By now the whole world would have known about Robin Williams’ passing. I posted something on my Facebook in memory to him and I wanted to write something about it on my blog but I didn’t know what. There are already (rightfully so) hundreds of articles on the internet that pay tribute to him. Ranging from the Best Robin Williams movies to the Best Characters he played.
Then just an hour ago I was sitting in my living room watching a CNN tribute to Robin Williams. It was a Larry King interview and Robin Williams was being asked about his alcohol problem.
Unfortunately this video ends before the interview was over but what happened next was Larry King asked Robin Williams if he had beaten his alcohol problem.
When many other celebrities get asked questions like these they normally answer with a resounding yes. Robin Williams though paused… and then he said “No”.
Surprised, Larry King asked why not?
And Robin explained how we never really beat an addiction. It’s always lurking in the dark somewhere waiting to come back. We only beat it for the present and we can only live day by day. Every day we make decisions in life and it’s a constant struggle we have to make sure we continue to make good decisions over the bad.
Thank you Robin Williams for all the joy and the laughter. And thank you for parting this last piece of advice to us.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space