I'm speaking here as a person who has gone through rehab for several addictions, including heroin and alcohol, as well as having been charged with ABH (actual bodily harm). But due to my young age at the time (13-16) and the fact that I was working through my problems voluntarily, I was not placed in a detention centre for an extended time. Everyone who reads this should take into account that anyone who goes into prison coming from a known position outside the walls is going to be treated differently. There is no way around it, no way to ignore it, and no way to change it, so please don't use that as an argument for taking a negative stance on him. As for him being a bad person, I can't judge that, only speak from the changes in my personality that happened when I was an addict. It changes you in ways that you cannot imagine unless you have woken up each morning needing a dose of a chemical to keep you at the place where you're not feeling insane. So please, do not judge him as a bad person because of that. If you are to judge someone for something like this, you have to have been able to experience their situation (and I'm not taking pity on him for this, I'm simply referring to it as his situation because it is his) and then you can make an accurate shot at it. Otherwise, you're just judging out of opinion, not out of knowledge, and that is a sin in every religion. Good luck to Ronnie with fixing himself, coming out of prison, and resolving everything with everyone involved.
I'm speaking here as a person who has gone through rehab for several addictions, including heroin and alcohol, as well as having been charged with ABH (actual bodily harm).
But due to my young age at the time (13-16) and the fact that I was working through my problems voluntarily, I was not placed in a detention centre for an extended time.
Everyone who reads this should take into account that anyone who goes into prison coming from a known position outside the walls is going to be treated differently. There is no way around it, no way to ignore it, and no way to change it, so please don't use that as an argument for taking a negative stance on him.
As for him being a bad person, I can't judge that, only speak from the changes in my personality that happened when I was an addict. It changes you in ways that you cannot imagine unless you have woken up each morning needing a dose of a chemical to keep you at the place where you're not feeling insane. So please, do not judge him as a bad person because of that.
If you are to judge someone for something like this, you have to have been able to experience their situation (and I'm not taking pity on him for this, I'm simply referring to it as his situation because it is his) and then you can make an accurate shot at it.
Otherwise, you're just judging out of opinion, not out of knowledge, and that is a sin in every religion.
Good luck to Ronnie with fixing himself, coming out of prison, and resolving everything with everyone involved.