People normally feel overwhelmed by difficult circumstances or emotionally draining situations. At some point in their lives, they feel so devastated that they think that nothing short of death will give them relief. While most people can pull through and pick themselves up after encoutering serious problems, there are those who lose control over their emotions and thoughts, and eventual, resort to suicide or drug overdose. For desperate people, death by their own hand or through the use of drugs is seen as an escape from all the problems and pain. Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Adolf Hitler, Vincent Van Gogh, Marilyn Monroe, and Kurt Cobain — these are men and women who had power, fortune, and fame, yet they all took their lives. Theirs is a sad story of great lives that ended in utter tragedy.
Another story that could have been another tragedy involves Hollywood comedy superstat Owen Wilson. The Owen Wilson story is now the latest buzz in tinseltown. The National Enquirer stirred up mixed reactions when it first reported last August 26, 2007 that Hollywood funnyman Owen Wilson was hospitalized due to drug overdose. That story about the drug overdose was...