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Michael & the term: "Drug Addict"

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Actually, I just remembered a term in German, that sounds rather colloquial, but goes along the 'situational addict'. "Quartalssaeufer" for example describes someone with addiction (alcoholism), who typically doesn't drink, but who 'falls off the wagon' in certain intervals- every couple of months etc. Meaning that alcoholism is still an addiction, even times passes between episodes of that kind.
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Of course one tends to flip thanks to people like Pinsky, who love to shove down their worldview of addiction in plants, animals and anything that moves down your throat (and pretend that playing oracle without ever speaking to the 'diagnosed' is somehow a contribution to easing the stigma of addiction)- but I wonder if MJ fans flipping out to that degree at the mere mentioning of 'addiction' reflect their own views on addiction. I'm not about to excuse hatas who love to disqualify MJ for their own inferiority reasons- but Frank Cascio is certainly getting a taste of what Michael went through in life- with every Joe and their mother analyzing every move and word.
 
^ I see it a BIT different.. unless I am reading your post wrong..

How I understand (of course I could be wrong) what Michael did/felt whatever was he became dependant on medications more than he "should" have which built a tollerance.. he would not be on anything and would revert back when he felt pain..

I see what you discribe as a situational addict is an addict that tries to be sober that keeps falling back into the addiction.. I don't think that while Michael was off all medication that he craved or struggled with staying off..

I see it as he reverted to the medication too quickly when something was wrong..

Now of course I could be wrong, he could have been addicted (he did have an addictive personality which was obvious) and struggled with staying off any time he was off.. But from the stories I see it did not seem like it.. But I could be wrong, who knows why according to franks book that another dr helped wing him off..

IF he winged him off because he felt the need to take it due to a hunger for it.. than he was an addict

IF he winged him off because the dr felt it was best to handle his pain instead of numb it than that can could be dependance issues


Like I said in my last post there is a fine line, and dependancy issues can lead into addiction VERY easily
 
Actually, I did NOT refer to Michael AT ALL, which is why I wrote twice that my remembering the term in itself is not me applying it to Michael. People are getting on Cascio's case to prove him an 'idiot' for his choice of words, that such thing in itself would be nonexistent. Just trying to differentiate a little.

I have no such personal knowledge on Michael and therefore my commentary refers strictly to language only, NOT to Michael Jackson.
 
The term "drug addict" it seems to me automatically conjours up a person that craves drugs, out of control and who started this addiction by seeking illegal drugs for recreational purposes. Michael never sought out these illegal drugs for recreation or partying like many other ppl have. In fact when he was burnt it took a lot for doctors to convince Michael to take any pain medication.

That's why I hate the fact that they throw the term around too much when referring to Michael. Michael may have been dependant on pain medication, which I believe he was, but it happened under a doctor's watch and he took them for medical reasons not recreational reasons. A lot of those legal meds have the same ingredients as those lethal illegal drugs out there ufortunately.

So no, absolutely, emphatically NO Michael was not a "drug addict".
 
tricia70 said:
The term "drug addict" it seems to me automatically conjours up a person that craves drugs, out of control and who started this addiction by seeking illegal drugs for recreational purposes. Michael never sought out these illegal drugs for recreation or partying like many other ppl have. In fact when he was burnt it took a lot for doctors to convince Michael to take any pain medication.

That's why I hate the fact that they throw the term around too much when referring to Michael. Michael may have been dependant on pain medication, which I believe he was, but it happened under a doctor's watch and he took them for medical reasons not recreational reasons. A lot of those legal meds have the same ingredients as those lethal illegal drugs out there ufortunately.

So no, absolutely, emphatically NO Michael was not a "drug addict".
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The thing is the drug addict charge isn't limited to just Michael. When the cause of death for Heath Ledger was reveal, everyone was quick to label him an addict, despite having no history with drugs. Even when his friends and family said he wasn't an addict, but had sever sleep issues which he mishandled, the media still called him an addict. I have a cousin and an uncle who maintains that Ledge was an addict simply because he died of a drug overdose, despite the fact you don't need to be an addict or even a depended to accidentally overdose on medication.

In today society, this is the common belief about drug overdose. If you die from an overdose, you're an addict despite whatever evident there is. Michael is just the latest victim of this misconception and Michael's family and some friends are helping to feed this misconception.
 
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