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Not sure I understand what you mean. Rich, successful people? In my experience, addiction crosses all social, economic and class boundaries. Being rich and f
by bitskits 13y ago
Not sure I understand what you mean. Rich, successful people?
In my experience, addiction crosses all social, economic and class boundaries. Being rich and famous probably plays an enabling role more than anything.
In any case, very sad to lose another talent too soon.
- j2kun 13y agoI can understand why celebrity caricatures like Justin Bieber do their shenanigans, but Hoffman was so respected and loved. Why would he start with drugs to begin with? (forgetting being trapped by an addiction)
- dragonwriter 13y ago> I can understand why celebrity caricatures like Justin Bieber do their shenanigans Why? > but Hoffman was so respected and loved. Why would he start with drugs to begin with? (forgetting being trapped by an addiction) Well, first, you assume that he started drugs after he was "so respected and loved", which may well not be the case, and second, the fact that you cited that seems to imply that the reason that people start drugs is usually because they are lacking respect and love. Why would you assume that a person starting drugs necessarily has any influence from other people's opinions of that person?
- j2kun 13y agoI imagine that public ridicule and scrutiny can cause public figures to misbehave [1], but Hoffman seemed to have little of that. Sure he could have got his start before he became famous, but that contradicts that fame/fortune is an enabler. [1]: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/23/265243793/rather-than-joking-about-justin-bieber-watch-this-video http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/23/265243793/rat...