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What do you think about celebrities who go public with their addiction issues?

  • They bring awareness to issues we all face.
    22%
  • It makes them seem a little more human and down to earth.
    17%
  • It's annoying, we all have problems why should they be given special treatment.
    20%
  • The public should leave them alone and give them the privacy they deserve.
    21%
  • It's all just a ploy for publicity.
    19%

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  • I guess its time that we all grow up and take responsibility for our actions including stars...see more
    anonymous 47 kwakwakuitl 10/31/08 Reply
     
  • i feel it's a good thing cause alot of people out there has an addictions of some kind and are in denile! maybe if they hear stars can have addictions maybe more people will get out of denile and get help! thanks i think your awesome!
    anonymous anonymous 11/2/08 Reply
     
  • THEY DO NOTHING BUT GET FREE PUBLICITY BY CRYING ABOUT THEIR BOUTS WITH ADDICTION. I WENT THRU IT FOR 10 YRS. I BEEN CLEAN FOR OVER 20 YRS. I THINK THEY SHOULDN;T SAY A WORD AND WORK ON THEIR LIVES AND CAREER AND WHEN THEY ARE CLEAN & SOBER FOR 10 YRS.THEY GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK. WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT , THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD. YOU WANT THE REGULAR GUY TO RESPECT YOU, DO LIKE PITT & JOLINE. TRAVEL ABROUD AND ADOUT KIDS THAT HAVE NO PARENTS AND NEED A CHANCE AT LIFE. STOP DWELLING ON YOUR PAST DRUG ISSUES AND MOVE FOWARD, LEARN WHY YOU DID IT AND STOP MEDICATING YOURSELF AND SEE DR'S TO HELP YOU IF YOU NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT.
    anonymous anonymous 11/19/08 Reply
     
  • Celebrities seem to do more substance abuse than we "mere mortals" and, on top of that, they get special treatment either for their addictions or for crimes they commit. What I'd like to see is a celebrity who really has a problem and who really gets help by going to a real treatment place, not to a fashionable rehab weekend they can later add to their resumes. Sadly, for every Mickey Rourke, who has come through from the other side, we have dozens of Heath Ledgers, Anna Nicole Smiths, Lindsey Lohans and Britney Spears. I don't think celebrities should receive special treatment because they're addicts but that's just a pipe dream (no, not THAT kind of pipe!).
    anonymous 254 MISSMOO 1/22/09 Reply
     
    • exactly! or the janis joplins, river phoenix the others that we dont know about.
      Special treatment...they dont need it. But they can pay for it. Thats the difference. And that brings us back to squareone where it all begins with money. even if you dont have it.
      BTW...hats off and a huge pat on the back to anonymous who has been clean for 10 yrs now. Good on you!! way to go!
      anonymous anonymous 8/7/09
       
  • I really dont like the press, they are always waiting outside some poor celebs door, sort of like a stalker. but they should really get out of their faces!!!!
    anonymous anonymous 6/4/09 Reply
     
  • I wont mention anyone in particular, but its one thing being (thin But toned) and being (thin and skelitol). I see celebrities some time on TV looking like corpses and it is not pritty if anything scary, it sets a bad example to youngsters also, coz they look up to them. But its not jus celebrities that do this it can be normal people too. At the end of the day it boils down to self-confidence.
    anonymous anonymous 6/10/09 Reply
     
  • Celebrities are people just like you and me. I dont condone the drug addictions. But thats what happens when you have loads of money and theres nothing left for you to buy.
    I would say one thing in the defense of some of the stars..at least they are checking into rehab for help. Some dont make it that far. I recently viewed the effects drug combinations has on the body. Its shocking.
    So if they check in...ok yes they get publicity Its not the kind i think i would want however. Being as we dont know any of them personally my guess is that they wouldnt want the pbulic to know about their troubles.
    Lest they be tagged a druggie or whatever.
    anonymous anonymous 8/7/09 Reply
     
  • Other than just the Music of aerosmith, their soberness if you will has taught me how to handel and deal with those issues with my family. INO these guys will never truly know how much they have helped their fans on many different levels. Thanks. Rock on!
    anonymous anonymous 8/8/09 Reply
     
  • I don't know. I think it's fine. look at how many there are with prescription drug addictions too!

    http://www.celebrities-with-diseases.com/celebrities/celebrities-with-addictions.html
    anonymous anonymous 8/17/09 Reply
     
  • I don't care to hear about there problems, they don't appreciate the wealth and what it's like to be broke, when you don't have it, money can by happiness!
    anonymous anonymous 9/25/09 Reply