I'm not really a fan of Mary but i do respect and admire the positivity, growth and wisdom in her words concerning addiction. However, i dont know if I agree with her, and most other people saying "Whitney died and never had a chance to come back or overcome her addiction" or insinuating that notion. But I know she was close to Whitney so Im not going to judge so much on that comment, maybe I misunderstood. But As one of Whitney's biggest fans and being obsessed with her since childhood and following her struggles and growth as much as a fan can possibly do, I can say Whitney did NOT die defeated. I'm sure she still had temptations or a few step backs, but I know for a fact she did not die as the cracked up Whitney that everyone consistently wrote about and chastised during the 90s and 00s. When Whitney passed, she was in a position of overcoming, and success. She had grown, matured spiritually and mentally and gotten pretty much over those demons. In my eyes, she definitely DID succeed and thats the travesty of her passing, that just when she overcame, she died, NOT that she died still in struggle. All in all, we, I, Mary and the rest of the world will always love you Whitney. God knew what he was doing so to Him always be the glory.