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Dr. Drew's 'Celebrity Rehab 2' - Gary Busey, Rodney King and do over Jeff Conaway
By April MacIntyre Jun 10, 2008, 18:12 GMT
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Why would a reputable doctor go on TV with a show like this? The people who would agree to do it need more help than was thought! Disgusting and not exactly entertainment - like watching a trainwreck seeing bodies scattered everywhere!
After Last Season: Jeff was contacted by John Travolta and admitted into Scientology's Narconon. Travolta made a very public appeal about it claiming he wanted to help his former 'Grease' co-star.
Some weeks later Jeff made a public appearance (I believe at a MTV Awards thing) claiming he was finally off drugs and cured by Scientology. Hooray, for John thetan-killer Travolta ...
A very short time after; Jeff was back on drugs and according to friends, 'worse than he's ever been' (I heard rumor of an OD). While staying at a hospital, he reconnected with Dr Drew who invited him back into his rehabilitation program.
Now we wait for Season Two.
Dr. Drew does this for a living every day. He is giving the public a glimpse of what rehab is really like for those who are addicted. The reason we can see them on camera is because they are celebrities and choose to do so.
Rehab doesn't work. 12 step programs don't work. The only person who can help you is you. Google Rational Recovery and follow the free advice on the website - you don't have to buy anything. You can absolutely do it, but no one can do it for you.
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I grew up with Rock N' Roll, discovered it to be the first thing in my life I could call my own, could seperate me from the rest of my family, and no one meant more to me than Buddy Holly--he spoke to me as no one else did. One day in 1959 I came home from school, walked into the kitchen of our house (I can still picture the radio on the window sill) to hear that Buddy Holly had died in a plane crash. 17 years old and I broke into tears. My mother asked what's wrong. I said, Buddy Holly is dead (spoken as though he was my beloved brother). Mother said, It'll be all right. Outraged at her casual response, I blerted out, How can it be all right? Buddy Holly is DEAD! and I stormed out of the room. That scene stayed with me for years, vivid and painful that no one understood my loss. Then I saw your movie--I was transformed, taken back to a better time, lost in your performance which made me believe you WERE Boddy Holly, your songs were his music. Bringing him to life for me as an adult made it easier to accept the exchange between myself and my mother, as though you, personally, had done the impossible--bring Buddy Holly alive for me once again and helping me resolve a teenage hurt from my youth. When I say thank you for that, I know I speak for a lot of people who formed their life-time values partley with Buddy Holly's music and your reminder of how importent he was to us. I hope this reaches you.
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