Therese – I am so glad you addressed this, and I pray that there are no “Britney Bashings” in response to your post. I also know only too well the difficulties in being dually diagnosed and the efforts to “hit bottom” with one while being “lifted up” in support with the other. For professionals, let alone lay people or family members, to discern the difference and therefore the “protocol” is difficult at best. This brings me back to a time in my life that has been coming back to my heart and mind as I watch this young girl. My belief is that she is suffering from a biochemical imbalance, perhaps post-partum depression, which is NO baby blues,and it has gone as undiagnosed and untreated or misdiagnosed and mistreated. Then comes the self-medicating part, which for me felt like a sense of some relief until the alcohol “turned” on me – not understanding at the time the nature of alcoholism (in the family genes – quiet! – that’s a secret! – NOT), and when alcohol no longer served me well, but only added to the mental chaos and behaviors I no longer wish to dwell on, well let’s just say, it was not a pretty time in my life. If encapsulated as a representation of what I am/was about, it would be pretty ugly. So for me, in this particular instance (not all), I actually have some sympathy and compassion, while she is acting out for the world to view. Thank God my mess was not for public viewing on “You Tube”. It was difficult enough around my little town here. My thought is that she went from one pregnancy to another with untreated depression, and she is now reaping the combinations of Hell on earth; mental illness and addiction.
I sponsored a woman in AA for a number of years. This was a bright, articulate, accomplished (President of PTA, etc.) overachieving individual that I watched spiral down to the depths of Hell also. As she would relapse, going deeper and deeeper, I remember her calling me one particular day and asking me, “Nancy, what is it going to take for me to stop?”. As she continued to cry, my response came through me as if it were so clear, “I don’t know. It may take losing your children.” Needless to say, she was stunned by my reply. I was not prophetic; however, this was what came to pass. It was an ugly ending that caused her to lose total custody of her children during a messy divorce. It was almost unfathomable. The father was a successful businessman, but as a father? – only less of the two evils at that point.
The good news was that this finally got her attention, and man, did she have to work hard and recover hard. Only when the substance abuse stops (according to a top physician I was dealing with at the Carrier Institute) can a Doctor make a proper diagnosis, as the substance abuse either masks or mimics incorrect diagnoses. She stopped drinking. That one prior small sentence encompasses a mass amount of effort and help. She had supervised visits with her 2 girls. She then had unsupervised visits with her 2 girls with overnights added in. As we continued working together on her sobriety and mental health, I had the gift of watching this woman fulfill her potential. I loved her and guided her (strongly at times) – through the process. She gained partial custody and ultimately regained full custody of both girls. Now be careful what you ask for, since this then required an immense amount of work with the girls and therapy, etc. Both of her girls are now in college, and she is co-owner of a retail business. There is a great deal I am leaving out to condense this as much as possible. The point is that there is hope. There is hope for Brittney and for all of us. It doesn’t come without a lot of hard work and dark times, but it can happen. I know for myself and women like me, I needed a strong, but loving person/people to guide me through. I was not some thick-headed substance abuser who just needed to be knocked down to size and “straightened out”. I saw people like that in recovery who professed to that way of sponsoring and people who needed that type of direction. That was and is not me. Today, as strong as people might tell me I am, I truly still am in many ways that fragile girl/woman who needs a soft touch. I’m not talking about “enabling”. That’s a whole different subject. There are many methods and means of recovery; just as there are people who need it. I pray that someone becomes Brittney’s hero. I pray that Brittney becomes her own hero. Just because we see pieces of her smiling and acting out for the cameras does not mean we know her whole story. I don’t think Brittney even knows her own story right now. I can tell you from my own experience, I didn’t even know I had a “story” until I was looking back on it. So, it’s about giving a hand up, not a hand out, but with support, love and prayers that she gets it, and that all of us who have it – keep and maintain “it” – the world of ongoing recovery in all areas.

I used to self-medicate with alcohol. It was cheaper and there was a lot less social stigma attached to a glass of wine, or two or three….with dinner. The problem was, alcohol isn’t the correct prescription, and it ended up making my mental illness worse.
For Brittany Spears, to be a druggy or alcoholic carries less social stigma then being mentally ill. Think about it. A recovered alcoholic in recovery raising her children isn’t half as scary to most people as a mentally ill mother raising children.

It is amazing in this day and age of time that prejudice still remains in mental illness, and from my experience as a mom and woman, a recovered alcoholic. I value my anonymity with both for the most part with many people in my life. This is not due to shame. I do not want to explain, defend or justify my life and all of the “trappings” that have come along with it. Unfortunately, too many people look to feel better about themselves by looking down on others; e.g. – well at least I’m not THAT bad. Judgment comes from a lack of understanding and ignorance; a belief system that may not be open to a different concept in thinking. So be it. I, myself, will not change people’s opinions in sharing my experience, strength and hope if they are not open to the idea. I am extremely selective in what circumstances and with whom I share all of the details of my life. A number of years ago my mother (who by the way – when heard of my attending AA and not drinking said – “your not an alcoholic – you just drink like your father” – HELLO?!?!?! Mom) – asked me if I ever told my sons. They were very young when I stopped drinking. My reply was that it was my responsibility when they hit their teens to be armed with the information that there is a genetic component to this illness/disease. I am not of the thinking that this is a moral weakness. Recovery does require more than absence of the substance, where new cognitive behaviors and thoughts and coping skills are required in order not to continue self-destructing; however, to keep it a “secret” from my kids was not an option I choose. Plus, Mommy went to a lot of meetings, so it was better for them to know what I was doing, and it actually was an investment in their well-being as well as my own. They were much better off with the A.D. mom (after drinking) than the one they could have been stuck with. I’ve explained to them that it’s a private matter. Not because I am ashamed or that I am somehow defective or inferior, but just for the reason that was listed on the prior comment – the social stigma. They get the concept. They know that we do not live one way behind closed doors and present a facade to the outside world. We’re pretty authentic. So – as this all spirals down with Brittany (I’ve now spelled her name 3 different ways!), I pray that the people who have enjoyed riding on her coat tails don’t sensationalize their own drama in this sad happening and have their own awakening; whatever that entails.

p.s. – Therese, I love that you included Craig Ferguson’s monologue. He knows. He’s been there, done that. I was so inspired that he took the high road on the matter. A few years ago, prior to her having children when she was just appearing in the crazy personal video cams with her then boyfriend, Kevin, I know at that time my opinion (not that she would be interested) was that she was acting out as an irresponsible, spoiled brat, with no grace, dignity and maturity. Now how’s that for the flip side of my “compassionate” nature. So, as much experience and knowledge I have acquired and lived, initially when her descent was not so clearcut, I was one of the judgmental ones. Too much time and money on her hands, etc., and that she needed to start doing something worthwhile with all of her blessings. Well, even I, the “truly enlightened one” (sarcasm intended) can be the one looking down. Little did I know what was the beginning of her demise. Thank God I have learned that it’s okay to admit to being wrong, and say, “I’m sorry – I had no idea – I thought she was just a indulged brat”. Regardless, what I think matters little, except to know that in my own world, the people I impact need to know that I get it; that I don’t have all the answers, I do make mistakes, I’m willing to listen and learn. It’s a pretty freeing feeling.

Hey Therese – Do you think this post hit a nerve with me today ?!?! I haven’t even gotten to your other ones from today. I’ll save them and enjoy them tomorrow. Now I can reap the consequences of not focusing on my business work, which is starting to take on a life of its own. Focus, Nancy, focus.

lap:
I don’t know that your comment about stigma is necessarily true for all Americans (though it probably is). But it’s certainly true in Hollywood, which is all that counts for Britney, unfortunately.
As for my own comments:
If I was one of the sexier mothers of two the world has ever seen, and I performed on MTV live at their biggest event of the year, and all people took from that was that I was “fat and bloated” because I didn’t look like the jailbait they’d come to expect anymore — much as I tried, LOL — I might retreat into a dark place in myself as well. (Let’s leave aside the stumbling dancing and bad lip synching for a moment.)
From media reports, Britney clearly has substance abuse issues. Though none of us are doctors, there are signs she may have postpartum depression or even bipolar disorder. (The impulsive, wacky behavior like marrying her childhood friend in Las Vegas …)
To take some of her song titles, Britney is stuck in her “No Longer a Girl, Not Yet a Woman” stage — and it seems to be “Toxic” for her. It’s easy to say having her kids taken away would be a wake-up call, but she’s had dozens of opportunities for wake-up calls before and hit the snooze button each time.
(And is it even possible to do an intervention on someone with that much money and that many presumed “yes-men” and “yes-women” around her? Maybe only if her family, her record executives and K-Fed all united — unlikely, though.)
I sincerely hope she’ll get her life back in order. But to be battling such demons in the Hollywood spotlight is a tall order, as so many stars too soon departed have found to their demise.

I find the entire “accountability versus compassion issue quite compelling because of my own fairly recent life experiences. As the adult child of an alcoholic, I was fortunate enough to be spared developing that particular “inheritence” despite the fact that in my early twenties I did my share of bar hopping (Thank you, God!)Interestingly enough, MY drugs of choice became food and cigarettes. I discovered during my wotk in an Adult Child workshop that the same genetic predisposition to alcoholism frequently manisfests itself in an addiction to sugar in descendents. Being fat is also a stigmatic condition, although arguably less so than alcoholism. Then four years ago when I suffered a major stroke and discovering I had Dibetes melitis I was forced to examine how my lifestyle choices had contributed to these two very life-altering events. As part of my post-stroke treatment I was referred to a neuropsychiatrist who(mistakenly, I believe, diagnosed me as bi rater than unipolarly depressed. I then began working with a wonderful psychologist who specializes in rehabilitative therapy (a redundancy, but nonetheless her designated specialty. Perhaps the best thing she did for me was help me understand the difference between accountability and blame. When taking the “depression inventory (I can’t recall it’s proper title, but i’m sure most of us have taken it if we’ve ever sought any kind of treatment for depression.), I had to answer questions like whwther or not I blamed myself for my stroke and the resulting hemiparalysis or if I felt they were punishment for previous actions An affirnative answer raised my depression score, but because I didn’t know that and was aware that my snoking, food indulgences and fairly sedentary lifestyle had triggered the diabetes which in turn was a big contributor to my stroke, Ianswered affirmatively. Meghan (my psychologist) told me that blame implies intent whereas accountability doesn’t, I needed to start holding myself accountable without blaming myself since I never INTENDED to become a diabetic or give myself a stroke. It’s a fine line of distinction, to be sure, but it helped me tremendously in terms of pulling myself out of the abyss. I’m sure Britney’s INTENT was never to harm or lose custody of her children, so the blame game could prove to firther her illness rather than help her overcome her illness. certainly losing custody had to hit her hard and will hopefully allow her to face her issues head on, but I hope she doesn’t waste time blaming herself necause that’s such a counterproductive emotion, and one which all to frequently ensnares many of us, prolonging rather than promoting our recovery.

