It's an utter fucking disaster not to have either of them in this world doing their own amazing work -- and pushing us to be better in ours.
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Knowing the many great journalists struggle with addiction, it always was so important to me that Carr was all of himself to the world.
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So many young or newer journalists, like myself, have our own struggles with addiction, and his story was one more way he helped others.
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Carr's willingness to be as fearless in telling his own story as he was with the telling of others' stories showed his character so plainly.
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Although I talked with many folks, and let some time pass, before I talked about my own sobriety, Carr & Ebert set a clear example for me.
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I truly believe that being open about my struggle with addiction and my sobriety today is important -- and makes me a better journalist.
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And I'm so grateful to David Carr and Roger Ebert for giving me that example of fearlessness, and providing those writings for me to read.
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Carr, Ebert, and Hastings are all dead now. I couldn't even pretend to by any of them. They're all singular figures. But, I can be me.
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I can try to be fearless and honest, and my greatest blessing would be to live a sober life so that I can do good and be here for others.
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Many of us mourning David Carr tonight will try our best to do this craft, journalism, justice in the morning without him. I know I will.
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For now, I'm going to step away and take some time for myself and my thoughts before bed.
Night, all, and be good to one another.
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