Another side...
How many ex-athletes are living in pain beyond most people's comprehension, yet dealing with it? How many back problems are there? How many knees or shoulders were operated on/should have been? Consider all of the devastating arthritis?... People get by in pain without all of the meds.
Rush said he was no victim, I found that to be very meaningful.
I don't know anyone's pain tolerance other than my own. Do you?
I am simply saying that many people with chronic pain seek remedy after remedy. I don't think that makes a person evil.
Just because some people are able to live with pain doesn't mean that everyone can.
No, Rush does not see himself as a victim in the conventional sense, but does that translate into him not being a pain sufferer? I don't think so.
I am very disappointed in all the "high and mighties" who somehow see themselves in a position to KNOW exactly what are and aren't the circumstances surrounding Rush's addiction.
How have they learned so much about someone they only know through public knowledge and a whole ton of speculation?