Phillip Seymour Hoffman found dead

[BlueTiki]

Addiction is a very powerful disease.

Matt was GIVEN a top notch education. He was GIVEN a $40k truck. He has a beautiful home to live in rent free until he gets his business going. He is about to be GIVEN a substantial amount of money that could be used to purchase a home or invest or whatever. You get the point. And he has an opportunity to address his "issues" in a rehab center. But no. He chooses to continue on his path of destruction.

I think you summed it up, quite nicely.

You don't wake up one morning and say to yourself: "Gee . . . my life is fantastic! I think I'll go to rehab!"

Crash had his "moment of clarity" when faced with losing his job and all that goes with it. Fear can be a powerful motivator . . . sometimes for change and sometimes to paralyze one towards change.

It appears your ex and Matt haven't hit their respective bottoms.

Some never do and die while continuing to embrace their "disease".

Now that's what I call some kinda twisted will power.

Or false pride.