I have been in the same exact place twice in my life once as a child watching my mother battle an alcoholic stepfather who was mentally and physically abusive. She went from being an alive vibrant woman and mother to a shell of a person. I ended up taking care of my siblings because her depression over took her. She was addicted to drugs for a long time and that just fed her depression.
As an adult I too took the same road and found myself addicted to drugs, neglecting my duties as a mother to my daughter and drowning in my borderline personality disorder. I am thankful for my daughter’s father who cared for my daughter and never judged me but held me up. Years later I remarried had a son and we fell into the hole of addiction together again. We have since recovered and been clean involved parents but I had a huge support group that was there to recognize that my addiction issued stemmed from the neglect I incurred during child hood. I let myself hit rock bottom and I can tell you I will never go there again. I almost lost my children and myself and that is no longer an option for me I live to make the changes in their lives so the path they travel will be on the opposite end of the road I took. Hopefully, she will see that those kids are her mark and being loved unconditionally by your kids is one of the best remedies for any addiction or mental illness…just to be loved sometimes makes it better.

wow – great article on the “Brit” and her “situation.”
i can’t stand what brit has turned into; but i sure can relate….just like your article states, it’s like we are watching our own go through this in the public eye.
when i was a young mom, i started getting out of control too. thank God for my husband…but that’s another story and thank God he is still with me. of course i’ve cleaned up my act considerably since then.
i feel like there is something that happens to women’s minds and bodies after they have children, especially more than one child. it seems like all the wires get short circuted and then comes the cocktails, smoke, dancing, late nights, etc. it’s horrible. i remember my mind screaming inside to “DO the right thing!” i just didn’t know how to correct my way of thinking and make it right. i tried lots of doctors, lots of anti-depressants, and now i’m bipolar 2…..same thing brit might wanna check into.
there is only one thing i would say to brit, and that’s “stop it…you will regret not being there for your children 100% as soon as you get through the issues you are currently dealing with.” i cry, at times, thinking how running around and partying was more important than being home with my little family.
my husband’s name is kevin. kevin’s (like federline) are a God send for their children. i couldn’t stand federline, now i have a deeper respect for him, cause he’s doing the right thing by his children.

larry – great use of brit’s song titles reflecting brit’s current lifestyle….you crack me up!

Wow, my heart does go out to Brit, Can you imagine the young people she could bring to the lord, what a whitness she will be. She’s running from God for now but I think she will find him very soon, she will cry out and he will be there.

I am a mother of two sons and thats what kept me going in my younger days of addiction and the fear of loosing your kids is what woke me up.
But I must say you need support which I didn’t have not criticisim. and strength from family , I hopt Britney gets the help she needs and get her kids back.
from a mother in california
God Bless all.

I try, Victoria, I try

Perfectly stated by Craig Ferguson … “There, but by the grace of God, go I”. None of us knows what the rest of this day may hold, let alone tomorrow. I pray that Britney falls into the arms of Jesus very soon!

Britney,
Dont be to proud to go to your mother or other family members.
maybe you all caused the problem to be the way it is now, But
you need it now, go and do it. Forget the past, think of the
future, and your sons. They will grow up with no family. How sad.

Before it hit a little closer to home I used to think that addictive personalities (especially alcoholics) had some responcibility for and control over their actions. My alcoholic uncle came to live with us when I was just a kid. This was because his own family( imediate) had thrown him out. He trashed his car multiple times.Luckily he only hit parked cars, not people. He had to lose his wife, children, and my mom threatened to throw him out before he finally got some help. Then he went to live with my grandmother and who knows what really happened. It was shortly before his own death, at my grandmother’s funeral that he said to me. “You never bought into my excuses, even then. I know now that I brought this all on myself.” I guess it’s better late than never. Now I am watching my older brother going through that same damn struggle. His wife is calling it quits. I think I am becoming my mother!!! Hopefully I can handle it better than she did. At least I KNOW I have a problem with depression, and there’s a pretty good support group out here!

Britney,
I have listened to the stories with great pain in my heart as I have been through the same #*>(@$ with my kiddos. I am a mother of 5 who struggles with addiction, alcoholism, depression and anxiety. I lost them all at one point, went in and out of rehab, got 3 back and have been fighting over the other 2 since. They were 7, 5, 4, 2 and 8 months when I first lost them. The two that dad (got two of them also) kept primary residency with are now 16 and 17. I never did get primary custody back with them and visits just weren’t enough. I am now clean and sober and finally the 17 year old is living with me,,,,,BUT she is having SOOOO many problems with daily life and I only wish I could go back and do a better job of being her mom. I am doing it as well as the next now, but there is so much garbage that she has too sort through,,,,,,I cry more than once every day cuz we are both at wits end and in so much pain. I know she loves me and needs me to be her mom, but the problem solving skills she learned from me are less than functional at best and it really hurts my heart that she has to start learning how to live life now. Just remember,,,,,no matter what anyone says, there is NO REPLACING YOU….THEY NEED YOU.
Julie Ann

I hope she heals and becomes a public speaker for NAMI. Talk about momentum from relieving stigma from Mental Illness! When you say she is “dual diagnosed” I’m assuming you have heard of a definite post-partum depression or a bipolar disorder of some sort? I wonder a little if her uneven dancing, so to speak, was because of psychotropics? Anyway, I think our society may be doing a quantum leap soon in the frontier of releasing the stigma from mental illness. I hope I’m right on this but I hear it talked about more openly and in so many forums every day.

God bless the young lady.i have sufferd from ptsd from the vietnam war and also alcoholism trying to self medicate my depression and mental pain of ptsd with alcohol. i finally after all these years received some help from the v.a. for my mental problem and now i am able to treat my alcoholism with A.A.Both had to be treated at the same time as one just feeds off the other. after over fourty years i now have hope of being able to live a fairly normal life. never give up.frank

You need to get yourself straight. People used to look at you as a role modle now look at you cant take care of yourself or your children you make single moms look bad you aren’t to be ashamed of yourself but not enough not to care anymore get it together atleast win joint custody if anything those boys need a Mother as well.

I have never had these severe problems in my life because I had enough tense to stay away from the adictive things and even though I had a couple of instances with addiction with legal drugs I got myself off of them and got better. I have also had depression and dealt with it when I needed to. Britney has come from being a child in show business up to a performer in adult life and never had regular childhood experiences or a normal life like many of us have. My addictions which I realized and knew better to handle and depression are the results of a disease I have had for 23 years. I have gone through hell and have almost died 2 times but God and the people who loved me and prayed for me in those times of crisis always brought me through. I also always believed in myself and what I could do to help me. I also have a good preservation instinct and I know right from wrong. I think she needs time to catch up on what she’s missed in life and needs to learn from her mistakes while she’s doing that or she’s never going to be an adult. I just pray she finds someone she can trust to catch her at the bad times she can’t handle.

You know, it just makes me so angry to hear judgemental people thinking they are perfect judging Brittany or anyone for that matter. You have no clue what addiction is like unless you’ve actually been there. Because you are an addict…it does not mean you are stupid and it certainly does not make who you are! It does not mean that you are a liar or a thief or that you do not love your children or family members. Addiction is a life of hell. People say you have a choice. Yes, in the beginning you did have a choice and after that, the choice went away and it became a way of life and a means of coping.

I hope and pray Britt beats this and comes out a stronger woman and Mother….
I pray she is the next spokesperson for NAMI.
I do believe she will now get the help that is needed, as she probably has some depression, mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.
Anyone can go through this……
Please do not judge, but give her some love and support.
Empathy…..
Wouldn’t you help someone you love if they were spiralling into this behavior?

I CAN TELL HER TO PRAY JUST ASK HER TO LOOK UP AT STARS , LOOK TO THE WEST ,CLOSE HER EYES THINK OF WHAT HAPPEND MAY SOMETHING WILL HELP HER THINK CLEARER JUST TRYING TO HELP HER ROY

Nancy summed it all up….at 4:21 PM today.
Read her blog please….
Amen……
This can happen to anyone, please do not judge.

I can relate aa the above and I have to say that nothing is ever easy,but you will get through it.I dont judge anybody because who am I to judge anyone.All I can say is that if it means anything well I believe that you will get through all this and you can always talk to me crystalj8414@yahoo.com and my instant messenger is the same,I am here for you.

I’ll tell you this: If someone had taken MY children away from ME, I would have done whatever I had to do to get my self straight. And I did. Fortunately for me I had people around me who were willing to be there for me and not punish me (publicly) for the mess I found myself in, and helped me to do what I needed to do to get right. This girl has not had anyone around her in a long time with her best interests at heart–and she doesn’t seem to know where they are either. Maybe this will wake her up enough to get out of that cesspool she’s been swimming in get the kind of help she needs. No judgments–she just needs help!!Now.

