Whoops, I forgot to include the end of a sentence - I was interrupted while trying to write this. Corrected below along with the grammar. unless it disappears. And, I have to figure out how to post back without losing the thing I'm replying to. Maybe by interleaving/interweaving comments.
---In [email protected], <emilymaenot@...> wrote: Addiction is addiction is addiction. It doesn't respond to the word "why", does it? At least not if you believe it has a genetic component. I don't know that all people lead lives of "quiet desperation." I have never dreamed of having it all. I did work to achieve the "American dream" for my kids and probably to prove I could do it and "make the grade" on some level, but I care nothing for that now. I have wanted to win the lottery, but keep forgetting to buy tickets. Smile. Actors who achieve fame sacrifice their privacy, or pay heavily to keep it, and, for me, that would be too big a price to pay. I like to walk around anonymously. I don't think most people reach for the bottle or syringe to escape, unless they are alcoholics, of course. If they are feeling an emptiness, perhaps they might work installing wells in Africa or something, or with youth, or get involved with their church serving up meals to homeless people, etc., etc., etc. I'm not sure how you are defining the self, but I exist to me.
