I don't wish drug addiction on anyone, even someone I find as disagreeable as Rush. The philosophy of "he got his" is similar to "an for an eye" which leaves us all blind.

I would hope his addiction would make Rush more sympathetic to those who may have acquired their addiction in another manner. I haven't yet met a heroin user who thought "I can't wait to get addicted to this stuff" (and in my work I have met thousands of heroin addicts). There is always a self-delusion of "it won't happen to me." Rush had the same self-delusion about Vicodin, but the monkey jumped right on his back.

I don't think Rush will become sympathetic. It is more likely that he will feel his 28 days have cured him and he will fall back into the same hole. It is hard to predict when someone will finally cross the line into true recovery. However, ego is one of the things that gets in the way.

I wish him well.

Roger in Baltimore