I really feel for Britney right now and I hate Hollywood America for the abuse we as a nation put these young women in Hollywood through. I could not believe it when people accused Britney of being fat when she came on the award show. Just because she did not have a six pack for abs does not make her fat. Marlyn Monroe never had a six pack. I hate the way America insists that all the starlets look like skeletons before they are accepted. I also feel for Britney because of the public humilation she is going through right now. Who in their right mind wants to go through a divorce, child custody fight, and nervous breakdown as a result on national television. I just pray that Britney gets the help she needs and comes back stronger than ever with a story that will help other women like her to overcome. Let us not condemn her but pray for her and support her in her time of need. Nothing is worse than a mother losing her children in a custody battle except for the mental illness that she is going through right now that got her where she is today. It may be that she is bipolar and is self medicating which happens alot these days in all social circles everywhere. Sincerely, Julia

Britney and Lindsay have been in show business almost all their lives,and have taken care of their families, too. I am sure they are the main breadwinners and always have been . I am so sympathetic with them, because I also grew up in show business and was the main breadwinner. You cannot imagine the stress of supporting your whole family from the time you were three years of age,and the “rules” you had to live by. You had to live a lie all the time and smile when you were told to smile when all the time you wanted to cry or hide or just play like the other kids did( but didn’t know how), and be quiet unless you were on a stage. Something had to explode sooner or later,where they just could not hide it anymore. I am sure neither one of them has any respect for their parents, ( even though they might think they do, or they have finally realized they have ‘taken” all their lives,)who have lived off them for a long long time. God bless them both.The saddest part is that people like us end up marrying men who abuse us, use us and then throw us away !
As for me, I am told I have bi-polar disorder, but I am sure, even if I do, most of my problems have been the same as theirs.

One thing that this article pointed out is that Britney has an addiction. I feel that Hollywood and the press only protray her behavior as bad decision making, and that is not the whole story. So, I applaud the author of this article for talking about the addition and bi-bolor issues at hand.
Hollywood has slowed down Britney’s maturity level and promoted her lifestyle. Also, her parents promoted everything too, so I have to put allot of the blame on them, as they were looking at the $$$ signs instead of her well-being.
If she could not pull herself back together after the first one or two mistakes, then Britney’s family and friends should have stepped in allot sooner than they did. Because when they finally did, she was so far gone that she had now fired several of them that were close to her. So, she is making even worse decisions on her own.
I wish for Britney to actually hit rock bottom. It is going to be the only way for her to learn (& Ms. Lohan too). God let’s us hit the bottom so we will look up to him. Here’s hoping that Hollywood and the rest of America can stop being obessed with Britney (& Lohan), so that she can find the help she needs and to stop being so self-centered and self-indulgent. The public is part of her problem too.
Also, I think a judge mandating that she has to be alcohol-free for one year could/may help too. Maybe, she would wake up out of her druken stupor and smell the coffee. Yes, more coffee is the answer for Britney. She is missing the best years of her children’s lives, and will regret it later on in life…if she lives that long.

Any situation where another human being is in a mode of self destruction, whether it be motivated by mental illness (ie, depression) or addiction, should be a situation that any other human being should look at with empathy and compassion. In one way or another, we have all been inflicted by these terrible diseases, either directly or indirectly, and we all definately know of someone that has had similar experiences.
As a registered nurse, mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, etc, etc, I believe that I can honestly make the statement that not one day goes by that I am not in contact with someone that has, or has had, similar issues of this type.
For those that can say they never had an addiction, please remember this; an addiction doesn’t have to be an illegal drug. It can be a prescribed drug. It can be something as complicated as a sexual addiction, or something as simple as a food addiction. Chocolate? Who, me??? Hmmmmm…
For those of you who are judging Britney’s illnesses or anybody else’s, for that matter, take a real good, long look in the mirror at that beautiful picture of perfection and pat yourself on the back for being the only person on the face of this earth for not ever having had any type of addiction or for not having ever been depressed (chronic or acute) or for not ever having to have had experience that feeling that life would be so much easier if you just drove that car into oncoming traffic and got it all over with in just a blink of an eye. Oh, and I would hate to not mention never having self medicated to make the pain go away.
It’s a long way to fall when that pedestal comes crashing down if you’ve never experienced any of the above.
Please remember, “those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”.

As everybody knows Britney, is the prime spotlight of the day, for a while now. Don’t know if anybody caught Dr. Phil today (right, he had to get in on it) The only interesting thing to me was the interviews of witnesses from the court, and there were some very interesting ones to be sure. It’s pretty obvious to everyone why the kids were taken aWay, but what is it that motivates her, or as I alWays say “What’s wrong with this picture” and “Folow the money trail” There is a whole lot of money coming out of this, and sadly it’s the kids who are the fulcrum point, not Britney.
The most interesting guy was her body guard, who just happend to live in her place, as a 24 hour guard. He testified that he would very often hear her speaking in some strange foreign languages, and strange voices. Bear in mind that this kid barely speaks English in her condition, it strikes me that she may be possessed (if you can believe in such things)I guess the med term is split or multi personality, bi-polar, Way out there syndrome. Now if you tie this to self-destructive/suicidal behavior, this is not the kind of environment for tiny children. Unfortunately in this world of high science technology, it is not very likely that an exorcism will be reccommended (but it all would make a great movie !)
By the Way, a lot of this behavior, originated out of the drug culture, in Haight-Ashbury, a long time ago, with mind altering/mind freeing drugs like LSD, which coincidently just happens to be where the Holy Spirit/Pentacostal movement started. I appears to me that we are now paying the price for the “Free Love” Generation, which liberated a whole lot more spirits than we anticipated ! One thing religion alWays warned about was opening doors to allow spirits to come through. Freedom is not alWays a good thing!
LUV 2 ALL
Wisdum

How could any Mother do this someone said?
Well, Brittney is in her 20′s, and she made one big mistake.
Aren’t we all entitled one big mistake?
I am glad I found the Lord after I went through my messed up life in my early 20′s. Bad choices, heavy drinking and wild life….
Forgive Her.
Get her help….
Let her realize how she is messing up her families life.
And love her unconditionally…..
That is what anyone would do…….Who really loves her…..
Her poor family, I feel very sad for them….
One good thing they sure can afford a year of private treatment……
They should take a section out and for the Love of God, get her well so she can be a testimony….
She use to be religious and this may just be the other side coming out… . I have seen the devil work in this way….Very tempting!!!!
She can come out of this!!!!!
Good always comes out of something bad.
Also, Things happen for a reason.
Please Britt get help….

I like Brittney alot! I had a very rough, questionable past myself: 4 failed marrieges w/loss of children. I was a career biker(Harley’s) for 30 years. Now I have many degrees & much life experience to help others like her. I am a certified fitness specialist(diet/excercise) & got a 3.9gpa. in applied psychology. I am currently working on my Master’s degree in Religion. Soon I will write/publish online; much knowledge for the younger generation to learn from: if they so choose. If possible, send her to me & I will help her willingly! I do care a lot for her. I try to help many; of similar struggles. However, I must now charge for these services. I have found that the client must pay; or they do not learn from it. I have helped many in my community already. You must come here to meet them. That is the only way.

Im upset by this ordeal britney is going thru.the judge was wrong to not make brits ex have drug& alachol test hes just as bad he just hides his.I suffer from bipolar& its no easy battle it is a struggle to face everyday.With the meds the shrinks give ya come sleep weight gain& loss of interest in anything.You walk around like a zombie just living in a coma of sleep.I took myself off the meds for bipolar& started researching natural meds for bipolar im far better off treating myself.Im not normal i still have episodes but they arent as severe& i can live a full life.I now understand myself my bizare behaviors growing up .Alot of things i had no control over I have the upper hand on my bipolar episodes now ………Bitt hang in there you need help . Everyone is against this poor girl where was the concern when her parents were pushing her so hard as a teen Someone should of helped her when she first meet that loser ex of hers

I think the reason people are so wrapped up in this whole Lindsey/Brittney trash is because when ever you are feeling like not the miss pto mom of the year, you bought cupcakes from COSTCO? oh i just whipped up these soccer ball color coordinated cupcakes this morning inbetween my yoga class and johnny’s baseball clinic and jogged them out to sarah’s soccer game where i sold the most tickets to the volunteer fashion show! SHUT UP YOU SKINNY B. moms check out the brittney mess and think even with all her money she is white trash and at least i never did what she did.

I have to say the whole thing with Brit is so sad. However I don’t think that K Feb is the right person to be raising the kids. I saw somehting that Len Speers might be trying to get custity of the boys nd I hope that she does so that they can be near there mom. I no she has issues but so does he.

it always takes a star to focus the attention on issues that affect all walks of life. this child is depressed and covers in up with the addiction like some of the others of us do. the only problem we can pertend to be the best pta mom, surburban house wife, than divorced and so in love lover when the truth is we are dying inside. someone needs to take a stand for all the mentally ill and addicts(alcohol,food, prescription drugs, crack,meth, etc.)and love them through their problems with the love of CHRIST and stop the judgement they don’t need. this girl feels bad enough to lose her kids, she does not need the press to rake her over the coals. when we will start answering the screams for help and act on it. depression is just as bad as cancer and alcoholism is to. they all cause death in one way or another. living in the hell of depression is a living death and living in the pits of alcohol is death. please wake up people a disease is a disease and if it goes untreated it will lead to death. we as sufferer are here to educate about the diseases and offer the appropriate treatment and the help of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, these people will be able to live healed healthy lives.

No one should feel sorry for this little BIMBO! She had done this to herself and it is it her own responsibility. She needs to take personal responsibility for her own actions and everyone needs to accept her personal responsibility for what she has done to herself, her life and her career. There is no one to blame for what has happened but Britney, she had the choice and now she must take the responsibility for what her actions have accomplished.

I dont see why people can feel sorry for britany she did this to herself not us.
People need to realize that she made this decision to be like this to lose her kids and her life im kinda glad lindsey lohan is in on this because people need to face reality that it’s her choice and that by all she has made the worst decision since i’ve heard about this i’ve stopped listening to her c.d’s and burned them all i wasn’t going to accept it untill i came to reality that this is the path britany chose on her on to such tragic to her kids is unbleivable but you know life goes on and life is life.
The saying “what goe’s around come’s around” well lets just say britany got caught up in this and hopefully soon she will realize that what she did and done is horrible but only god can help.
Im not trying to cause hatred towards me or anyone else but this is just what think of my own perspective .THANKS,
Mehgan

I have nothing but love and compassion for this persons private hell.

Get over it.. Everyone has a way of dealing with pain. Some were taught coping skills by parents (or caretakers). Others turn to substances, and anyone who self medicates with pizza, caffeine, dough nuts or chocolate is just as “guilty” as those who use other substances. By nature and heredity, some people can drink and assimilate alcohol, others can’t. Like an allergy, the more you consume the allergen, the better you feel temporarily. The short lived effect changes with time, as any allergist will tell you. Some doctors actually base some of their diagnoses on identifying the foods you like the best and consume the most-they turn out to be those you are allergic to. So by doing what every human does, attempting to alleviate emotional pain in some manner or another, a person who uses alcohol may find themselves addicted because of genetics. There are also people who are so severelly mentally ill, like a Jeffery Daumer, to whom this does not necessarily apply, because they are so severely psychotic and alleviate their pain in drastic irrational ways. So once a person gets the physical addiction, the problems begin. But everyone human does this-if you gamble enough, or have sex enough, or do other things that bring a rush of dopamine or serotonin, or noreprinephrine to your head, you also have the possibility of becoming addicted to those activities because the brain says ” I like this chemical, I need more.” Before long, we’ll just give everyone cat scans and pet scans and look at the brain activity and test their hair and blood for nutritional deficiencies to identify and correct the imbalances. Then, if there are nuturing issues, therapy. We already have the science, but there a lot of politics involved-and how many street people do you know that can afford a cat scan (with mental illness and emotional illness leading to alcohol and drug abuse the leading cause of homelessness).
Once a person recognizes the addition, and gives it up, and detoxes, the brain is free of alcohol, but the imbalances of the neurotransmitters may remain, so the mental illness may still be there. Then those neurotransmitters have to be corrected. Then, when a person is all cleaned out and thinking straight, he or she can become re-responsible for their actions. The statistics show the process usually involves about three serious rehabs before it “takes.” Only after recognition of these processes and understanding them can one truly be responsible for the problems. Besides, if it’s a damn choice, how many people do you know who said that they thought they would chose the life of addiction and mental pain and maybe go live on the street, lose all their family and friends, turn tricks or rob, shoot up so they they too would end up in jail or dead? Who chose that as what they wanted to be when they grew up? Who do you know that consciously and delibertly made that “choice?” The hitting bottom is a burcn of carp too, a myth. Unless it is supervised and monitored and then there is a support system with appropriate information to help, hitting the bottom usually means living with addiction until death. And a person doesn’t think like this in the middle of the addiction because THEY ARE ADDICTED. They are ON DRUGS. Hitting bottom for many is death. If you want to help someone, lock them up, and protect them from themselves and others until they can get though the processes needed. If you haven’t been there or don’t posses any scientific or medical knowledge, you don’t get it. I challenge anyone of you who judges to give up your cigarettes, caffine, pizza, carbs, sex, chocolate, gambling, anything you’re getting good brain chemicals from and you’ll have a taste of this. As far as Brittney, this is just a guess, not a judgment, but I would wager a lot of money that either her mother or father or an adult caretaker was an alcoholic. Then she has to deal with fame and fortune she was not prepared for. Maybe she recognizes the entertainmnet world is fickle and will discard people like yesterday’s trash. Maybe she feels she has nothing more than her talent or her physical attributes. Maybe that’s why she cut off her hair. I once knew a girl so full of self hate because men used and abused her because of her large breasts that she literally tried to cut them off in a moment of rage against being used and exploited and not being loved for herself. The thing is, you don’t know. So show a little compassion. Marilyn Monroe uses drugs, kills her self, and she’s an icon, a legend. Here but for the grace of God go I, as my mother used to say. Try to be Brittney for a few days.
Get her a break. Someone help the poor kid.

Carole, I agree with you. I doubt that one single person who posts a response about Britney on this or any other website, can do so with the knowledge of who she really is, how she was raised, what her beliefs are, what her life has been like, and without any faluts of their own. What she needs most are our prayers that she recovers and for others to realize that none of us has the right to judge others; only God does.

Our society is becoming exactly like in the times of the Romans,when they
thrown the Christians into the ring to be eaten by the lions and the people were cheering and screaming excited by that barbaric act. We are doing the same with all this people that are sick and in trouble, they’re going through hell. trying to save themselves but the public. with their critics and judgmental arrogance are throwing them to the lions (THE PRESS). I wonder aside of
being popular & some kind of role models for some young people what kind of harm, personal harm are they doing to us????? In my opinion IT IS NOT OUR BUSINESS’, LET THEM LIVE THEIR LIVES, the media is the one that are agitating the masses in order to sell more papers,magazines etc.and we’re helping them every time we pay any attention to their inmoral ethics.

I am responding to the person that thinks Britney got what she deserves You must not know very much about mental illness and from what I have heard about some of the things she has done is common of people that are BiPolar and people with that illness will do things based on what they think is going on they will do things that they would normally not do During an episode, and during an episode they are not in control of what they are doing because they are mentally impaired by what they are thinking is going on also the other problem is that most mental health doctors really do not know how to really deal with this disease and it is a disease also doing drugs or drinking is common but understand Bipolars don’t really get addicted in the same way they do it to be normal so if you think that losing her children andall the other things that have happened has happened means she is getting what she deserves then you need to think what it is like to be Bipolar try looking up what it is like for people with this disease I know! and NO one deserves the life time of pure hell they live in with out getting the right help and meds and it takes time to find just the right combination to start helping I feel sorry for you and judging her is not what God wants us to do it is not our job its Gods jobs and I know He will forgive her He knows what is going on with her He doesn’t punish people with a mental illness I wish I knew how I could get in touch with her I know what she is going through and I would like to talk to her maybe I could help her that is what God wants from us is to help those that are not perfect

My heart goes out to Brittney because I have been where she is, I once lost legal custody of my children for six months because of my addiction to alcohol. At the time, I also was suffering a major whiplash injury from an automobile crash, and was on prescription drugs (Valium) to relax my muscles and prevent excruciating muscle spasms in my neck. Because I was an alcoholic, albeit an undiagnosed one at the time, I was also drinking in combination with the Valium, and left my children home alone unattended for an entire day while I was out getting smashed. It’s a miracle, but I was able to forge my way through all the legal obstacles which occur when your children become wards of the state, and I managed to regain legal custody of them. Even this did NOT deter me from my continued path of self destruction — It was another five years of hell before I stopped drinking, and almost eight years later, I tried to commit suicide with alcohol and nearly succeeded. Two months after that, I got drunk in a neighboring county and spent the night in the county jail after being picked up for my second DWI in eight years.
I have been diagnosed with moderate clinical depression and am currently taking antidepressants on a daily basis. I have been sober now for two years and one month, only by the grace of God and my friends in AA who have been my lifeline, my hope, my rock of Gibraltar. I am currently separated from my husband of 8 years because he doesn’t understand my depression and what makes me do what I do some days, and I am beginning to believe he never will get it. My children are grown and gone, with lives of their own, but they are a very vital part of my life; I see them nearly every week now when they come to visit me in my little apartment.
This is MY life, this is what has happened to me. Yes, I was wrong in how I behaved, yes, I was ashamed I had lost legal custody of my children because I could not control my drinking. Am I a bad person? I do not believe I am — I believe I am a woman who is 50-something, suffering from depression so acute some days that it is a struggle just to make myself get out of bed and face the world, a woman who also struggles every day with a desire to drink, an intense longing for that liquid anesthetic that I already know will numb my mind and make me forget everything, make those feelings of inadequacy, loneliness and bitterness dissolve into nothingness. No pain, no sadness, no nothing, just numb.
But there’s a problem, you see — I don’t want to die, and I know I will die if I continue to drink. I know I will die if I stop taking my antidepressants. As much as I love and respect and care for my children, I will kill myself because it is easier than facing life and the pain it can bring. I do not know if I will get better, I only know that if I don’t do everything I can to control my depression and stay away from alcohol, I will get worse. I will be dead.

Addiction, and it doesn’t matter what one’s “drug of choice” is, is a mental disease. Addiction to alcohol, or whatever the substances may be, can be controlled, not cured. Strict abstinance from mood altering substances is the basic tenet. Like many other addicts, I remain active in Alcoholics Anonymous, and other 12 step programs (Al-Anon). They work for me! By that I mean that I can live a happy, productive life that is substance free. About 85% of us also have clinical depression in some form or another. This is a brain chemistry problem that is best controlled by antidepressants, which are NOT mood altering substances. My experience has been that unless the addict can acknowledge his or her addiction, and take responsibility for his behavior, no form of treatment will be effective.

Well, I am a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. I truely do not believe anyone can understand the mental war a person has when there fighting addiction. I also have been diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder. So, I have been in my own struggle to feel “happy”. Britney is famous, so her problems are advertised. I feel people almost love to hear she is making bad decisions. Where are all of the people that pray for her and want to try to help and guide her. Love her until she learns to love herself again. Their are millions of women that have their children removed from them. Some get help and get them back, others fall apart and never recover or never want to. They lost hope. When you loose hope, it’s all over. Pray.
Polly

Most of these comments are hitting this subject right on target.
How sad so many of us have to go through this horrible disease…..
Depression, addiction, drugs, mental illness….It all ties in.
The people who are judging or wishing bad things on Brittney, I hope you see the “Big Picture” and realize that is just bad karma…..on your part and you haven’t gone though this journey of pain and suffering…..You are very blessed to not have seen this hell.
I am now at the point of my life, that misery does not like company.
I feel bad for everyone going through this, but I also am very proud of all the people who are trying to regain their healthy & happy blessed lives back….Good for you….
Treatment works…….
Also, one of the Dr.’s who wrote in could maybe give everyone a bit advice on treating the symptoms.
For me the sun and just being outdoors helps.
Even if I walk my dog for 10 minutes…..
Pets bring a calmness and brings lots of love and joy into our lives.
I also follow the Golden Rule
Jesus
Others
Yourself.
Let’s pray for eveyone suffering these diseases.
Also, did you know that people going through a psychotic episode.
Do not remember one thing that they did while they were in this state of mind?
Research and read and educate yourself before judging anyone……
This is a great blog.
Beliefnet is my daily reading…..Such good comments most of the time….
Many spiritual and educated people are on this website….

