RIP Mindy McCready

[Double Down]

Sad deal. Suicide, it seems. There was a time when I thought she was one of the prettiest women on the planet.

http://wp.me/p1VSYg-tCC

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Dammit, DD.

 

[YGBFKM]

People joke about sad country songs, but her life turned out to be worse than anything you could have written.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Dammit, DD.

HOW DARE YOU POST OVER MY SUICIDE THREAD!!!!!!!!

Christ.

 

[dooley_womack1]

A tragic last decade that had her bumping Robert Downey Jr. off of a lot of dead pool lists. Was a frequent singer of the anthem at Predators games and seemed such a breath of fresh air. But I guess the pressure and the culture of manipulation of the country music business in Nashville just tore her apart. Or maybe she stupidly got hooked on drugs and bad men, and she brought it all on herself. Hard to tell, but sad either way

 

[KJIM]

Sad, but she sure brought it on herself.

 

[Double Down]

Are we back to blaming addicts for their addictions and depression again?

 

[imjustagirl]

Jesus. At some point in the past several years, the "holy ****, what has happened to her" was replaced by pity. It was just sad to watch the whole thing happen.

I hope she found peace.

 

[YGBFKM]

Are we back to blaming addicts for their addictions and depression again?

I think there's a middle ground.

 

[hondo]

Are we back to blaming addicts for their addictions and depression again?

Well, yes. You do have a choice not to drink or do drugs, or have the choice to stop when it's apparent that it will be self-destructive. Too many people have kicked had habits or stopped hanging with bad associates for it to be nothing more than an excuse. And I thought she had been put in rehab by her parents? How did this happen?

 

[YGBFKM]

Are we back to blaming addicts for their addictions and depression again?

Well, yes. You do have a choice not to drink or do drugs, or have the choice to stop when it's apparent that it will be self-destructive. Too many people have kicked had habits or stopped hanging with bad associates for it to be nothing more than an excuse. And I thought she had been put in rehab by her parents? How did this happen?

That's not the middle ground.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

This board badly needs a Scientologist.

 

[hondo]

Are we back to blaming addicts for their addictions and depression again?

Well, yes. You do have a choice not to drink or do drugs, or have the choice to stop when it's apparent that it will be self-destructive. Too many people have kicked had habits or stopped hanging with bad associates for it to be nothing more than an excuse. And I thought she had been put in rehab by her parents? How did this happen?

That's not the middle ground.

Why does there have to be middle ground in this case? Sometimes right is right and wrong is wrong. Fact: she was a ****ing idiot who drank, popped and snorted just about everything, was neglectful of her kid, made an x-rated video and seemed proud of it and pissed away the golden goose that was her career.
She's been helped and helped and helped over and over again. It didn't do any good. Fact is, she wanted to be high all the time, and damn the consequences.

 

[YGBFKM]

Are we back to blaming addicts for their addictions and depression again?

Well, yes. You do have a choice not to drink or do drugs, or have the choice to stop when it's apparent that it will be self-destructive. Too many people have kicked had habits or stopped hanging with bad associates for it to be nothing more than an excuse. And I thought she had been put in rehab by her parents? How did this happen?

That's not the middle ground.

Why does there have to be middle ground in this case? Sometimes right is right and wrong is wrong. Fact: she was a ****ing idiot who drank, popped and snorted just about everything, was neglectful of her kid, made an x-rated video and seemed proud of it and pissed away the golden goose that was her career.
She's been helped and helped and helped over and over again. It didn't do any good. Fact is, she wanted to be high all the time, and damn the consequences.

This is why the great majority of the board sees you as a knee-jerk moron.

 

[Double Down]

You have fascinating insight into someone you don't know, hondo. I pray no one close to you ever gets caught in a situation where they just aren't mentally "tough enough" to beat an addiction/mental health issues.

I'm going to agree with YGBFKM here. An addict needs a support system, but also needs to want to get and stay clean. Some people are simply more succeptable to addiction, and it's pretty easy to judge them when you come from a cushy upbringing (and by that I mean parents that love you, not wealth).

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Maybe Roger Clemens had McNamee inject her.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Story from her hometown.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20130217/NEWS01/130217011/Reports-Country-singer-North-Fort-Myers-native-Mindy-McCready-dies?nclick_check=1

 

[TigerVols]

I knew Mindy very well and she was my date on more than one occasion when I worked in the country biz.

Mindy was a very, very sweet girl who had a tremendous voice but she could never overcome the demons that visited her from childhood on.

Ten thousand angels, indeed. RIP.

 

[BenPoquette]

Some of your reactions are downright disgusting. Here was a girl who was manipulated when she was a CHILD into self-destructive behavior that I am sure didn't do a lot for her sense of self-worth. She had a sickness, a bad sickness, and apparently she could not deal with the ramifications of her illness. This is so sad and I pray for her family. Some of you really have a lot to learn about chemical dependency.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I am just glad she has children, who I am sure will turn out fine as a result of all this .... :

Speaking as someone who has dealt with the ramifications of suicide. She gets ZERO ****ing sympathy from me. ZERO.