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I don't believe your assertions are true. I have been struggling with my own weight since I was a teen. It is a never ending daily battle, a personal reprogramming, and it is a condition only the sole individual can overcome. Of course we all wish him well, but there comes a time when one has to accept personal responsibility for one's own fate. To allow ourselves to get to the point that others are championed for overcoming their own addictions, well, that to me is difficult to comprehend. Where are the kudos to those that don't get to the point where they are celebrated for living a life of free of . . . whatever. Pick your poison. Drugs, alcohol, gambiling, etc. Yet those that live a life of unforced pleasures deserve praise for having had a ton of fun and lived a life of abandon most of the time and are now repenting for their sins and blaming some other factor?

Freepers are the kindest folks I have ever had the pleasure of "knowing".

To allow ourselves to get to the point that others are championed for overcoming their own addictions, well, that to me is difficult to comprehend.

I couldn't disagree more. Many people, for whatever reasons, (childhood upbringing, genetics, traumatic events, for example) are more susceptible to addictions than other people. And everyone has weaknesses in their lives that they must overcome. I think it's completely laudable for people to overcome those weaknesses. It's certainly something we should encourage, as opposed to mocking those with problems, particularly when the person in question is doing everything he can to overcome them.

Where are the kudos to those that don't get to the point where they are celebrated for living a life of free of . . . whatever.

They should be applauded too. The two aren't mutually exclusive.