I agree it’s most important to pray for Britney Spears. I feel sorry for her mental health issues. However, she behaves badly in public for everyone to see. This is the same as anyone who behaves badly in public.
My opinion is that she is unaware of her mental illness ( lack of insight is one of the symptoms of the problem) and the extent of her substance dependence. She does not appear to even care to TRY to do better. She showed contempt for the court and a startling lack of love for her children by refusing to follow the court’s order to have drug and alcohol testing. To me it appears that the children were too much responsibility for her and this was her way of having that responsibility removed. A person who wants to do better in life will at least TRY to do better. They will sincerely seek help and stick to the necessary program. Changing one’s life is very hard, but it can be done. I hope that Britney will begin to want to make her life better. She reminds me of Janis Joplin, unfortunately.

Brittany has had no parenting role models to draw from. It is sad to say but her mom was a quitter and she taught Brittany how to be a quitter as well. Rejection of any type brings on physical pain. In her business rejection is par for the course. Take the rejection and stir in the lack of good coping skills and you produce disaster. If you do not get the type of love you need to grow and mature as a child it is extremely difficult to discern the issues as an adult. The core problem lies in accepting love and thereby being able to love others. We as humans have a horrible habit of looking at others and saying to ourselves, ‘Well, at least I am not that bad.’ All of us want validation. We look for it first from our parents and then as we grow we look for it from outside forces as well. I have never been addicted to any substance stronger than cigarettes but it does not give me the right to point fingers as most of the public and media has done. This site is the first of compassion that I have seen thus far. It is easier to look at someone else and judge than it is to look at one’s self with that same judgment.
Lord willing she will wake up someday and understand but until that day comes we can only pray that God keeps her safe from herself and plants a loving and compassionate person in her life to help her see. She for the most part is blind and she is being led by the blind.

Since the media has been covering this situation with Britney Spears I have been praying for her and hoping that she will be able to seek the appropriate treatment. It is apparent to just about all who read this blog that Britney is indeed fighting a mental illness. I also realize that she may have an addiction problem. What many (who do not understand mental illness) are unaware of is that drinking and doing other drugs is often simply self-medication. Since the person (such as Britney) knows that they don’t feel right they seek things that do make them feel right. For many it is alcohol.
It was sad that of all of the late night talk hosts, only Craig Ferguson could understand the situation in which she has found herself. Thank God that he spoke up with something other than crude jokes about her behavior.
I’ll keeping praying for her. Hopefully, one day soon, she’ll get the help she truly needs.

I will pray for Britney, I do understand what she is going through (been there done that) but I was blessed not to hurt myself of my family. Like Britney I DID NOT have a parent to look up to my mom was too busy working and there was no communication at all in my family, abused sexually and mentally drove me to drinking and drugs at a young age till an overdose almost took my life a few years ago…I am now drug free and born again Christian and a very very happy person (thank u Jesus) I learned to love myself and the ones around me but most important I learned that Jesus loves me. Britney there is hope its never too late ask Jesus to help you like I did trust him and have Faith he will never “leave you or forsake you”.
God bless

Britny is a pimple on the skin of evolution. If you let it fester enough, it will erupt or go aWay, from your own body chemistry. If you “press” it(or de-press), it will erupt or hurt like hell, and or go away…Either Way it shall be dealt with, make no mistake about that!
What we got going on here is a whole lot of “Strong Willed Children” (I think about four generations now)and they are about to take over the world (God help us !)… A “strong willed child” will do what they want to do, when they want to do it, and how they want to do it. The closest term that psycho-analisis came up with is Passive-Agressive Behavior, many times they will not fight with you, they just won’t do anything you order them to do. The worst words, to use on that kind of person is “You do…” (they may not respond outwardly but in their eyes,you can read “Kiss my A**, and go to hell!”…and if looks could kill … (does that ring a bell to anyone ?)
They have reached a point that they don’t give a dam about material possessions or money, and so you can’t hold that over their head either. On top of that, we got children having children (and all they want is somebody to Love and be Loved) Being a parent (or it that aparent ?) there is responsibility attached to Love (and sexual intimacy), and cannot afford to be irresponsible with self-destructive behavior. We are very good at teaching discipline, but we are complete failures at teaching self-discipline !…Anybody got a clue how to do that ? I know the “School of Hard Knocks” works, but there are a lot of bodies, left in the wake ! (ya think we need to AWAKE !)
LUV 2 ALL
Wisdum

I’m like you, dual-diagnosis. I am bipolar w/anxiety disorder, plus I’m a recovering alcoholic. It’s a hard road to go!!! I can’t help but feel sorry for the girl! Her childhood was also basically taken away from her to in her performing! I really am rooting for her to make out of the agony she must be in!

Several years ago I was diagnosed as Bi-Polar w/depressive side and an alcoholic/drug addict. I tried working the 12 step program for 10 years completing all of the things they told me to do. Working the steps, working with a sponsor, going to thousands of meetings, being of service, etc…. I also worked with several psychiatrists and psychologists and I took several psych meds for my so-called diagnosises and labels. After 10 years of this, I decided 6 months ago to try a new path. I read a book by Chris Prentiss, co-founder of Passages, txt ctr in Malibu, CA, that talks about healing the underlying symptoms of disease and addiction rather than just the substance abuse/mental illness. I have chosen to leave AA, let go of all psych meds, stopped believing I am an addict/alcoholic/or have any mental illness, I have begun working with a spiritual life coach, going to the Palm Springs Spiritual Enrichment Center and USING POSITIVE THINKING/THOUGHT TO CHANGE MY LIFE. I can tell you in 6 months my life has become UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME. I tell myself today that I am 100% COMPLETE, WHOLE AND WELL!!!

Sorry but I had to add some more things. I hit the post button before I was finished. I no longer believe I was ever an addict or alcoholic or have any mental illness. My truth is I was a hurting spiritual/human being that was reaching out for help in those substances. I was a cry for help. Today, I am taking charge of my life and having only positive thought, positive action, positive habits and a positive life. I am perfect as I am right now. I no longer accept any labels in my life and I no longer accept any limitations. I am unlimited, abundant, successful and prosperous. Since this all began, I have been hired to be in 3 musical productions and an opera, I have made some great new friends who are on my spiritual path, I have become closer with my family than ever before and I AM HAPPY!!! JOYOUS!! and truly free. I pray Britney and others can discover the beautiful path I have, it works, I am living proof. Kenny, Palm Springs, CA

Yes, please do if it won’t be stressful or burdensome for you.

live life to the fullest…wake up…smell the roses..you only got 1 life to live and children to care for.

To the best of my knowelge, Britney has not been diagnosed with anything but adiction. For the life of me, I do not understand why people say that drinking too much is “a diease” and abusing other drugs is an adiction. Perhaps because booze is legal and other things are not? Non the less, this young girl has had a choice all along – clean up or not!
Personally, I’m concered about her children. This gal probably has never heard of alchol fetus syndrom – have her kids been checked? I’ve worked with kids (physically speaking, they’re adults)who are victims of this horible condition, which is 100% preventable. I know she’s an adult, but where are her parents? Is there a history of substance abuse in the family?
Having four alcholic grandparents and an alcholic father, I have no pitty for those who abuse the stuff. To Britney and others, I say get into a group therapy pronto and get a life! I’m tired of seeing drunken blonds all over our TV sets – wearing very little in the way of clothing. You are making terrible examples for our youngsters!!!! I think it’s time to think about someone else besides youselves.

Sally:
As I’ve said above, Britney has done nothing to help her own case. And I don’t blame you for the alcoholism endemic in your family making you angry.
Here’s what I did to deal with that anger at my alcoholic father.
As an adult, I went back and did a little research on my grandparents who I adored.
And I discovered they were hideously dysfunctional at the time my dad was growing up. My grandmother was a partier like, well, Britney and became an alcoholic herself. My grandfather was a horrendous skirt-chaser and a vicious racist. My dad is never going to be a Parent of the Year — but he would be in comparison to them.
My dad had some other horrendous luck as well. He was physically and emotionally abused by an aunt and uncle and sexually abused by a cousin. Plus, he had polio as a child — and, pre-Salk/Sabin, was one of the very few who recovered.
My dad still drinks way too much, and he still lacks empathy in even a single bone of his body.
But I’ve gained a little.

