Charlie Sheen's worried friends

Feb 17, 2010, 16:31 GMT

Charlie Sheen has been urged to go to rehab.

The 'Two and a Half Men' actor - whose wife Brooke Mueller is currently in a rehabilitation clinic - has reportedly started drinking alcohol again after years of sobriety, but is refusing to seek help or admit he has a problem.

A source told Radar Online: "Charlie's TV contract is up for renewal. He doesn't think he has a problem and he's not going into rehab.

"Many people believe Charlie is simply in denial about his own problems. People close to him have urged him to enter rehab and get help again. But it just doesn't look like it's going to happen."

According to friends of the star - who has 11-month-old twins Max and Bob with Brooke - he has been drinking heavily for several weeks and was accompanied by a sober coach when he had dinner on Christmas Eve (24.12.09) with his wife, a day before he allegedly attacked her.

The source said: "The reason he had a sober coach with him is because he had already fallen off the wagon."

It was reported yesterday (16.02.10) that Brooke had entered a rehab facility last week - a day after a court hearing which saw terms of a restraining order against Charlie relaxed so they could be together again - because she was drinking heavily and had been smoking crack cocaine.

The restraining order was put in place after Charlie was charged with felony menacing and misdemeanour charges of third-degree assault and criminal mischief following the incident on Christmas Day (25.12.09), and was lifted on the condition the 44-year-old actor does not drink alcohol, is in possession of guns or harasses his wife.