there are so many situations and reasons and outcomes - that it becomes complicated when we feel the need to blanket them all.

most of the good that can come out of this is probably learning to respect the choices of others. you can show people alternative treatments and points of view - and im all for showing everyone that - but if someone had found a way or even learned a way of life that works fairly ok for them in the least its probably unlikely they will deviate. and i think in many cases thats ok. i also think in many cases it something really important needs to personally happen to someone for them to take on something alternatively. doesnt have to be a bad thing necessarily.