Re -Sally | October 6, 2007 1:18 AM
You are making terrible examples for our youngsters!!!! I think it’s time to think about someone else besides youselves.
** Addiction is the medicaton for the dusease, not the dis-ease ! These irreverant, irresponsible, stupid individuals, are a perfect example for our kids (of how not to be) Ozzie Osborn is a perfect example also, his music was all about ending up and experiencing Hell. Life is a choice, we are not slaves (although some people have to be crucified to maintain the “Authority”, if you catch my drift !)How far does it have to go before we are totally “Free”
LUV 2 ALL
Wisdum

MEMO
WHATZ’,..UP,.!?!! WHATZ’,..UP,..!!??1??? OCTOBER 06, 2007
TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST PERFORMANCE OF MS. SPEARS,…YOU
WILL SEE NO UNUSUAL ACTS,..NO ACTING THAT APPEAR TO BE SLOPPY
OR OUTRAGEOUSLY BAD. A POOR PERFORMANCE,..YET,SHOWS CRITTICS
DEGRADED HER BAD MOUTH HER,..SO TO SPEAK,..
WAS SHE TO DO A SEXUAL TEMPTING EXIOTIC DISPLAY OF PROVOCATIVE
SEX,..? AAAAHH!? SEEM THE NORM FOR YOUNG PERFORMERS THESE DAYS,..
AND,THE ACTS GOES FROM ROBOTIC EXERCISING TO PROVOCATIVE SEX TEASE AND BACK AGAIN,..EH..? EVERY ONE OF THEM !!
NOT MS. SPEARS. AND,.SHE DID A SORT OF CONSERVATIVE NOT TOO
PROVOCATIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE,..WAS’NT GOOD ENOUGH,..MORE SEX,..?!!
DAMM SAM,..!! WHAT DO A PERSON DO,.WHAT BECAME OF GOOD CLEAN ENTERTAINMENT,.”..WHAT BECAME OF PERFECTION,..!!??”
MS. SPEARS,..NO DOUBT,GAVE SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT TO THE PERFORMANCE
THING,..WHAT BECAME OF DANCE ROUTINES AS INDIVIDUALISTIC PER-
FORMANCES. LIKE THE PLATTERS,DRIFTERS,THE SHERILLES,THE FOUR
ACES,..THE INK SPOTS,.?? SOME OF THEM WERE PERFECTIONISTS,..
THEIR ACTS WERE UNBEATABLE,.TODAY,..AAAHH,..?! TODAY,..THEY
ALL RESEMBLES THE SAME EXOCITIC SEX TEASE INTO ROBOTICS AND BACK AGAIN,.I AM RIGHT,.??
MS SPEARS,..WANTED TO DEVELOPE A REVISED GOOD PERFORMANCE ACT -
ROUTINE,..THE BAD GUYS OF SHOW BIZ BLIND SIDED HER,..THUS,BE-
GAN HER MAZE OF STUMBLES,..YOU FIGURE IT OUT,..
DO YOU KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THE KLU KLUX KLAN,..?? WELL, THERE
BE THREE VERSION OF THE KKK. ONE THE WHITE,OUT OF EUROPE,THE
BLACK OUT OF THE FAR EAST,..AND THE RED,..A JONNY COME LATELY,..!
I MADE AN EFFORT TO INTRODUCE A SERIES(LINE DANCING BE A SPIN OFF
OF MY”THE RIGHT ANGLE,CUPID THING”)OF DANCES THAT COULD HAVE
BECAME DANCE FEVER,..(SAME YET MAY,.!)
THE DANCE ACTS WERE BLIND SIDED BY THOSE I BELIEVE TO BE
A VERSION OF THE KKK. TO MY UNDERSTANDING THE KKK STATED THAT
THE DANCES PROMOTED SWEEPING CHANGES IN IN A HOST OF ACTIVITIES.
AND,UNLESS THEY CONTROLLED SAME OR,WERE THE MAJOR PLAYERS –
THE ACTS WOULD GET DISRUPTED,..IF YOU CARE TO RECALL,..MANY
MANY NIGHT CLUB FIRES BROKED OUT,..DURING SUCH TIMES WHEN
PERFORMERS ATTEMPTED TO INTRODUE OR TEST THE NEW DANCES,..
STAGING LEGITAMACY,CUPID THING(THE RIGHT ANGLE),AND THE STALKING
WERE THE ACTS,..WHY ARE THEY DOING ROBOTICS TO SEX TEASE AND
BACK AGAIN,..?? IT BE SO OBVIOUS,..?! PERFORMERS FEARS ATTACKS,..
IN THIS MODE IF MS. SPEARS DESIRES TO GO INTO MORE CONSERVATIVE
ACTS,..OR INTRODUCE A GOOD CLEAN DANCE ROUTINE SHE MAY NEED TO CONSULT WITH THE KKKs. IF THE KKK WANT THE ACTS. AS THEY SHOULD BY NOW
SINCE THEY ARE ACCEPTING “LINE DANCING,..! SHE CAN HAVE WAY,..
HERE,MS. SPEARS CAN BE AS COOL AS A COOKIE(CUCUMBER,..!)
I AM HONEST. I AM SINCERE,..AND,I AM
HOPEFULLY YOURS,
ELIASIS YAHWEHEI

Britney’s family needed to be behind her, maybe they have for a long time and had to wipe their hands clean, but she really needed the help and now look at those two sweet boys, with Kevin, what a great example he is, he’s just about as bad as the problems she’s having! Great court system! Too bad Lynn didn’t step in and fight for custody of the boys!

Well thank Goodness I’m not the only one who thinks it’s both Mental Illness and Substance abuse. I just wish People would stop making fun of her, and someone would step in and have the California Mental Health Department give her a psych evaluation. And She needs to be commited, people are only looking at the addiction part, they need to deal with her mental health first and formost, than do rehab. I worry one day I will wake up and find out Ms Spears has ended her life by her own hand, and that would be so tragic, because none of the people close to her are trying to deal with the mental illness, they just look at the addiction. I pray Someone will do something soon for her.

I feel for this woman who has deep problems and needs help. Often times drugs or alcohol are also a way of “self-medicating” the deeper problems of mental illness gone untreated or not understood. I hope that somehow she “WAKES UP” and gets the real help she so desperately needs. I am going to pray for her, her husband, her children and her family. She is representative of many people in our society who are “out of control.”
Personally speaking, when I stopped drinking alchohol 34 years ago, I went into therapy for my mental problems. I do take a small amount of medication and still have to go to therapy regularly but I no longer have to run from my problem or self medicated with street drugs or alcohol. I am on the road to good mental health and can see my progress. I wish the same for Britney and for anyone else that is hurting. We all need to take personal responsibility for our own healing – even if we feel it isn’t our fault what is wrong with us or what has happened to us. I love your column and the information you share to help me and others. Keep on keeping on!

I feel for Britney, she’s young, talented and has her whole life ahead of her. I blame her mother for pushing her into the spotlight at such a young age! I too have a dual dx; although I don’t have tons of money to spend like Britney, she is the same as the rest of us. The paparazzi needs to leave her alone and quit spying on her. If I knew her, I would be her friend and supporter the whole way. Shame on the bad press for following her everywhere she goes! Ten years from now she will come out on top and show everyone that she is human.

My heart breaks for Britney,she has gone thru so much from a very young age and still is so young and has her whole life ahead of her,is just a miracle she still goes on with her life. I believe Britney’s fighting deep within her the mental disorder and addiction that she’s going through,just that even though she’s going through it,more being a mom,she knows that she has to do whatever it takes for her two kids to see her well again,so that she’s able to be a part of their lives. Check out also, http://www.uber.com/netbplink and just support for Britney always. Best thing to do is for everyone to pray and support her each and every day and every step of the day,so that she can overcome the addiction and fights the demons that gets in a person even more,when they go through such self destruction, as she has and is still trying to recover from. Just that it’s not an easy thing when you’re the one who’s actually living it day by day. I pray that Britney Spears will get all the help she needs,for positive and spiritual people to surround her life and for Britney to find that path of recovery soon enough. So we all should pray not just for Britney’s well being but also for her two children,her x-husband-K-fed,that even though he has a lot to do with Britney’s mental disorder,for K-fed to be there for their kids as a father and for Britney’s mom-Lynn and sister-Jamie Lynn to support Britney more than ever. We don’t want to see or hear about Britney having to get rid of her own life herself,she represents so many people in our society and many young generations too,Britney needs all the necessary help from all of us,so that she’s well again,for herself,for her kids and for our young generation,so that we all can prove that we can overcome the worse of times,by us-all supporting one-another instead of criticizing. Again remember to login to http://www.uber.com/netbplink and support Britney Spears always. May your column and the information you share serve us with entegrity,respect,love and compassion for our lost world of today,so that we may find meaning and find ourselves again. You-all-pray for Britney always.>>>

Of course I feel and pray for Britney! For those of us who have been in recovery and have been doing the “hard drugs”, alcohol, crazy life and insane actions, know how hard it is to quit, even for one day. I classify myself, as an addict and of course I have mental problems, probably caused by drugs and genetical history. But, with the help of a rehab center and AA, if she wants and I repeat only if she wants she will be able to start and lead a “normal and sober” life. If she is still using she should be put away for her own safety and for people around her. The “new drugs” are so addictive nowadays that only confinement and GOD will perhaps recover her from such a terrible and unexplainable disease.

“In a recent McLatchy-Tribune story, I read this:
For millions of ordinary Americans struggling to free themselves from alcohol addiction, the story of dissolute starlet Lindsay Lohan inspires not self-satisfied tut-tutting but rather a grimly familiar dread. Despite decades of research and dozens of potential treatments, alcoholism, American’s most common addiction, remains notoriously difficult to overcome.”
How can we *overcome* something that is one of the entertainment industry’s favorite subjects??!

Although I haven’t read all 70 comments, I feel I have a bit of a handle on Britney’s problems. First of all, being bipolar, I recognize the symptoms of this disorder in Britney – the absolute “highs,” the impulsive behavior (shaving her head), drinking to excess, not really caring for her children, etc. – and truly believe she needs psychiatric help/diagnosis. Second, I believe her “handlers” (manager, publicist, record label), don’t want Britney to BE diagnosed with a mental illness, as this will kill her career if it is true.
Too many of the younger generation look up to Britney and Lindsay as role models – but what kind of “role” are they portraying? Certainly, the kids today KNOW that what these women are going through is NOT “normal” behavior. They dress like them, they accessorize like them, they buy their albums/go to their movies, etc. If it were acknowledged that Britney needs to be hospitalized for bipolar disorder, the “handlers” would lose their “golden egg.” Mental illness STILL carries a stigma – if Britney IS bipolar, and doesn’t get superlative treatment NOW, I’m afraid that her excesses will result in a premature death – yes, I think that she will accidentally overdose.
I urge those close to Britney to get her the help she so desperately needs NOW; no more “molly-coddling” and calling her self-destructive behavior an “alcohol/drug” addiction. There is sooo much more to it than that. Most alcoholics CAN benefit from a 12-step program in AA; she’s tried that – has it worked? No, because she is suffering from both a substance abuse problem AND a mental health problem.
I pray for Britney; my parents were wise enough to get me inpatient treatment in a psychiatric ward and have me put on medications when I was 20. I am 59 years old, now, and, though it’s been a struggle every day – I am still here, a highly functioning bipolar, who follows a treatment plan, and am living modestly and almost “normally,” with a little help from my friends.
God bless us every one.

