suffered a near-fatal overdose of [[phencyclidine]] in 1973 while snorting the drug with his friend, singer-songwriter [[Harry Nilsson]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Varga |first1=George |title=Jimmy Webb talks music, drugs, his new book and 'MacArthur Park' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-music-jimmy-webb-20170710-story.html |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=July 16, 2017 |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref> He used cocaine with Nilsson and [[John Lennon]] during the former Beatle's "Lost Weekend" and often supplied Lennon with drugs.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dolan |first1=Jon |title=Jimmy Webb on John Lennon's Lost Weekend, Writing for Frank Sinatra |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jimmy-webb-on-john-lennons-lost-weekend-writing-for-frank-sinatra-118453/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref> He ceased his cocaine habit in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Graham |first1=Jane |title=Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions' |url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/jimmy-webb-i-came-pretty-close-to-the-edge-of-the-abyss-on-a-number-of-occasions/ |website=Big Issue |date=April 15, 2022 |publisher=The Big Issue |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref> He gave up alcohol and marijuana and cocaine after his divorce and revived his performing career. A heavy user of both substances, Webb has been clean and sober since 2000.<ref name="auto"/>

Webb once owned [[Carroll Shelby]]'s 427 [[AC Cobra]] Super Snake, a twin of the Cobra that [[Bill Cosby]] talked about on his album ''[[200 M.P.H.]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15151998/godzillas-ride-car-news/|title=Godzilla's Ride : Carroll Shelby's personal 800-hp Cobra to be sold|website=Caranddriver.com|date=February 2007 |access-date=May 16, 2024}}</ref>