Okay girls, this breaks my heart

since RA haas become a GD that lacks sub-forums within itself, and it's now all about relationships and feelings and personal issues (yes, i rolled my eyes in sarcasm) i have to post this here.

this hottie, Heath Ledger, died today.


my world has been rocked. i need to lay down and grieve for a few days.

This isn't just a sad one for the girls.

I've buried two friends this past year from drug and alcohol addiction. In the past week we've seen the deaths of Brad Renfro and Heath Ledger.

Addiction is a serious and sad disease that affects everyone.

To make this apply to the forums:

There is a very active Alcoholics Anonymous group in SL. Check out either the Alcoholics Anonymous Group or the Friend of Bill W group. If you have a friend or family member suffering and you need some support then seek out Friends of Lois W.

You don't have to do this alone.

I read about it.

that's awful Bradley. and if it means anything.... re: lusting over hottie babes, you ARE one of the girls.

Heard too but didn't know the reason, awful - so cute *sigh*.

And thanks for posting that Bradley, about the addiction resources. Nice thing to point out.

oh no i heard something, but i didn't realise it was heath ledger.
wow. I'm speechless

Abuse of the forums will likely start to turn folks away from here. So if you think its cool to do whatever, then do it, but don't blame others for the forums demise.

/me turns around, lifts my dress, cries out "abuse me Baby!"

Make it a 7.7

Thanks Trout! I KNEW I was worth more Only needed to prove it!

Hope you're coming to the party at my house Thursday, although, I hear you're out of a computer right now

That is really sad news. And further proof that money, power, fame etc. won't bring you the happiness and peace you seek. /returns to reading his Eckhart Tolle.

They don't know if it was a suicide yet, by the way. They just found non-perscription sleeping pills near him. Could have been unintentional.

Thank you for pointing that out Bradley.

Thank you for posting this, Bradley. Great way to make it apply to the forums...

There is nothing more heart wrenching then to watch a loved one go though addiction. Not only are you powerless to do anything, but you also feel you have to deal with all the anger and sadness on your own. Who are you going to tell? I wish I knew then what I have learned since, that there are people out there that are able to help.

Sad news when anyone dies from addiction, not just actors.

I was shocked to see it. I'm so sorry for the loss. It's such a shame.

It is very sad news, he still had many many years to develop his acting skills.

This is part of the story I read on MSNBC.com



Just want to elaborate more about Ambien. It's a pretty serious prescription pill. I lost a good friend late last year who was taking them as they were prescribed by her doctor to help with sleeping/migraines.

If he was taking 2, and they only worked for 1 hour! He must have been trying/using other types of sleeping meds. So it might have been a accidental overdose. (Being in the same story it talked about he and Michelle Williams separating this last year could have also added to his sleeping problems.

Ya, know, 3Ring -- I love ya and this was a tragedy -- but this post is wholly inappropriate for this forum.

He lost his head for a moment, but not his heart.

oh the guy from a knights tale... that does suck... good actor =/

Yeah, it sucks.

Of course, to me it sucks more when an officeworker father of 2 with chronic lower back pain takes one too many flexiril, falls asleep while driving, and dies on the interstate.

And really it sucks more when an ugly teenage girl who's being badgered by her classmates decides to walk into a busy intersection.

It sucks a WHOLE lot more when an abused twelve year old boy who is nearly without hope runs away, lives on the street, and dies when his body is hollowed out by disease and crystal meth.

It even sucks more when an elder in pain, living with her daughter and son-in-law, decides not to be a burden and takes the only way out ... not eating for 3 weeks.

Yes, it sucks that a promising, fairly young actor died because he couldn't handle the ebb and flow of adulation. But a whole shitload of people die silently, unrecognized, in anguish - without ever having experienced the fulfillment of one dream, let alone the admiration of millions.

/me stares at this completely misplaced thread moodily

www.sluniverse.com has very good general discussion forums, and a thread on this very topic.

Nika - it doesn't necessarily have to do with being able to handle adulation. Or a broken heart. It hasn't been determined whether or not it was suicide or even an overdose, and they are saying now that he had pneumonia.

It's not any less sad than any of the other sad stories you wrote of. These things are relative. To those who loved him, it was the saddest tale of all.

coco

He was really cute guy and I am sorry he died.
I wondered when I saw this why he had died.
Then I thought about that phrase, "I just can't quit you."
I wonder about AA or other 12 step programs in SL.

while your assemnt of his death may or may not be on spot, I'd just like to say those other things are sad, tradegic even, compared to the fact of a good entertainers death, 'sucking'.

that said we tend to be closer and more emotionally attached to famous people than random strangers... sad but true, a rich actors death will be mourned, but millions die unnoticed for all the wrong reasons and we don't blink.

that's why I said it sucks, as opposed to breaking my heart...