I have a problem only with the wrong point of view in the matter. Everyone has a choice. You have a choice, I have a choice, and poor wrong choosing Whitney had a choice. I have ZERO sympathy with someone who has so much and choo choo chooses to have so little. I feel awful for Whitney's family and friends but I do not feel sorry for her. She chose this path fully and completely and it's self admitted by her as well.
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I have a problem only with the wrong point of view in the matter. Everyone has a choice. You have a choice, I have a choice, and poor wrong choosing Whitney had a choice. I have ZERO sympathy with someone who has so much and choo choo chooses to have so little. I feel awful for Whitney's family and friends but I do not feel sorry for her. She chose this path fully and completely and it's self admitted by her as well.
I have a problem with people who think thier view is the only right one. I somehow doubt she knew in advance that her marriage to Bobby Brown would be a rocky one or that her attempts at drug rehab or fixing her bad marraige would fail. She took a break from her career to deal with those issues. Addiction to drugs is not always that easy to overcome. If it was, drug rehab would have a 100% sucess rate.
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No illegal drugs have been found in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died -- at least not yet -- but prescription drugs were present, and it's possible the singer drowned in the bathtub ... TMZ has learned.
Sources tell us ... when EMTs arrived Whitney's body was already removed from the bathtub so it will take an autopsy to determine if she OD'd, drowned or died from some other cause.
Informed sources tell us ... Beverly Hills cops -- who were still searching the room at the time this story was posted -- found various pill bottles. There was no evidence that Whitney was drinking alcohol in the room.
The article in the herald mentioned that she was the queen of pop at one time. It seems that being any type of pop royalty is dangerous to your health.
Feel sorry jfor her daughter to be growing up in that minefield........
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I’m always amazed these sportscasters and announcers can call the game with McDavid’s **** in their mouths all the time.
I have a problem only with the wrong point of view in the matter. Everyone has a choice. You have a choice, I have a choice, and poor wrong choosing Whitney had a choice. I have ZERO sympathy with someone who has so much and choo choo chooses to have so little. I feel awful for Whitney's family and friends but I do not feel sorry for her. She chose this path fully and completely and it's self admitted by her as well.
You quite clearly do not understand the concept of addiction. Pathetic really.
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Celebrities also have to deal with the constant attention they get from the paparazzi and lunatic fans that stalk them. They may have everything but losing your privacy and the ability to go anywhere without being noticed is a huge drawback.
Although a lot of celebrities manage to avoid it quite well.
In the case of Whitney Houston, did the paparazzi drive her to drug abuse or did her drug abuse cause the paparazzi to go to her? Personally, I would argue it was the latter. If she made different choices, she probably would have fallen into obscurity like most 80s and 90s stars.
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I have a problem only with the wrong point of view in the matter. Everyone has a choice. You have a choice, I have a choice, and poor wrong choosing Whitney had a choice. I have ZERO sympathy with someone who has so much and choo choo chooses to have so little. I feel awful for Whitney's family and friends but I do not feel sorry for her. She chose this path fully and completely and it's self admitted by her as well.
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You quite clearly do not understand the concept of addiction. Pathetic really.
No one put the crack pipe in her mouth by force. You know why I'm not addicted to heroine, crack, or meth? Cuz I never tried it even once cuz I know it is crazy addictive and can destroy my life.
That being said I feel bad for her and her family. Addiction sucks and is tough to beat but ... in the end we all have choice
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Did you know that Whitney Houston’s debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston had 4 number one singles on it? Did you know that?
It’s hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but “The Greatest Love of All” is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it’s not too late to better ourselves. Since, it’s impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves. It’s an important message, crucial really. And it’s beautifully stated on the album.
You actually listen to Whitney Houston? You own a Whitney Houston CD? More than one?
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I’m always amazed these sportscasters and announcers can call the game with McDavid’s **** in their mouths all the time.
Friend just posted this on facebook, accurately sums up my thoughts on the volume and posts of people who are falling over each other to tell us how much she meant to them..
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No one put the crack pipe in her mouth by force. You know why I'm not addicted to heroine, crack, or meth? Cuz I never tried it even once cuz I know it is crazy addictive and can destroy my life.
That being said I feel bad for her and her family. Addiction sucks and is tough to beat but ... in the end we all have choice
If it were as simple as that, there would be an even distribution of addicts across all segments of society. The fact of the matter is that there are many, many factors that put people at risk for addiction. Drugs fill a void, in a temporary, insufficient manner. If people don't have that void to begin with, they don't feel the need to find substances to fill it. Children who aren't brought up in a nurturing environment, for example, often don't develop healthy dopamine production. If drugs fill that need in a way they can't on their own, is it any surprise people become addicts?
Take an extreme example...a child whose crack addicted mom leaves them at age eight to go live on the streets, while the child is raised by a physically and psycologically abusive drug dealing father. Is it that child's fault it becomes a drug addict? Really? Did they make a conscious, rational decision to become one?
We don't know all of what went on behind the scenes and contributed to her addiction. What we do know, about her marriage, and about the unhealthy, stressful lifestyle many pop stars live, seem like pretty big risk factors to me.
Was choice a factor? Sure. There are always choices involved. But when the means by which you make choices are broken, flawed, underdeveloped, etc., it isn't fair to just dismiss it as "she made a choice". It's not that simple.
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tried it even once cuz I know it is crazy addictive and can destroy my life.
