Examining Rehab 2 With Dr. Drew - Episode 5
Our scene-specific blog commentary on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew continues. Below, the doctor talks about the main points of the episode, among them: Jeff’s “recovery,” Amber’s anger and the intense meeting with Steven’s mom.
So, this episode starts where the last left off. After calling 911, Jeff agrees to stay in rehab.
The cops, thank God, see the craziness and understand that this is not someone that should go home. They supported me when I said, “Look, we can’t safely advise you to go home.” They could see he wasn’t in his right mind. It’s not a normal impulse to call 911 when people are trying to help you.
Jeff says he doesn’t want to play “the rehab game anymore.” I thought that was telling.
He does treat it like a game. I do have a crazy, deep affection for him. We get more conflicted as the season goes along, but we always come back around to each other. That said, I’m never sure when Jeff is acting. I’m never sure when he’s amplifying his emotions. I’m never clear what’s real with Jeff, and I’m also not clear if Jeff is clear about that. It almost doesn’t matter. It’s all kind of the same. In the end, I’m not clear what’s motivating him. Why is he here? Is it all B.S. to him? Is it the real deal? Is it possibly the real deal? Might we get some real out of him? Who knows? The point is that when he calls it a “game,” I’m not sure how different that his from him saying, “Hey, I’m really serious this time.” It’s so confusing. What I know for sure is that I’m willing to get in there and struggle with him.
What did you make of his sudden improvement? He says, “God touched me in my sleep.”
Doesn’t it show how much there’s an emotional overlay to his pain? At the very least, can’t we learn that, especially those who are prescribing his painkillers? There’s a heavy overlay of something here that is not just about the pain.
Amber is extremely irritable this episode. Can you compare her anger to other post-opiate users?
Opiate users get more desperate than angry. The thing with Amber is she has a lot of rage and anger in her already. She’s particularly angry that she has to have feelings. She’s always looking for fairness: “Why do they get that, and I don’t?” is always her refrain. And that’s her manipulating, and I get that. But part of my job is to get her to have that anger. Jeff is an expert in laying into me, but Amber is the opposite. She doesn’t understand how to do that yet, so I’m just trying to get her to let those feelings out while understanding that she won’t hurt us, she won’t destroy us, we’ll be OK.
Art therapy is used in this episode. Is that a method you frequently employ?
No. It’s too costly. We have to watch our resources while treating patients. We used to, back in the day, when you’d do whatever you could with patients and just throw them whatever you could get your hands on. Art therapy is very useful when there’s a good art therapist on board.
This seemed really evocative for everyone.
Understand that that’s a little scary for us. If it gets too evocative, we’ve got trouble on our hands because people want to go do drugs then. That’s the risk of evocative therapy. But this was just right for our group.
It did lead to a confrontation between Gary and Jeff over the front seat of the van.
It’s like children, right?
You selected Rodney to mediate. Why him?
It just occurred to me in the moment. I didn’t see any real resolution to the bickering. Gary was trying as best he could, and they wouldn’t grant him that. Everyone had ganged up on him. I figured that I needed a physical presence, a show of force. And I thought Rodney is always talking about wanting to be of service and that he feels so good when people give him responsibilities and it just occurred to me in that moment. I figured it would be a chance for Rodney to serve the group and it would get these guys to shut up when this giant man tells them to. They’re not gonna listen to me. And it just stopped. There was nothing to process. Rodney got them just to shut up. I considered it a stroke of genius, I must tell you. It kept the peace from then on.
There’s also a screening of The Buddy Holly Story that night. What was the thought process behind that?
Two things, really. The first is that the group was looking for something to do together at night, something social and unifying. The second is that I’d been working so hard to get them to see Gary as who he is as a human being and not just as a guy whose behaviors cause distress. He is a pretty neat guy, and he’s talented of historical proportions. You know, a lot of these drug addicts are so tied up in their own stuff, they don’t even know about other people’s lives, let alone care. If you remember, early on, they didn’t even know who Rodney King was. That speaks volumes about that kind of thinking. So being made to watch a part of Gary’s got them to look at their own narcissism. I was kind of moved by it, myself. And I was also moved by Gary. He has this very deep insecurity. Even though he’s in everyone’s face as the center of the storm, he really believes that no one cares about him in any genuine way. When we told him that we were going to show the movie, he started crying, saying, “These people don’t want to know about me. They don’t care.” He expects rejection.
The final major point centers on Steven’s mom. I know that you’re way too diplomatic to back me up here, but she seems terrible.
I’m sorry if she comes off that way. Hearing her side of the story for me really made me question what Steven was experiencing. The whole story about him being thrown out at age 11, it turns out he wanted to go stay with his grandparents. She goes, “Honey, you insisted on leaving. You demanded to get out of here. You told us we were horrible people and that you wouldn’t stay with us and you liked your grandparents better and we said, ‘OK.’ What are you talking about?” The whole business about him being arrested in school is distorted and fabricated and that fits in with who Steven is: a sick 11-year-old, who was sick already at that point and needed care and didn’t get any. That’s where the parents really fell down: they didn’t treat this kid who needed help. The addiction and resentment and years that have gone by have distorted the memories. This person who seemed so horrible – and I’m not saying she’s great, don’t get me wrong here – maybe isn’t as horrible as we thought. The reality is that it doesn’t diminish Steven’s experience. My job is to stay with Steven’s experience. So while the reality might have been different, I still have to validate Steven’s experience and help him process it as he understood it. I’d like to be able to help him heal with his mom, and hopefully someday that can happen. The biggest problem for us is that he carries resentment and resentments cause relapse. Resentments make people use.
