Post B #5

Dear Anthony,

You are overcomming your addictions and are becoming the health, both physically and mentally, person that I'm sure you are striving to be. You are having more fun that ever in your band, and you are creating some of your best music ever. You are a better singer when you are clean, and I'm glad that you are struggling to keep it that way. Your commitment to your fans and the music you play is inspiring, and your selfless acts of free nude performance are, well, nice... You are beginning to mix and meet with people that have very interesting views on life, that, sadly, are much more agreeable that your old one used to be. These people have helped you come along in your drug-free life, and to understand your fellow band members better.

Anthony's new appreciation for life is seen since he got clean, just like Lindsay Lohan's i think. Since (if) she was in rehab, she probably was, she is now looking at the world in a new light because even though she may still be on drugs, she probably wasn't for the time that she spent in rehab. I am also viewing the world differently, because as I get older, I understand more that I must help others and be gracious in defeat. Anthony i never defeated persay, but he is getting older and his point of view is obviously changing.

"Every time I'd be thinking, 'I have to keep,' I'd remember, 'No, you gotta give away instead'" (273). Anthony is continuing to learn how helping others is more important than helping yourself because it makes you feel better.