This problem of the head ditto reveals what a pathetic world view this blowhard has. All that ranting and raving about all the depraved with 'phantom' pain that only substances can treat, including the pain of poverty, loss, psychological injury, and the whole host of other ailments afflicting so many, now comes back to bite him. Why was he so weak that he became addicted? How are his choices any different than the ones a drunk on the street corner of a ghetto makes? He has access to the state of the art medical treatment that so many don't, yet he became addicted?
As an interesting aside, the impact drugs have on productivity may, depending on the substance, have little to no negative effect on an individual's ability to function and produce. Who ever thought he was tuning in to a show by an addict?
Confessing to the addiction is a ploy to eliminate legal problems. His statement last week was just so stupid. He wasn't going to say anything until he saw the evidence against him. He must have seen it this week.