In the past few weeks, I was intrigued by Demi Lovato’s Story, (Documentary) about her closed encountered with death. The first time the story broke that Relapsed I said well, she is human like all of us (except rich, white, and privileged) and I kind of understood her, then later on she OD and almost died, at this point, I still understood her (kind of), addiction it’s very hard to overcome that is why is called addiction, but at this point, I do not feel sorry for her. As a person who has gone through many types of addiction (Coke, Alcohol, muscle relaxers, Xanax, smoke dope, no injections Thank God, pills, etc, I can keep on going) I never OD although sometimes I felt I almost did, I think I never O.D due to the fact I lack the unlimited amount of $$. I’m not white, I don’t come from a rich privileged family nor have unlimited amounts of money. BUT Even though I don’t come from rich family background, I did come from a good middle-class family, went through college, and have always had a steady, responsible professional job earning a very good salary which I spent many times on drugs. It was hard to get out of vicious circles, especially when you are in your 20’s, parties, fun, bad relationships, and even worse selection of a group of friends. It was not easy getting out, but I did and survived it, yet, I never ever called myself a victim, I never said oh people took advantage of me when I was high, if they did, (which they did) I was the one who made the decision of getting high and once you are high it’s a completely different world, everything feels amazing (especially sex) And pay attention when I say I made the decision, I went to the party, called my dealer, bought drugs, used them and signed up for the ride if I had any regrets the following days which I did many times, I was the only one to blame, no one slipped a drug on my drink and took advantage of me (this is a completely different scenario) And although I have not gone crazy on drugs for more than a decade, I drink alcohol when I feel like it and learned how to control my cravings. Addiction still lingers through your body, and it’s a constant fight that will remain with you for the rest of your life. I watched the Demi Lovato documentary because I was intrigued by her story and thought maybe I can understand her or identify with what she is going through. By the end I was not impressed, it was just a PR stunt, of a White, Rich, privileged Girl who just recorded a new album (about relapse and addiction) and yet again cash in by playing the victim and blaming others for the actions and her followers/fans paying the price. None of us can blame others for our addictions nor bad decisions, we are the ones who make the decision to get high, and it’s not hard at all once you have tasted, it runs through your veins and the thought of getting high fills up your body with warm feelings, any person who has gone through addiction can tell you, no one pushes you into it, in most cases you are the one who makes the first step into this junkie world. Now she has even gone worse, blaming a company Froyo for providing as many options as possible for different people's needs, again, trying to victimize herself about her eating disorder by attacking companies who have nothing to do with her issues just to get attention. Gurl fuck off, you are an adult, we all have issues, and we all have to work hard to overcome them and even harder than you because we are not privileged as you. We search for support groups, specialists, professionals, change aspects of our lives that are not good when we have decided it is enough. People do OD and Die alone in the street, not on their fancy mansion in CA. Get a fucking good look at yourself in the mirror and see all the fucking privileged life you are living right now and say, “wow, I’m a fucking ungrateful brat looking for attention and money” Because yes, every time you relapse, OD and come back, it’s a chance you get to make even more money, while for the rest of the world it’s their end, there are no second chances, no fancy medical specialists to revive them nor a chance to get richer by milking their situation. Remember the only person to blame is the one who was at home, picked up her phone, calling a drug dealer to get her fix delivered. The second you are accepting dope from a drug dealer, you are on your own, as much as they say, oh this is safe, this is good, it’s the real thing, it’s their job to sell the dope, not to make sure you end up alive or dead. The Drug Dealer was at your place because you called. If you are pressured because of being a celebrity, needing to work to pay all your staff/employees and family that depend on you, stop and step back, you must take care of yourself first, everyone else that it’s living out of you will find ways to make money you are not responsible for them. Dear Demi Lovato; I hope you get the help you need; you have all world the resources in your hand, but don’t expect us to feel sorry for you the next time you do and always remember that the next time you OD you won’t might not be as lucky as the first time.