The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Kiedis and Slovak were addicted to heroin. Their addictions got worse as the band was making The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. Kiedis was not helping the band make much music because of his addiction. He was asked to leave the band to go to a treatment place. While he was there, the band won the LA Weekly Band of the Year Award. Because of this, Kiedis decided to stop using heroin. He visited his mother in Michigan, and she took him to another treatment place owned by the Salvation Army. He lived with his mother after being treated for 20 days. It was the first time he was not using drugs since he was 11 years old. After he was done, Kiedis felt much better. He wrote the lyrics to "Fight Like a Brave" while on an airplane going back to Los Angeles. He joined the band again to record the album.