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George Best has been put back on the ventilator again. He has had many setbacks and come backs but it is looking very unsure to me this time round. He is a gifted man but was unable to look after himself. He seems to have enjoyed his life the way he wanted and may be he is paying for the consequences now. May be he was aware of the things to come but made a decision to take his chances. May be he was aware of the things to come but just could not help himself to alter his life style.

Some strong minded people get annoyed on the kind of people who cannot change their damaging habits. Just because you know something is bad for you, it is not always that easy to give that up. Who are we to judge? Every person carries a weakness – may it be physical, mental or emotional. When people are addicted to stimulating substances the addiction gets beyond their control. I respect very much those addicts who manage to control their habits but I always fear that any adverse pressure could push them back to their unhealthy comforts, their escapes.

If we only look at the social addiction we are very critical towards people with alcohol addiction. Obesity is the second weakness that makes well people slightly disgusted and uncaring thinking that the addict has brought it upon themselves. They think that those people should be strong and stop doing whatever they are doing wrong. Strangely smoking is more accepted than the other two even though it is worse on the health. I am not saying that smokers get away with it. What I mean by that is that the victims of alcohol and over weight are made to feel more ashamed than the smokers for their habits. It is not right to say if you don’t help yourself why should we help you? Unfortunately there are complex reasons and causes that make some people more addicted to their addiction than the others who can control their habits.  I wish some how there was a way to stop people harming themselves but of course there is no magic cure.

In the meantime the others should be more understanding rather than saying we will not give you treatment if you are fat. I am talking about today’s news on refusing to treat obese people. When a question was asked Patricia Hewitt being a politician turned the answer back and said it is up to the primary care to decide how the tax payer’s money is being spent. We mustn’t forget that some of these obese people have also paid their tax and National Insurance Contributions. Alcohol and cigarettes are earning a lot of tax for the Government. Let us start from the basic and change people’s mentality that directs the nation towards healthy living.