Not really self righteous, as much as tired of watching the short unhappy lives of the once famous. I am not claiming superiority. I am claiming fatigue.
I have watched self destruction all my life. And I break it down to whether or not the person doing it has the will to stop it. And if you believe that they do, at least at some time in their life, then you believe that they let it happen. Maybe not knowing or not believing that it would become irreversible at some point. But I guarantee you that at some point there was a friend, probably many, who fought hard to convince her to care and to change her ways. But she never did.