I haven’t read all 70 of the comments, but I HAVE been following the self-destructiveness of Britney’s bipolar disorder. Being bipolar, I recognize the signs – impulsive behavior (shaving her head), random sex with strangers, self-medicating with alcohol and street drugs, and a complete disregard for the safety of her children. I think the reason she hasn’t gotten psychiatric help for her behavior lays in the actions of her “handlers” (manager, publicist, record label), because a diagnosis of a mental illness would be such a stigma as to render Britney unsaleable.
A lot of the young fans that follow Britney are not aware that she is sick; they copy EVERYTHING she does, thinking she’s a role model. A broken role model, to be sure. I am afraid that if Britney doesn’t get the help she so desperately needs, she will implode, and end up taking an accidental overdose, thus ending her young life prematurely.
The people around her don’t have to continue “molly-coddling” her, giving into her every whim and telling her everything is all right – when it so obviously isn’t. I just pray that her mother, now that she is back on the scene, and her sister, can really say “NO” to her, and give her a reality check.
I pray for Britney that, if she really DOES hit bottom (and who’s to say she hasn’t already), she will seek out the care she really needs.
God bless us, every one.

The problem with alot of people that fall into the category of being addicted, is that when you are a “celebrity”, people tend to have some deep psychological phrase to go along with the addiction. But if a person isn’t “famous” then they are just a junkie or a drunk. In Hollywood, the best way to put out a fire is to smother it with money. The real problem is that the 21st century is vey toxic and harmful, stay strong against it

Suzanne, Wa was right on about Britney and her problems. As an addictions/family counselor, I saw many like Britney, but they were not in the spotlight and not making money for those around them. Those who would come out to say Britney has a medical problem would be shot down, because society doesn’t accept depression nor bi-polar conditons. We want our celebrities, sports teams, etc to be perfect, and if there is money to be made, so be it…don’t look for a cure, because the problem itself is making headlines/attention/money. Any psychiatrist knows the signs that are being manifested, but we can’t label someone. And once they are in treatment, a legitimate treatment, everything HAS to be confidential. And, bottom line, the person has to want help. Anyone with this disorder knows that the last thing they want is help, until they hit bottom. And then, taking medicine means they are mentally ill, according to society. So, they may take medicine, or not,and then medicate with drugs or alcohol. It is a sad situation, and one worth watching, for all of us to know that we need to constantly tell our government that we need more money put into mental health, starting with very young people. Why wait for the cow to fall off of the cliff, when we can put a fence up now? Pray for all who have mental disorders, because “but for the grace of God, there go I”…and you, and you, and you.

Kind of hard really to feel tTOO sorry for Britney… SO many people are going thru the same problems who DON’T have he resources and money she has… who may not even have health insurance ! M

I can deeply have compassion and concern for Britney. I am a woman of 54 who is dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuser. I fought and struggled for many years. When younger I was fortunate enough to have my parents to care for my children at the times I was not mentally stable to do so. There is help for those of us who suffer with both of these no-fault illnesses which is not called co-occurring disorders. I run a Dual Recovery Anonymous group for people with both of these conditions. If I could just give Britney a hug, tell her I understand what she is struggling with, and offer hope to her I would. Buth the world needs to wake up to the reality of the damaging affects of substance abuse coupled with a mental illness. We do not need to continually be stereotyped as “crazy” and other not so nice labels. We are human beings just like everyone else; we just have an illness and a disease which is hard to handle. I,myself, will stay optimistic for Britney, I will keep hope in my heart for her to get into a recovery program, I will definitely pray for her, and in my heart I want to believe she will one day get sick and tired of being sick and tired and get the help she deserves and needs.

I, too, recognize her situation all too well. I have also been afflicted with these same addictive behaviors. Although, when my children were small I would go to bed at about the same time my children did every night because I knew that in the morning, no matter what MY condition was, the kids would be up and alert and in need of someone there to guide them. Keeping them safe was my #1 concern. Even when my husband and I would have a party, and we partied quite frequently back then, I would go to bed during the party. I knew that I needed the sleep more than booze. I remember people saying to my husband, “did I say something to upset her?” He’d just shake his head and tell them that this is my bedtime and nothing will interupt that, not even one of our parties.
I hate to say this but I believe priorities have a great deal to do with this issue. If the children were truely a priority of Britney’s, then she would KNOW what to do. You can definetly alter those addictive urges for short periods of time. It just takes something more important than drugs and alchohol. My children were the most important thing in my life and so I made adjustments in my social life for them. So too should Britney.

My opinion is Britney is just an idiot! She has put herself in this position all by herself. Hooray for the judge who ordered the children to be with their dad. Most people point the finger at someone else. Use the excuse they have a mental illness. Do you think if she hadn’t gotten in to drugs she would act the same way?? I doubt it. Plus her parents are not the most postive influence. I hope someone can help her.

This is the first time I have ever responded to any posting online. I have experience with addiction; sobriety; dual diagnosis; living with loved ones with addiction in my current household and my father died from alcoholism when he was 49. Today is my AA anniversary for 5 years of sobriety. I am very grateful. That being said, I am so tired of people saying “AA didn’t work”. “AA” is not just attending meetings. The program is about working the 12 steps which include meeting attendance; getting a sponsor; service work; and whatever else your sponsor suggest THAT WORKED FOR THEM. I have never seen anyone “thoroughly follow this path” (the instructions in the beginning of “How it Works”) that has not gotten sober and lived a happy/content life. Yes, my definition of happy changes regularly but you cannot change a lifetime of behaviors/addiction/coping skills in 28 days.
Additionally, anyone who believes Brittany’s career is over if she (admits to what everyone else already knows)is bi-polar is obviously not familiar with many legends who have both diagnoses. Eric Clapton & Robin Williams to name two. These people are very successful and did not “hurt” their career by coming clean; at least, not near like they would hurt it without getting proper medical and recovery attention.
The first rule in most 12 step groups is to change your playmates and playgrounds but as with most people, their sobriety is not priority and therefore they do not get sober. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that someone 4 months sober doesn’t need to be out clubbing on New Years Eve and expect nothing less than a relapse.
I am breaking a huge rule of the program and should not be explaining AA but I now understand the tradition stating that media, radio and films need not be allowed in the rooms.
If you want to get sober and be happy, pick someone who is sober and happy (has what you want) to be your sponsor and DO WHAT THEY DID. Sober people can be miserable people; yes, they don’t drink but that is not what the 12 steps are about.

I believe that she gets what she deserves. People just do not do the things that she has been doing with small children, and first of all music is good, but where does it stop, as far as setting good examples for others. Especially for her children. I do not believe she was ever the “MOTHER TYPE MATERIAL”, and never should have tried to commit to someone who really did not love her, not only once, but several times. This is the type of things that scar children, and she has most definitely hurt her children, and without remorse. So I believe that she gets everything that she deserves,and her children will be alot better off with someone who has time for them, and that can give them stability, and a good home life.

k feel for her (britney) but i also feel for those around her that are being injured because of her behavior. she needs to grow up and realize that the world does not revolve around her or because of her. she has more than most and she is acting like a spoiled child. I have an ex daughter inlaw that has the same issue. give her what she wants, talk,act,react how she wants you to. a constant analysis of your facial expressions, reactions, words you say, body movements, all the time; its like being under a microscope constantly. the distorted views and ideas of a person with bi-polar with schitzophrenic traits, plus the use of alcohol, has a devastating toll on all family members. the person with this issue wants to be put on a pedastal and if not you will have problems created by said person. they cause (start) the trouble and step out of it as if they are the victim (innocent) and had nothing to do with it, they are completely without blame, others are problem.

But for the grace of God…………I have only been sober 9 short months. I know the depression came before the abuse, but both took control, sent me falling into an awful darkness. With lots of support, a good sponsor, working the steps, sometimes going to 3 meetings a day, doing service work, dealing with my depression, I am only that one drink away. If I were in the public eye, everyone waiting & wanting me to mess up, I am pretty sure I would. It does take the hurt away, if only for the minute.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ONE TO HELP MS.SPEARS I KNOW WHAT SHES GOING THREW AND RIGHT NOW SHE NEED A TRUE, TRUE, TRUE FRIEND AND NOT A MAN.IF YOU TELL ME HOW I CAN EMAIL HER TO TALK WITH HER, I WOULD LOVE THAT YOU CAN DO A BACK GROUND CHECK ON ME IAM GOOD TO GO. BUT I THINK ME AND MS.SPEARS WILL MAKE A GOOD TEAM. WITH HER GETTING BACK ON HER FEET. I WOULD LOVE TO HELP HER GET HER KIDS BACK. AND TEACH THEM WITH THERE EDUCATIONS AND HER WITH SHOWING HER HOW TO LOVE HER SELF AND TO LOVE HER KIDS ALONG WITH LIFE. SO PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LET HER KNOW THIS FOR ME. I HAVE A INHOME DAY CARE RIGHT NOW SO I KWON HOW TO RAISE KIDS I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 7 YEARS AND I DO HAVE LICENSING. I CAN EVEN DRIVE HER AROUND TO WERE SHE NEEDS TO GO. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

My prayers go out to Britney. For people who something netative to say should shove their foot in their mouth and get over themselves. With all the pressure, loseing someone you love, trying to be there for you kids, and dealing with substance abuse is harder than you could imagine. I think Britney has now hit rock bottom, and is going to get better from here on out. Once you hit rock bottom, the only way to go is up. She obviously has a family that loves her, and the support of her fans, doctor Philgood is in on the action as well.. Hell, she should be on celebrity rehab with Dr. Drew. As far as Lindsey Lohan, Im thrilled to see that shes getting back on track. She is SSOOOOOo taltented, and I love her music. Yes, I am one of the select few that bought BOTH of her ablbums. I cant wait to see her new tango movie. I hope its very good. After reading the storyline, it seems really awesome. She is getting into some seriously fun roles, and Im loving it. Comeon, We all know that I know who killed me had a great storyline. Ya, it didnt help her career, but it was a freakisly awesome movie.
God bless. Have a great day ya’ll.
dancingbug841@aol.com

It is easier to say what is wrong with a person, then helping that person. Addiction is very powerful when you are weak with depression, anxiety and the constant public eye watching every step you take. Have some compassion for the children, who will one day read about their Mom and how bad things were for her, even if self-induced.

