Amy Winehouse has died

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Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction. You are always in recovery.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction; you are always in recovery.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction; you are always in recovery.

Yes, but you're still alive, no?

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction; you are always in recovery.

Yes, but you're still alive, no?

Different poster. Think of it as "remission" if you will.

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Anonymous wrote:At first I was 30% sad that Amy Winehouse had died and 60% sad about what happened in Norway. After reflecting on the fact that AW was a drug addict and chose to shoot drugs, I subtracted 5% of my sadness, leaving me with Amy at 25% and Norway still at 60% since they were innocent and the numbers where larger. That left me with an overbudget of 15% of my sadness allotment. I chose to place 5% with breast cancer survivors, 5% to people with lung cancer that never smoked and 5% to the discontinuation of Trader Joe's Vegetable Stock. I hope that these figures add up correctly not only mathematically but ethically as well.

If I was being flip with this post, it was to make an important point. When someone dies, it is sad even if it is a part of life. When others judge whether that life was worthy, than that is really, really sad. I simply don't understand the point of comparing cancer to drug addiction in an attempt to justify basic hard heartedness in terms of the loss of a human being. It must be nice to be able to compartmentalize these types of emotions. I haven't figured out how to do it and I don't hope I learn to anytime soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction; you are always in recovery.

Yes, but you're still alive, no?

Different poster. Think of it as "remission" if you will.

Completely true, I never fully recovered from an eating disorder, 10 years after my lowest point and zero behaviors. Even now, it seems like a distant but real escape to turn to. My mom quit smoking 30 years and still has urges.

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She was an addict. She was a genius. Boy that girl could sing.

Oslo: Tragic, too.

Any life cut short is tragic.

It is not either/or.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction; you are always in recovery.

Yes, but you're still alive, no?

Different poster. Think of it as "remission" if you will.

My friend who lost her breasts to breast cancer and now has cancer in her bones will think this comparison is just rich. Neither will my friend who lost her two year old to an aggressive brain tumor. You are making very ridiculous comparisons that are offensive to people to have lost loved ones to cancer.

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. Is there a cure for cancer that I don't know about? There is a cure for addiction. You go to a rehab center and clean-up or you don't. What's the choice for cancer patients?

There is no cure for addiction; you are always in recovery.

Yes, but you're still alive, no?

Different poster. Think of it as "remission" if you will.

My friend who lost her breasts to breast cancer and now has cancer in her bones will think this comparison is just rich. Neither will my friend who lost her two year old to an aggressive brain tumor. You are making very ridiculous comparisons that are offensive to people to have lost loved ones to cancer.

I've lost people to cancer, and it's not offensive to me. Why should the opinion of others be offensive? It's all horrible and tragic. It's not a pissing match.

[Anonymous]

After a 9 page debate no one came back to say it turned out to be alcohol? 5 times the drinking limit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After a 9 page debate no one came back to say it turned out to be alcohol? 5 times the drinking limit.

It really isn't shocking....

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Anonymous wrote:After a 9 page debate no one came back to say it turned out to be alcohol? 5 times the drinking limit.

Shocker, what do you think it would be?