The death of Corey Haim serves as a further reminder of the high levels of stress and discontentment in our society. Once again it is revealed that another celebrity was taking copious amounts of medications at the time of his death.
In an interview on CNN’s HLN, Tiffany Shepis, who was engaged to be married to Haim last May, said that he was taking 40 some-odd pills a day” of Valium and Vicodin. And he had struggled with drug abuse for years.
We are such a pill-popping society.
Don’t feel good? Take a pill.
Have some pain? Take a pill.
Not feeling happy? Take a pill.
Without a doubt, medications can be extremely helpful. By no means am I anti-prescriptions.
What I do find so sad, though, is our over-reliance on them.
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About Elizabeth Lombardo
I find that it is a disgrace any more the way people are taking pills. My daughters doctor told her last week to give her 9 month old vitamin D pills. What happened to just going outside for a while. Isn’t that what the Good Lord made the sun for?
My mother was on so many pills that I really believe that it shortened her life.
Happiness comes from within and you can’t take a pill for it.
Debbie