During the past month of election news, Mrs. McCain (Cindy) has received some attention.  Apparently she has had some chemical dependency experiences.  The pharmaceutical opiates of Vicodin and Oxycontin are unbelievably popular.   A large number of celebrities, politicians, CEOs, full-time moms, and students  have been addicted to these substances.  Unfortunately, some have died from mixes of medications, liquor, or overdose.  The medications can definitely feel almost exactly like heroin.  Obviously, they affect the same part of the brain, the opiate receptors.

I think this is a symptom of the stresses we all feel and how people deal with it when they can't cope.  Life should be simpler.  I wish we were all free to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of life on earth.  Having to plan a life around the availability of drugs, whether street drugs or medication from a pharmacy, is not freedom.  It's a hard life. 

When I hear of certain people with medication addictions, my first thought is, "They have it all.  Why would they need drugs?"   Fame, beauty, wealth, and talent do not serve as boundaries from the nagging little pains, anxieties, and boredom (emptiness) we all might suffer with.  I hope research continues in the understanding of addiction and how to relieve those bound by it's ever-increasing hold.