Calm down people. If what was deemed "dumb" in my post was the comment about Derek being successful even in his current state, let me clarify.
What I termed as successful is that he still has friends (obviously not here but he does in many other places), he still has a loving family who cares about him and know the real him, he works for a living (regardless of the actual job), seems to be a nice guy (contrary to what most of you think), drives a nice car, etc. He may not be rich but he's living his life and seems fairly happy. In his own way, that's successful.
I was not referring to his health issues.
There is no need to calm down since I am not upset with your post, nor do I think it was dumb.
Having friends who care about you and family that loves you is a measure of success. After all, these are often the people who know you best.
In Derek's case, some of his perceived success is based on his pubic persona, which was achieved in part by the various choices he's made to appear as he does and act as he does. There was a time, having huge muscles and a lot of attitude was a part of his success. There was a time when having schmoes stuff dollars in his g-string and posing nude was a part of his personal measure success. One hopes that some of those aspects of his life are past, because it seems possible that some of those choices landed him in the trouble he is in today.
Just so you know, this is just an observation, I have no feeling of malice towards Derek. Despite what some jerks like to post, I never met him nor do I know him on any personal level what-so-ever.