A Response to The Article:
“Three Hard Lessons We Learned Today After Mac Miller’s
Death”
By: Areigna Ralston
The
sensational 21st century musician unfortunately passed earlier this
month on September 27th. Miller’s cause of death was a drug overdose. The
author of this article, Maeve McDermott, addresses many important topics that
society needs to talk about when it comes to suicide.
The
first being that, “Recovery shouldn’t have to be a silent struggle.” (para 10).
The article states that even though a lot of artists use their work to express
and describe their addiction or the process of fighting it, they still fight
the disease in silence. This makes the recovery process harder and makes it
more difficult for people to find help.
Many
celebrities responded to Miller’s death with their own addiction and recovery
stories, one being Macklemore. This article highlighted one of Macklemore’s
many quotes, “’On the surface people that appear to have it all, are not exempt
from the gravity and cunning nature of this disease… If you’re in the midst of
addiction tell someone what’s going on. Don’t be a secret,” this quote in itself
spoke miles to me.
I
believe that if you’re in need of help, don’t be afraid to ask. Don’t be
ashamed of your problems, yes it can be difficult but there are thousands of
other individuals that are going through the same thing. If you just stopped ask,
“Can you help me fight this? Just think how much it would benefit everyone. How
much better off not only you would be, but also everyone else that is suffering
from addiction.
We
need examples. Yes, deaths like Mac Miller, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston
and many others are examples. They’re examples of what can happen when you don’t
ask for help when you decide to stay silent.
However,
we also need the success stories, the ones with happy endings. I believe that’s
the biggest message.
Just
ask for help.
This is also a real-life problem, you did a very good job writing this! You really went right into the topic. To show how this really matters and much it should matter to people.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteWhat in your mind or in the article is the biggest thing that stops people from doing this? I also wonder about the "glamour" of suicide which sometimes makes people more likely to act on suicidal thoughts.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting call to action here. How would you talk about this in the school newspaper?