General Discussion

I suspect it sometimes has to do with parents not knowing when to say “no”, even when the kids aren’t kids anymore. This isn’t to say these people deserve this because they’re bad parents. In some ways it’s the opposite. All of us want to give our kids the best in life; education, health, enough money to at least get them on their feet.

When you’re so wealthy there are no constraints to that giving, it can lead to the risk of raising offspring that simply are never stimulated or happy enough. If you don’t face any basic challenges earlier on, you don’t know how to cope when you’re older.

Even the smallest hurdles you later have to cross become a crisis. Alcohol feels good. Drugs feel good. It takes you away from the boredom… well until it doesn’t.

How many actors and singers do we see that succumb to drug overdoses? I’d guess it’s statistically significant.

This isn’t to say this happens only among rich people. Drug abuse and mental health can afflict anyone.