Just Simply Holly

It’s only January 5th and there has already been story after story about various celebrities and athletes being arrested or hauled off by ambulance because of alcohol or drug usage problems. I’m sure you’ve all read about Britiney Spears being hauled off in an ambulance the other night after refusing to turn her kids over to K-Fed after her visitation. It was originally reported that she appeared to be under the control of some sort of substance, but they’ve retracted that statement and are now saying they were mistaken.

Then there is the infamous Lindsay Lohan who “briefly” fell off the wagon on New Years Eve only a few weeks after being treated at an alcohol and drug addiction treatment center. The article I read said this:

“After being handed a champagne bottle while on a dance floor in Italy on New Year’s Eve and drinking from it, the good news is that Lindsay immediately stopped, called her sponsor, and got herself back on track,”

SURE!! And if you believe that, I have some Ocean front property in Ohio to sell you! What’s sad is that these young people do not realize the impact that their behavior has on young people who looked up to them! For years my daughter LOVED Lindsay and watched many of her movies! But with how dramatically Lindsay’s life changed for the worse, my daughter quickly realized she wasn’t a good person to look up to!

Most young boys tend to look up to athletes as role models. But with recent stories of wide spread drug and steroid use among athletes, you can’t help but wonder what type of effect it is going to have on young people. Who does this give them to look up to as positive role models any more? Celebrities are going more and more into areas that parents teach their children not to go into, as are athletes! Gone are the days of truly natural athletes who strive to be the best that they can be in their sport by actually working for it. Instead they use drugs and steroids that will improve their performance and make them “super athletes”, then they whine and cry because the fans refuse to acknowledge their accomplishments! Just like Barry Bonds! I don’t view his home run record as the true record, because I know he didn’t break the long standing record set by Babe Ruth the way it was meant to be broken. In my eyes, he is not a true athlete and I support the record breaking baseball having an asterisk on it 100%!