My heart goes out to Britney…she was a good performer but was put under the pressures by the media — with already a fragile state of losing two love interests Justin Timberlake and her no account husband Kevin F. now to have her two babies taken from hurt what mother even if she is not on any addictions or fragile state would not break-down. Yes, she made mistakes — but haven’t we all she is still just a young woman — who had to make to many grown up choices while being very young… all that ask is that the media give her a break — a let her parents be supportive and not critcal..recovery is a hard road back –but Britney you have one very supportive person here — try to be postive and surround yourself with postive — BRITNEY YOU WILL BE OKAY
AND YOUR BABIES WILL BE TOO. SO REMEMBER GET BETTER FOR YOURSELF FIRST AND THEN FOR YOUR BABIES.

lock her up and throw the key away

I LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS AND EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS TO DECISIONS WHAT IS IMPORTANT HER KIDS OR PARTYING ALL NIGHT SMOKING AND DRINK THE MENTAL ILLNESS IS SOMETHING SHE HAVE TO GET HELP FOR.THE OTHER CRAP SHE DOING IS NOT EXEPECTABLE BECAUSE SHE’S A MOTHER OF TWO SHE NEED GET HER STUFF TOGETHER.

How wonderful that we have the examples of Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears to see the difference between addictions and the dual diagnosis of mental illness/addictions. Both are terrible things to have in one’s life, but the dual diagnosis makes it impossible for a person to stay on track with an addiction therapy. The brain is simply re-wired differently, and no tough-love or 12 steps approach will change the wiring. The patient may want to stop the insane behavior, but it is impossible to do over a long period because of the malfunctioning of the brain.
My prayer is that we all learn from this, and start to have compassion and tolerance for all problems people have. But most importantly, not to jump on the back of someone with a mental condition, and bury them with remarks that wouldn’t be said to even our own worst enemies. No one with a mental illness wakes up in the morning, wanting to lose their children, their home, their mate, or their career. Just as when wiring is faulty in your homes and a fire can be the consequence of neglecting the problem, so it is in the life of someone with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or other diagnosis.
It takes a village to love, comfort and help others; sadly, with our mobile world, we now read about people and think we know them. When I was being misunderstood one time in my life, I remembered that no one who was speaking negatively of me, even knew me. To love me is to first understand me and to understand me, one must get to know me. When this isn’t done, we resort to gossip, sensational media coverage, and wasting our time on things that we have no power over.
Sometimes, all we can do is pray, but at all times, this should be the first step. The second step is to place ourselves in their situation, walk in their shoes, and be tolerant of others. “There but for the grace of God, go I”.

It starts with Britney no one else, until she admits that she has a problem and needs help nothing will change. Everyone from DR Phil on can offer help to her but she has admit to her problem and accept help.
And so far it does not look like she is ready for that yet.
She is old enough to make her own decisions, and she knows what she is doing, she is totally responsible for her behavior, no one else is.
I am glad she no longer has her childern, or otherwise they would be dead the rate she is going. I feel sorry for them they have no mother now. Britney is not fit to be a mother. I know her family is suffering to, because these kinds of things hurt everyone.
So this pity party for her, is not what she needs at all this gal needs some tough love.

God Bless Britney Spears and praying for her would make a big difference. God Bless you all.

I hope and pray for Britney to find her way to god and get back on track I just find it very sad that the media is having such a field day with her break down as if they have nothing to do with it,Do they realize or even care that one day her children are going to have to deal with all of this. Im sorry the media is like a big devil when all is good in there eyes they show you such grace but they will be the first to distroy you at any cost. GOD BLESS BRITNEY AND HER FAMILY.

It seems to me this drug stuff just goes on and on, plus these people in the public eye make it glamorous. Where is the money coming from? Drop ole Brittney at A mission with no food and no coat and give her something else to focus on. I am sick and tired of this society filled with victims, who take no responsibility and cause chaos in everyone’s life, while saying poor me, poor me. Give the hard working average people A break

BRITNEY NEEDS OUR PRAYERS – SHE IS LOST IN A WORLD THAT SHE CANNOT CONTROL ON HER OWN – SHE SHOULD NOT BE LEFT ALONE TO TRY TO “HANDLE” THIS SITUATION. OUR PRAYERS COULD VERY WELL BRING HER THE TRUE HELP SHE NEEDS AND COULD RESPOND TO. IF SHE ONLY KNEW THAT GOD IS STANDING BY – WAITNG FOR US TO REQUEST WHAT BRITNEY CANNOT REQUEST ON HER OWN.
LET’S JUST DO IT!!!!! I AM STARTING NOW – WONT YOU JOIN ME? PLEASE.

she needs to be carefully what she does around her kids

there is one thing briteny needs back to god only god can help her so i hope she will be ok……..

Society is killing this girl! her mama has killed her daughter! britney needs to be committed. fighting mental demons aren,t good. I recently lost my fiance due to people standing by not helping! The morning of my wedding i awoke to find him hanging in my basement if this girl has announced suicide somone should help! If i could talk to britney i,d say live for your kids.Also i suffer from mental illness ocd,post tramactic syndrom,anxiety,depression,aggorphobia you aren,t alone britney Love Rhonda

I agree with the article Britney needs both good mental hygiene, medication and drug counseling, I am a semi professional and I have seen this over and over in dual dx people It is real and she is lost in a world of mental dispare, I know that prayer can help but the real help lies within the person who is willing to address these issues to obtain good mental health, and some medication, as far as the mental illness part I feel she is suffering from bi-polar disease, and this is a real serious mental illness, I have friends and family that suffer from this, and until they found the right treatment and right medications they were a mess too. GOD BLESS BRITNEY AND HOPE SHE GETS THE RIGHT HELP…

I do empathize with Britney. My daughter is bi-polar and she seems to get addicted to mind altering drugs to feel better. She’s a beautiful young woman who talks of suicide often. It scares me. I have her child (my 3 yr. old grandson) I’m hoping soon she will be able to take care of him again. It doesn’t seem she ever gets the right treatment, medications, etc… We have no right to judge others because we do not understand their behavior. I’m sure Britney loves her children as my daughter does her son. May God help all dual diagnosed individuals.

I feel sorry for her. Remember who started this up for her. Disney….seems like the elvis syndrome…..too busy to find out their own demons
You have to want recovery to be recoverable

My heart goes out to Britney, I struggle with addiction and being bipolar daily, never had my two children taken but I had to leave them for 18 months due to bad choices and addiction. I too had no one who paid enough attention to me to realize that help was needed. I pray that Britney finds someone strong enough to hold her steady, emotionally as well as helping her slow down & allowing her to cry. This poor girl has been in the spotlight most of her life . We watched her from Mickey Mouse – thru purberty – to teen star then instant mother. Always smiling for the camera’s, her fans. Britney needs a loving hug , a good cry, then she could pull herself together enough to seek further help. So let’s show compassion and a little understanding. she deserves to live a full life and without help she could lose that.

i belive that she is a women first she is a human bean we all have made some bad mistakes in life we really need to unstand that is women was born without a lot of money but she became rich by sing
songs the money came to her fast would really care about her i do at dose not matter how much money a person have but what they do with it if she had good friends and famliy maybe thing would had been diffrent for her so i will keep preying for her to understand and her hurts to go a way

MY HEART GOES OUT TO BRITNEY AND HER CHILDREN. IT IS HARD TO BE A FAMILY WITH BI-POLAR ILLNESS . MY HUSBAND HAS THIS ILLNESS AND WAS A BRILLIANT PERSON WHEN I MET HIM. IT WAS NOT UNTIL WE WERE WELL INTO OUR MARRIAGE AND HAD A SON BEFORE HIS ILLNESS STRUCK AT THE AGE OF 27. PEOPLE WERE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE THE ILLNESS THIS WAS VERY HURTFUL TO THE REST OF THE FAMILY AS ourPRECIOUS
son is THE ONE THAT SUFFERED THE MOST AS OTHER PEOPLE WOULD NOT INVITE HIM TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTIES HE WAS EXCLUDED SO MANY TIMES THAT IT WAS NOT FUNNY BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO BI-POLAR ILLNESS. I PRAY HER CHILDREN WILL HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME. I still pray that people will be understanding in regards to this illness. It seems like every time I read something or hear something in the news the first words out of the news media is that the person was Bi-polar. It is like it gives people a license to shoot first. I do not know how many of these people cops have killed especially when they have gone off their medication it really frightens me how fast people are to pull guns on Bi-polars.
The talent and intelligence of the Bi-polar mind is usually far superior to a so called normal person.
Britney you are in my prayers as well as your children my heart goes out to you. Keep on your medications and give it all to the Lord He can pull you through the bumpy roads in life and help you over come your addictions just need a good program to help you with lots of loving and caring supportive people.With lots of hard work.

I was diaognoused dual in 1999. its taken me until now to realyze. Sitting alone in my rented room after loss of all. wife ,family all friends, house and all possionns from past. that this is where i belong, i cannot cope in a wourd with stress, my key manic trigger. I am alone but feel safer, i do have to worry about others actions if i have an episod, like being homeless or put in jail for being sick . i do the best i can on my own , and let the chips fall where they may. without the stress of outside loving preceptyions.