Hm... I am of two opinions with this story.
One part of me does feel for him and think that it must be awful to be in that position. The humiliation of being 'the man who had to have an RAF helicopter take him to hospital' will live with him forever, and I am sure that that humiliation will help him keep the weight off that he loses. If he is genuinely addicted then, like any other addiction, he needs help.
But the other part of me says he has, to a point, put himself in this position. I am a civil servant and time and time again I am moaned and whinged at in the way 'I' am spending peoples taxes. Everyone has an opinion on how their tax should be spent. How many people are happy that their taxes are being spent on lifting a morbidly obese man to hospital? What else could that helicopter been doing? I am sure that it is not built or commissioned for that purpose.
I also wonder what happened in that 2 year period that he put 25 stone on. I find that beyond vulgar that someone can do that. He clearly didnt have the support, both from friends and family or the NHS, to keep it off which is sad. But should the motivation of wanting to not die have kept him thinking positive. I know it is easy for me to say, I only had a few stone to lose but it was the thought of setting a poor example to my younger sister and cousins and the thought of when I have kids I dont want them struggling from the start and not being able to have a mum that can chase them around that kept me going. Let alone knowing that if I kept going the way I was I would eat myself into an early grave. I wonder why he didnt have the same motivation.
I hope that the man gets the help required and shifts the weight and keeps it off, I really do.