If it's not Brangelina on the front of the tabloids I see in the grocery store, it's often a celebrity like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, or Paris Hilton and their abuse of spirits or drugs.
They are all in their early '20s which was a party time in my life, too. At age 27, I actually had the desire and wisdom to quit drugs and the lifestyle. But these ladies have what some describe as "success". This means success as far as having a fortune and instant recognition. Not everyone assigns the same value to material success. Some find spiritual or creative success more fulfilling.
What society should be learning is that it isn't likely that a 30 day rehab program will change someone's life. The only way that will work is if the person is motivated to quit and follows through with twelve step meetings and abstinence as if their life depended on it.
I ran across a photo slide show of Lindsay Lohan yesterday online. What a beautiful lady. But there is a lot under the surface that she isn't dealing with well at all. Her family situation was tumultuous and it sounds like she's taken in all the things her publicity agents have told her - she's spoiled and selfish. (Actually, aren't all celebrities a bit narcissistic?)
I saw a photo of Britney Spears with her children on the front of a tabloid later in the day. Britney is Britney. My heart goes out to her children, though. I was upset to see a headline which read something along the line that the children were a 'mistake'. The statement was supposedly made by Britney to a friend. What a tragic thing for one of those little boys to come across that headline later in life. It is devastating to be the child of an addict or alcoholic and it seems more so if the whole world knows the dirty laundry, too, as is the case with children of celebrities. I'm not sure drugs and celebrity kids have all that much to do with each other, but they do happen to occur simultaneously quite often.
So, if you ever thought that rich celebrities have it all and you'd do anything to trade places with one, think again. Sometimes intelligence, beauty, or riches seem to give a little nudge straight into the arms of a drug.
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