She died because she was stupid.
I hate when people try to sugar coat things.
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My bet was that she wasn’t stupid at all. My bet was that she was bright. My bet is that she lost her way. Further, my bet is that, bright or dull, wise or stupid, she left behind people who loved her and are devastated by her loss.
That is, if I were a betting man...
“She died because she was stupid.”
I bet in some ways she was stupid. I think all of us are stupid in some way. Whether she was stupid or not, however, I personally wish, in my darker moments, that I could put an end to every drug pusher in this world. Since she was so young - only 20 - and had already been clean for 16 months shortly before her death - that means she was using heroin or other hard drugs when she was only perhaps 16, 17, 18 years old. I doubt she picked up the addiction because she was trying to recapture the high she had developed an affinity for while taking pain meds (which is what happens to a surprising number of middle class women). No, she got into this purely for the pleasure of the high, for kicks. And I can’t help but think that means someone led her to this. I would like the name and address of that person so I can have a chat with him about personal responsibility or something like that.
Cancer is a disease. Pneumonia is a disease. Parkinson’s is a disease.
Drug abuse is not.
Most obits paint the deceased as a saint of the first order. Sometimes I actually laugh reading obits of people I knew personally who were, well, anything BUT saints.
The point of this post is that it’s an honest obit, acknowledging the deceased’s addiction that lead to her way too early death. Most times when a person dies of a drug overdose or alcoholism or other self-inflicted causes, the actual cause of death is glossed over.