Why Whitney Died

Perhaps the TV folks will rebroadcast it and someone will save a better one.

I looked at a bunch of them on YouTube; and that was the best; though there was not very much difference between them.

141 posted on 02/16/2012 3:49:53 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

142 posted on 02/16/2012 3:53:51 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

143 posted on 02/16/2012 3:55:37 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

There IS help available...

2 Kings 6:15-17

When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.

“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

144 posted on 02/16/2012 3:59:06 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

Brown may have at best 10% of the blame. It has been said the drug use started before Bobby Brown, but even if that’s not true, he was gone well before her death, so what was her excuse? And if the marriage was that bad, why didn’t she chuck him out long before she did? She certainly didn’t need him around. She had a very successful career so it wasn’t like she needed him to support her. I guess I just don’t get anyone, male or female, ssticking it out in a harmful relationship.

With some people, once drug use has started, there is no getting them off of it. One of my childhood friends had a brother who got into drug/alcohol use when we were teenagers. At the time, it was just something cool to do, lots of teens were doing stuff like that. With him, it just got worse and worse. He joined the Air Force right out of high school, got married, had a couple of kids--it would seem like everything was going fine for him. Except for the drug/alcohol use. His wife left him and he got kicked out of the AF. He died a couple years ago, at the age of 52. It's not like no one tried to help him. But the drugs had him.

With someone like Whitney, the celebrity culture is permeated with drug abuse. There seems to be a lot of pressure to adopt that lifestyle, and little help with getting out of it. On top of it, fame is a stress that seems to ruin a lot of people.

A similar story is shown in the movie, Lady Sings the Blues, about singer Billie Holliday. People tried to help her, and the drugs killed her anyway.

145 posted on 02/16/2012 4:20:08 AM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)

Wow. Amazing.
Such a great song.

146 posted on 02/16/2012 8:11:56 AM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)

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