I heard about his death this morning....so sad...

Condolences to his family and his many friends....

Bourdain sits down with US President Barack Obama during a "Parts Unknown" episode in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2016. Over a dish of bun cha, Obama shared personal stories and reflected on his own international travels.
 

Last edited by Spunky (6/08/2018 7:15 pm)

Yeah, I'm hesitant to make remarks on all this........but....(when has that stopped me)? 

He had issues his whole life and just getting clean/sober in his older years does not get rid of what ever his personal demons were. Its was an obvious life long issue, hence the early drug addictions. The restaurant/food business is brutal, I know personally people who were broken by it, but it draws a certain type of personality. He had the financial where with all to get real help-unlike the majority of people who take this route to end pain. This shit does not just pop up one day. So avoidant behavior in getting the problems addressed goes with avoidant behavior he displayed his whole life. It was selfish. There was some quote attributed to him about always being on the move (found it)

“If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”


When you're moving to escape pain, its not moving, its running away. <---I said this-not him. 

So many people need help with these thoughts and feelings and the 24/7 news coverage of famous people doing it makes me sad and angry for those who will never get the help they need or the glowing reviews of their lives that they chose to end. 

I'll get off my soapbox now. Thank you.

So sorry that you lost loved ones due to this illness. I know you will never forget them...

I wish that everyone that suffers from this illness would seek the help they need, so they can go on with their life.

In Bourdain's case, he didn't get the help he so desperately needed, and I said that it was selfish of him because now there is a lost 11 year old girl, blaming herself and also wondering if there was something she could have done to help him, in order to prevent his death.  I guess in his case too it became an act of desperation....so sad