>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/11/showbiz/whitney-houston-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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>>>>Sad. She was really talented.
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>>>I heard she didn't even like cocaine. She just liked the way it smelled.
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>>>Too soon?
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>>48, yeah, that's sooner than anyone should go. Obviously she had issues and they caught up to her. That doesn't make it any less sad.
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>>And I don't want to hear anyone say she should have just quit.
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>She should have... My oldest son did..

Good for your son but it's not that simple, John. Unfortunately I know a little bit more about addiction than you do, even though you have been closely exposed to it. Being addicted to alcohol or drugs is completely irrational. There is nothing rational about it. Do you think anyone with even half a mind would put themself through it by choice?

Addicts do sometimes recover, though, as your son did. There are recovered addicts right on this forum. I have seen it personally and that keeps me hanging in there. It is NOT a matter of willpower. That is a misconception. The disease can take you over like the devil himself.