I stopped being friends with someone since I can't stand the very slow perishing of him. I cannot but wonder WHY psychotic, suicidal and severely anorexic people sometimes go in involuntarily while my "friend" can do his thing without no one reacting. I know I touched this earlier, but I really feel like I still cannot grasp it.

He is a legal drug abuser with a doctor that is a pusher, he is prescribed medication that in combination can kill and he thinks that is OK, he does not take care of himself in any shape or form, he makes his illnesses worse like you'd think on purpose, he sleeps as much as possible because no pain in sleep yanno, and his diet is so incredibly bad it is hard to understand even.

He is extremely overweight (I'm not talking chubby but almost immobilized), has diabetes and only eats junk food. He seems to deprive himself nutritious food on purpose, like it accidentally could make him healthier, everything he eats is fatty, sugary and overly processed.

Of course this lead to heart problems and other severe health issues, still no one is reacting. I can't do much, there is an ocean between us, but encouraging him in getting help I cannot do anymore since he is hellbent on destruction. So I had to give up not to be pulled into the dark with him.

But he has doctors around him that see him every week, has a family he lives with, and everyone thinks this is OK. I think we must live in a sick world when we decide just some people deserve involuntary and life saving intervention.

I guess some eating disorders are seen as more urgent (that I can understand!), but also they have a higher status (which annoys me!). Drugging yourself to death legally and eating yourself to death while at the same time starving, that you can do in front of everyone and it is seen as your choice. I cannot even start to fathom how anyone thinks that is a CHOICE. That is just an act of illness and desperation.