I’ve only met and hung out with Corey Haim once.  I know stories about him many don’t.  I’ve seen him do things many haven’t.  And it pisses me off to go into work this morning to find out he’s dead and all the wires are claiming potential overdose.  While the overdose isn’t too much of a stretch, the fact that I read the story at about 8:30 am EST irks me to no end.  Why?  Because he was pronounced around 4:30 am PST.  Do the math.  He was probably still warm to the touch when I read that article.  Talk about tactless.

I’m sure a lot of people are going, “oh gee, another child star dead.”  He’s up there with Brad Renfro, Jonathan Brandis, River Phoenix and how many others.  Stupid, idiotic deaths that could have been prevented.  Unfortunately people can only be helped if they actually want it.  If they don’t no amount of force will ever help them heal.

Corey considered himself a relapser for life.  What does that tell you?  Yes, he had “flu-like symptoms” just before he died.  Not that that narrows it down much.  It just means he was hot and a little sweaty.  Whether it was a drug overdose or not, over two decades of ravaging his body with a slew of different drugs left him far too susceptible to any illness.  So whether the autopsy determines if drugs were the cause of his death, they were the ultimate cause of his death.

Maybe now those demons will stop chasing him and he’ll be able to find whatever it was he was looking for.  There’s now no more pain to drown out with drugs.  Only peace.  Those closest to him rode the roller coaster with him, whether they wanted to or not.  Hopefully, now, they too can finally find peace with Corey.

Maybe some day people, especially kids, will learn from all those pointless deaths.