We can honor a man’s accomplishments and contributions to the world while being frank about what he suffered and potentially died from. Furthermore, we could p

We can honor a man’s accomplishments and contributions to the world while being frank about what he suffered and potentially died from. Furthermore, we could probably cope with addiction and other forms of mental illness better if we continue to talk about it more openly. It’s no better or worse than suffering from purely physical conditions like diabetes or cancer or obesity. There are things we can and should do to try to be healthy, but there are also other genetic and environmental factors that are out of our control. I think the article was good to be not judgmental of it, and hope others in similar situations do not fear that others will judge either.