It's Called Being Broken

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Y'all know how I am -- I don't listen to any music released after 1993. But if I see one more Internet fool going on about how Amy Winehouse "chose" her "lifestyle" and "chose" to die, I'm gonna punch a motherfucker. What the fuck is wrong with people who need to proclaim this kind of shit? Do they actually feel superior because they are not sick,

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I think it's a bit of outrage over wasted talent, I mean she was really talented and could have gone a long way, it just seems pointless to waste that you know. Like Sonny told C in A Bronx Tale "there is nothing sadder than wasted talent"

I also sort of hate the whole broken mentality, was she an addict sure, but there are tons of addicts that hit rock bottom,take stock of themselves and clean themselves up. I think when this type of thing happens people wonder why the person didn't love themselves enough to dig deep and really try to mend themselves.

I come from a long line of addicts. I have seen the joys of recovery and the lows of hitting bottom, and in the end it's the persons choice which road they pick. Yes she was broken but it became her choice to stay that way when she bought the drugs and took them. She could have gone to a meeting instead.

It's sad, really.

Blaming the victim again!

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Bullshit! You're blaming the victim. Saying "the person didn't love themselves enough" is garbage. It was the fucking addiction that bought the drugs and saying "She could have gone to a meeting instead" is inane blaming republican drivel. It's the same crap I remember when my friends were all dying of AIDS and Marianne Williamson said it was because they "Didn't love themselves enough" No, it was because they had a virus. And just for the record I blame Rupert Murdochs salacious tabloid papers for hounding this Woman for years for their own greedy profit

Re: Blaming the victim again!

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On rereading my post I'm (mostly) sticking by my statements here but I apologize for the combativeness and the personal attack mode vibe, I could and should have used more compassion in addressing you, please forgive me I'm sorry for that.

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About eight weeks after I stopped taking opiates, I went to the funeral of a friend who had OD'd on multiple drugs. I saw him lying in his casket and at that instant I knew the only difference between us was luck. Some of my good luck was privilege, a stable family, a bit of money. Some of his bad luck was an upbringing in the ghetto, lack of education, no affordable treatment for addiction in the area, not enough money to do anything with his life but just enough to keep getting high. Ever since that day, I haven't been able to believe that dying or not dying from addiction is a choice.

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Well as the daughter of addicts who decided to drink and do drugs I tend to disagree. I watched them time and time again choose drugs over caring for me. A child that never was given a choice to be born into thier selfishness. I have also seen parents of other children who lived Like my biological parents and made the choice to get clean and be there for their families. I don't know maybe you are right but I just don't know.

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I think I can understand that to a degree (see my comment above re: living with addicts). My grandfather was an alcoholic who drank himself to death when my mother was 13. She's been compassionate about my problems, but I know it's been hard for her to watch and deal with.

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Oops, double comment. Deleted the second one. LJ sucks today.