swedie
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I might be "odd" for feeling the way I do, but I see this entire cascading of events surrounding WH, BKB and NG (along w/other hangers-on and relatives distant or not) to be a tragedy. That's what it actually is since so much pain has been leveled in that group, most of it self-inflicted.
No one has to choose a path of destruction. Every day is a new start. You can't change the past but one can reach out for help and enjoy a better future. I find the entire thing extremely sad.
As far as NG I honestly think he is an addict and alcoholic (same thing) and his actions and words since BK's hospitalization show that very plainly. I have sympathy for those who suffer from the disease of addiction. The first use is self-chosen but not for much longer.
This always seems to explain it from the addict's point of view and is honest:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0LEV7rar_9UtAQAGsclnIlQ?qid=20090801120507AAPcdDi
>Pain and deception are a river that carries you in it's current. You can choose to go with the current, or swim against it.
I believe the pain we feel within ourselves can be the product of our self-deception, which we can choose to overcome or we can choose to accept as a limit to our own freedom.<
>who sings this lyric?
my pain is self chosen, at least i believe it to be<
Source(s): wikipedia
[That's a quote from Layne Staley]
JMOHO
BBM- I so agree. And I just happened to have posted my thought similar. Came back and there was your post.

We are our own destination, in control of our own lives. The strong survive. MOO.