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Dr. Drew Celebrity Addiction Special on VH1

Posted on 01 June 2008 by HollyGoLightly

It’s no secret that Hollywood celebrities love their drugs. No one knows Hollywood drug addiction better then Dr. Drew Pinsky.

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Dr. Drew is back in another VH1 special premiering on Thursday, June 5th at 9PM to discuss drug addiction epidemic in Hollywood.

He investigates some of Hollywood’s most disturbing drug stories, reveals some common celebrity personality traits that can trigger addiction behaviors, and he offers commentary on some of the most troubled celebs.”

Dr. Drew took us into the emotionally raw and painful process of drug rehabilitation in his series “Celebrity Rehab.” Although it was a hard to watch the stars on the show struggle with their addiction (ex. mostly comatose Jeff Conway), it was fascinating to watch the process and to really learn what it takes to take a stand and resolve to get off drugs.

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Among the stars being discussed in the VH1 special will be Amy Winehouse (a.k.a. the new trainwreck version of Britney Spears) and Lindsay Lohan. By the way… LiLo is reportedly back on the sauce. Stay tuned. Also, the special will feature extended interviews with Mary Carey and Seth “Shifty” Binzer from the first season of “Celebrity Rehab.”

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And as much as we like to watch the stars do crazy things and gossip about how “out of control” they’ve become, we still root for them when they do decide to get help. Thanks to Dr. Drew we have some insight into the challenges of staying off drugs.

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Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew premiered last night on VH-1

Posted on 11 January 2008 by Syndeee

The cast:

Brigette Nielsen…former wife of Sylvester Stallone & former Surreal Life Reality Star–I remember her from Surreal Life–seriously frightening gigantic she-woman–a walking/talking train wreck of a person who found a strange love connection with Flavor Flav of all people (is Flavor Flav a person? He could qualify as “alien” I think). She already went to a drug-treatment center last summer, but decided she needed more treatment (or perhaps more camera time?).

One of the crazy Baldwin Brothers: Daniel–not to be confused with Stephen who is also currently staring in a reality TV show: “Celebrity Apprentice”–it’s week 2 of the show and he hasn’t been “Fired” yet and he has already won almost $70k for his charity. Meanwhile, brother Daniel is trying to remain sober. Where’s Alec? He’ll be making an appearance on next week’s Celebrity Apprentice–so, no worries, Reality TV is becoming quite the family affair!

Chyna: Also a former Surreal Life reality star… and former WWF professional wrestler. This chick leaves me bewildered: according to Wikipedia she left home at the age of 16 to travel to Spain under a scholarship with the United Nations; graduated from high school in Spain; went to Univ. of Tampa graduating w/a degree in Spanish Lit.; also studied French & German and could converse in both languages; wanted to use her knowledge to work w/ the Federal Bureau of Investigation; joined the Peace Corps; went to Costa Rica and taught literacy…. then became a WWF wrestler and reality TV star strung out on drugs, allowing the nation to watch her go through rehab! Awesome!

Jeff Conaway: Old actor from Taxi & Grease….reported to be the worst off of the bunch of druggies—apparently could barely walk or talk upon entering rehab. Supposedly he’s been hopped up on some type of drug for practically his entire adulthood and it shows.

Seth “Shifty” Binzer: Lead singer of Crazy Town–reported by Dr. Drew to be the “one of our truly hardcore, poly-drug addicts” who apparently forgot that he was addicted to more than just crack cocaine. It wasn’t until he started developing opiate withdrawal symptoms that he decided to remember that he also took opiates–oops! Those silly druggies & their little memory slips!

Mary Carey: love this one! I had no idea who she was…upon research I found out that not only was she a porn star (who happened to have her sex toys confiscated upon entering the treatment facility) but she also made a run to become the Governor of California! Wonder if the Sexanator would’ve done more for Cali than the Governator.

And, come on, Porn Star? Does that really qualify as a celebrity? I know the others were a stretch too, but come on (maybe ‘cum on’ would be more appropriate)!

Jessica Sierra: speaking of qualifying as celebrity–an ex-American Idol Contestant? Really? — NOT even a winner of Idol, just a contestant. Just another drugee…

Jamiee Foxworth: Jamiee who? Oh, she worked with Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters but was mysteriously written out of the storyline as Urkel gained popularity and took over the focus of the show ….where’d she go next? Porn. Maybe they should’ve named the Celeb Rehab show: Two Porn Stars, One Rehab Facility… honestly I do feel kind of bad for her, as her parents supposedly squandered all of her trust fund money ($500k) after a judge ordered it be used to bail her family out of their bankruptcy…with parents like that no wonder she went to porn.

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