Alcohol and Drug Abuse Relapse is a Choice
Nothing quite highlights the hypocrisy of our legal system like the condoning of celebrity excess as being due to “relapse.” That is nonsense. Lindsay Lohan did not relapse – Ms. Lohan is an arrogant young woman who does what she wants and believes, apparently correctly, that she can get away with it because she is a celebrity with a convenient “disease.”
But drug and alcohol abuse is a choice, certainly at 21. Other behaviors are also choices: smoking; uncontrolled Type II diabetes; un-medicated Bi-Polar Disorder – all are choices. “Relapse,” real or faked, is a choice.
There is not a single documented case of anyone ever walking down the street, being grabbed by a bottle, dragged into an alley, and forced to consume the contents against their will. Or light a cigarette. Or consume pancakes with maple syrup. Or skip their medications. Let’s get a grip here, folks.
