Why is mediocrity celebrated?

J.R. Neuberger
#1. June 3rd, 2009, at 12:52 PM.

Methadone patients held on a pedestal?? Why? Because some reporter does a story on their recovery? Your criticism is misplaced, and reporters do stories that their editors think will sell advertising and make money for the publisher. So you’re blaming the wrong people. And believe me, recovering people are discriminated against and made to deal daily with the stigmas unjustly associated with recovery in nearly every facet of their lives–from people looking down on them because they’ve corrected mistakes made long ago, to job discrimination, to discrimination in medical care and on and on. You are a perfect example, making the recovering person responsible for this pedestal crap you’ve manufactured. So until you’ve walked in their shoes, your comments are little more than rantings from the uneducated. Get a life and stop knit-picking the lives of others.
Kind regards,
J.R. Neuberger
National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery

Lauren R
#2. June 5th, 2009, at 2:16 PM.

i don’t see mediocrity celebrated, only exploited.

Jane
#3. June 11th, 2009, at 1:19 PM.

good points here. Us who have had the will power to not do drugs or commit crimes should get a lot more recognition than reformed criminals because statistics show it’s only a matter of time before they go back to their criminal lifestyle.

linkstar
#4. June 11th, 2009, at 11:21 PM.

Because the people who you are calling mediocre are really cool people. How many upstanding citizens do you see doing drugs? I never see any, that’s why nobody cares about them. Why don’t you stop complaining and go do something cool like rob a bank.