CELEBRITY THURSDAYS - THE ROAD TO TRIUMPH!!!!

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. - THE ROAD TO TRIUMPH!!!!

During his life we live nothing comes easy to us, no matter if we are rich or poor, black or white, it just doesn’t matter…We still have to live our lives and even though some might disagree we all face obstacles, roadblocks and many distractions that we have to face and overcome on this journey which is live…I really believe that the problems we face each day is what really makes or breaks us and whether we are able to conquer them…We might try and fail, but do we try again, and I must say from experience that triumph feels so rewarding when you know that you finally succeeded…The road to triumph is a hard but lovely one and nobody depicts it more to me than Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey is no stranger to the entertainment business, Born in New York City, to parents who were both actors, you could say it was in his genes. At a young age when his father started to direct films he even had himself a few roles, so you conclude that he has been basically acting all his life…A lot of us would consider him well off and lucky but not everything that glitters is gold…He was introduced to marijuana and drugs at a very young age, six to be exact. You may ask how did a child so young got his hands on drugs so young? They were given to him by his dad and he and his dad created a bond this way that they did drugs together; to me this was a pre-cursor of things to come… 

Downey Jr has been abusing drugs and alcohol all his life and for someone who had so much easy access to it, Im pretty shocked that it did not take a toll on him more or even killed him…From 1996 through 2001, this was known as the darkest days of Downey life where he saw himself arrested numerous times on drug-related charges including cocaine, heroin and marijuana and went several times through drug treatment programs unsuccessfully. In April 1996 Downey was arrested for possession of heroin, cocaine and an unloaded handgun while he was speeding down Sunset Boulevard and that was just the beginning of a five year bid of drowning in himself. He was basically living out of jail, because he just kept on abusing substances and was arrested over and over and lost out on movie projects and got fired from shows because of missed rehearsals…His life was basically in a tales spin. 

However there comes a point when you realize you can’t take anymore and you just have to buckle up and face the problem head on and that’s what Downey Jr. did and that’s what we all must do..In order to overcome something that is controlling us, we must first have to seize control again. He said “It's not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems...what's hard is to decide to actually do it.” After five years of substance abuse, arrest, rehab, and relapse, Robert Downey Jr. was finally ready to work toward a full recovery from drugs and a return to his career. He decided to face his problems and to say the least he overcame them and has been regaining success ever since and just to show proof, he starred in the box office hit Iron Man and its sequel which got nothing but rave reviews from both critics and viewers based of his tremendous acting.

The point I'm trying to make today is that we may be battling alcohol, depression, family, work, school, drugs or just regular stress among other things in our lives and its getting the best of us day by day but let me tell you something we can overcome them. We just have to finally make up our minds like Robert Downey Jr. to face the challenge head on and sometimes we might even need to reach out for help, so that we can win that battle. Pride is a very boastful thing but sometimes we have to let go of it..So if yourself or anybody that you know is going through any problems just remember that where there is will there is a way