Saturday, May 30, 2009

MTV ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY ON MARIO AND HIS MOTHER'S ADDICTION.

I have been looking for this episode for about 2 years now and am very happy that you tube exists. About 2 yrs ago, before R&B singer Mario released his "Go" LP (which had some dope tracks on it mind you), he made a documentary openly admitting the fact that his family was plagued with drug addiction. His mother had been a heroin addict since he was a baby and that affected his life in many ways. At first I thought that the episode was actually on A&E's "Intervention"; an hour long show based on families and addiction. Each show ends with the addict being asked by his loved ones to go to rehab. However, after searching for hours on the net I found out it was in actuality an MTV Docs (documentary) movie. I have always liked Mario, I happen to think that he is very talented and not to mention incredibly good looking. However, he's a kid, like a few yrs younger than me. After watching the full documentary, I really came to see him as someone I can admire, in fact I came to see him more as a man. He really took care of himself, and achieved his dreams at a very young age. God was really with him through the beginning of his career and now. He has an amazing amount of strength and character. I really respect that and of course him. So being that I always post up these things, I have posted all the episodes I found on youtube.com, being that I was watching each one in 10 minute increments. Sit down and watch these episodes, trust me, you'll end up with a profound respect for Mario. The name of the MTV Docs is "I Won't Love You Till Death: The Story of Mario and his Mom".




1 comment:

A.L.Roberts said...

Your post is definitely timely and I can't help but think of so many things as I sit here, typing away here in Baltimore. As humans, we all have a our vices, afflictions and addictions we deal with. Now it's one thing to have our own, but another all together when it's someone we care about a great deal. Not sure exactly where I'm going with this since it's such a troublesome subject. However, I can imagine what Mario has gone through along with many others like him who haven't had the opportunity to either get help or have a platform to discuss the issue.

At any rate, thank you for your posts. Always a great read.

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-E.Blue