Nor will I. He's BETTER, to me.
Human beings do things like this.
FR is judgment central, but we should be very careful when denigrating other people for some human failing.
I have to believe that those who are ready for Rush to be prosecuted have never suffered or watched someone agonize every waking moment. It's so easy for them to sit back and pass judgment.
Even though the human inclination for addiction to drugs is similar in drug users, there is a very big difference in setting out to take drugs for kicks and being introduced to them by legal prescription.
What do you want to bet that some of the critics here may someday find themselves in need of chronic pain relief and innocently step foot on the same road as Rush and others like him? Maybe they would sing a different tune and understand how these situations can evolve.
Yes, over and over again.
I have a 63 year old sister who is an alcoholic and resides in a nursing home because of her addiction. I love my sister, but she made her choices long ago.
Rush came clean because he was outted. Would he have signed himself into a 30 day rehab program had this not been made public? In a way his housekeeper did him a favor. She forced him to have to deal with the problem. I've seen alot of people over the years who have been dependent on drugs/alcohol. It wasn't until they were backed into a corner, that they finally admitted they even had a problem and sought help.
I once worked with two different individuals who were addicted to chemical substances...one to alcohol and the other to coke. In both cases, these individuals could not function normally on thejob, but they had co-workers who took care of them. If they didn't show up to work on time, the co-workers called them, or even went to their house to get them up. If they didn't show up at work, they were given a personal leave day or an owed day off to prevent them from getting written up. All this coddling did was create an even bigger monster. It didn't do anything in forcing these individuals to deal with their problems. These co-workers who thought they were helping, were in fact becoming the enablers. The addictions eventually took their toll on both of these people. One lost her job after about 20 years, but not before she had been involved in several severe work incidents, which put the rest of our lives in jeopardy. The other one, the one who was an alcoholic also lost his job. He died at the ripe, old age of 35. By that time, his wife had left him, he never got to see his only child, and he'd also lost his house. He suffered from bleeding ulcers and choked to death on his own vomit. A shame, because he had a promising future, if he could have only beat this problem. He was given chances at rehab, but he never could deal with it.
It's a shame the things we do to ourselves. I hope Rush does well in rehab, but that's only part of getting over an addiction. He's got to stay clean once he's back out, and that is where the hard part comes in. Only time will tell.