Talk:Chris Savino/@comment-2082523-20181113120207/@comment-1650307-20181115041055

I will say that sometimes when it comes to addictions, it could take years to break the cycle. He could've had an addiction to sex or something like that, and despite his attempts to break free of the cycle, he couldn't, despite good intentions. I had an addiction for over 10 years that I was only able to truly break free of recently (I prefer not to share what exactly it is), and even though I knew what I was doing was wrong and bad, I found myself doing the thing a lot because it is hard to break free of it. Maybe Chris was in a similar boat.

Again I don't know and nobody really knows because we are not him. I was raised with the mentality that redemption is always possible and that absolutely anyone can change. I always look on the bright side and see the best in everybody, even if it seems naive or childish to think so. Also, me having a Christian belief scructure makes me think oftentimes of stories of redemption in the Bible, like how King David committed pre-meditated murder on a man so he could sleep with his wife because he thought she was pretty. Now this is two very serious sins, but because David was truly repentant, God forgave him. I am not trying to compare or contrast between the two, or say what the two individuals was right or wrong, I am simply trying to demonstrate that it is entirely possible to change and people, even when it seems impossible, can feel bad for their past actions, even if it persists for many years. Even murderers have changed their ways.

As George R. R. Martin once wrote, "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward"