Filtering Life through Substance Abuse
We love, we laugh we sleep
We work, we cry, we eat,
Life is challenging enough just to get through the “everyday” routine and “rhythm” of living with joy and gratitude without filtering life through the use of alcohol and drugs.
Drugs and alcohol seem to cloud and confuse issues and magnifies things to extreme proportions to the point of spiraling out of control. When children are in the picture this makes it even more difficult to put things in perspective.
The recent interview with Whitney Houston on the Oprah Winfrey show revealed some interesting aspects to me about being rich and famous. I have often wondered how people who have fame and fortune cope with life when they have all the resources available to them.
If they seem depressed, they can get help; If they use drugs or alcohol, they can get help; If they do anything in excess, they can get help…they have resources. Now the privacy thing is another problem because they cannot do anything without it being leaked by some money grubbing nobody in their camp or an aggressive journalist stalking them.
Resources, meaning money and access to whatever they desire to do or see on any given day. When you have “money” the illusion is that all of your problems are solved and life is great.
Recently we have witnessed that even very wealthy people use “pedestrian” methods to cope. Life id challenging no matter how much money you have and how you deal with life on life’s terms determines the outcome.
The number of deaths caused by drug overdose and/or a combination of prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs is over whelming. The illusion is that they can afford the best medical care and could be really healthy if they chose to be.
Drugs and alcohol seem to be the coping mechanism for a large majority of people in spite of access to the best care. The antics of Kanye West was, in my opinion fueled by alcohol and probably a few blunts in the limo as a prop to party or to cope with anxiety and depression. Personally I believe that Kanye is still grieving the loss of his mother and will be grieving for some time. How he grieves is what we witnessed when he jumped up on stage recently after swigging Henny straight from the bottle.
Whitney and Bobby as a couple became a “train wreck” fueled by drugs and alcohol; Michael Jackson’s life was it seems held together with the use of prescription pain medication and drugs that were too powerful for everyday use; Gerald Levert and his brother both used a combination over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs.
So how does an “ordinary person” cope with life’s challenges? What is the glue that holds our lives together? What do you do to get through the day or a challenging week? A challenging day? A challenging moment?
When you stay up too late watching cable; eat the wrong foods; try to get the kids off to school; get the laundry done; cook dinner; pack lunches; pay bills with no job; cope with losing your home and your job; fight with your spouse/partner; wonder where you teenagers are after midnight; not want to hear your neighbors fight; have no food in your house; no transportation; not feel like catching the bus or walking; get tired of the media picking apart the President; want your grown ass children to get together; put your husband/man/woman out; stop getting your ass kicked by an abusive partner; get the homework done for yourself and your kids; stop listening to gossip; deal the illness of a parent/spouse/sibling/child; etc, etc etc.
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We work, we cry, we eat,
Life is challenging enough just to get through the “everyday” routine and “rhythm” of living with joy and gratitude without filtering life through the use of alcohol and drugs.
Drugs and alcohol seem to cloud and confuse issues and magnifies things to extreme proportions to the point of spiraling out of control. When children are in the picture this makes it even more difficult to put things in perspective.
The recent interview with Whitney Houston on the Oprah Winfrey show revealed some interesting aspects to me about being rich and famous. I have often wondered how people who have fame and fortune cope with life when they have all the resources available to them.
If they seem depressed, they can get help; If they use drugs or alcohol, they can get help; If they do anything in excess, they can get help…they have resources. Now the privacy thing is another problem because they cannot do anything without it being leaked by some money grubbing nobody in their camp or an aggressive journalist stalking them.
Resources, meaning money and access to whatever they desire to do or see on any given day. When you have “money” the illusion is that all of your problems are solved and life is great.
Recently we have witnessed that even very wealthy people use “pedestrian” methods to cope. Life id challenging no matter how much money you have and how you deal with life on life’s terms determines the outcome.
The number of deaths caused by drug overdose and/or a combination of prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs is over whelming. The illusion is that they can afford the best medical care and could be really healthy if they chose to be.
Drugs and alcohol seem to be the coping mechanism for a large majority of people in spite of access to the best care. The antics of Kanye West was, in my opinion fueled by alcohol and probably a few blunts in the limo as a prop to party or to cope with anxiety and depression. Personally I believe that Kanye is still grieving the loss of his mother and will be grieving for some time. How he grieves is what we witnessed when he jumped up on stage recently after swigging Henny straight from the bottle.
Whitney and Bobby as a couple became a “train wreck” fueled by drugs and alcohol; Michael Jackson’s life was it seems held together with the use of prescription pain medication and drugs that were too powerful for everyday use; Gerald Levert and his brother both used a combination over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs.
So how does an “ordinary person” cope with life’s challenges? What is the glue that holds our lives together? What do you do to get through the day or a challenging week? A challenging day? A challenging moment?
When you stay up too late watching cable; eat the wrong foods; try to get the kids off to school; get the laundry done; cook dinner; pack lunches; pay bills with no job; cope with losing your home and your job; fight with your spouse/partner; wonder where you teenagers are after midnight; not want to hear your neighbors fight; have no food in your house; no transportation; not feel like catching the bus or walking; get tired of the media picking apart the President; want your grown ass children to get together; put your husband/man/woman out; stop getting your ass kicked by an abusive partner; get the homework done for yourself and your kids; stop listening to gossip; deal the illness of a parent/spouse/sibling/child; etc, etc etc.
Take our poll @ http://aafamilyconnection.com