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November 24th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Powerful show. I admit I have had some numbness towards celebrity addictions and problems.
But this show does dive beyond the celebrity aura and into the fiber many of us share.
I do hope the producers approach VH1 to better monitor the distracting pop up adverts during sensitive portions of the programming. While viewing POWERFUL and informative dialog in tonight’s episode the needlessly repetitive, distracting and counter productive pop up ads for “SCREAM QUEENS” was not only disrespectful to the purpose of this show, Dr. Drew, the patient divulging highly sensitive personal pain but ALSO to your VIEWERS!!!
Get a clue VH1. What next? Will you start running adverts for ” I LOVE NY” during a funeral ulogy?
November 24th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I’m addicted to this show! Sorry, I had to say it. I’m so into this program, the method Dr. Drew uses is phenomenal. Watching the process helps anyone viewing to look closer at themselves (or just the opposite… to stand back and see the forest from the trees). This is a wonderful show… genuine, real and painful. And it was just during this episode that I realized rehab is like trying to eat once and for all…. you can’t do it. You’ve just got to do a little each day, too much is just as bad as too little. We all have parental issues, no matter what age we are… and it proves to me my reality of my childhood is just that, mine. I’m sure my siblings and my parents would tell a different “story” .
Thank you Dr. Drew… I’ve learned so much about myself and others! One side note… please get them to take off the SCREAM QUEENS ad from the bottom of our TV screens as it’s VERY VERY VERY disturbing to be in the middle of an emotional moment (both on screen and at home) and have these blood curdling screams pop up every few minutes during the show.
Thank you!!
November 24th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Dear Dr. Drew,
Steven’s session with his mother was so distressing and interesting, all at once. I never felt she heard anything you or the other Dr. said. Ii hope you can help Steven move forward even without resolving his relationship with her. It seems as tho he is so hurt, and if she cannot take even some responsibility for hurting him, they can never move forward.
Thanks so much for this thought-provoking show. I loved your giving Rodney the responsibility to let Gary know when boundaries were being violated–that should work nicely.
I’ve followed your work for years. I am 66 years old and very interested in everything you do. I would love to be a substitute mom for Steven–I hope he has someone like me in his life.
Affectionately,
Sally
November 25th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Hello I just wanted to let steven adler know that you can survive a bad childhood to say the least and be clean and sober. My mother kicked me out when I was pregnant with her first grandchild because I didn’t get along with one of her foster kids I was 18 years old and scared. She was a drunk and verbally and phyiscally abusive. You can survive so don’t give up dude.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I can identify with pieces of everyone on the show. I was abandoned by my mother at age 16, I drank quite heavily for many years but gave it up when I got pregnant with my now 16 year old daughter, my ex-husband is still a raging alcoholic and had a catastrophic injury leaving him a paraplegic and my father didn’t not immediately take custody of my brother and I when we were abandoned. I have seen my mother try to commit suicide, struggle with feelings of guilt and the loss of her 2nd husband. My heart goes out to each and every one of you who are going thru your own personal struggles. My personal addiction is food and that’s destroying my health in different ways. You are all so strong and need to realize that you are wonderful people and that you are not alone. Bad choices don’t make a bad person. We have all made bad choices but the key is to learn from them and move forward. The first person you need to forgive is yourself and realize you’re only human. Everyone makes mistakes. You now have this wonderful opportunity to set your life to rights. Don’t waste it, use it and become the best person you can be. I wish peace, health and happiness for all of you and you are all in my prayers.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Mrs. Julia and the patients of Pasadena recovery center,
Hey guys, this is a sort of clean struggling addict. I just got off oxycotin on my own and went through withdrawl on my own. What a @(#@%*`!`%)$$%!!+^ Anyway. I think every single one of you are very special. My favoriate is Tawnie or Julia! I am a gay resident in atlanta and have struggled with addiction since i was 18. I have done the AA an d Na dance. I am trying to stay off everything. Tawnie is so wise and really touches me with her advice she gives to the younger patients. I know it must have been hard for her to open up about her abuse, but when she did that it really made me think that I can get help and open up about my past. I wish i could afford Pasadena Recovery but unfortunatly I cant at this time. I am in a $+$`&!&@%@#&!%^# ty day program. Every time i go into group i get through it by imagining julia beside me giving me her wisdom and hope. I think all of you have so much hope and potential to stay clean. Thanks for shari ng your journey with me and the world and hope and pray that julia makes it through this hard time.——-Patrick from Atlanta
November 25th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
What is the nice slow song with the female vocal in the first half of episode 5?
November 25th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Dr. Drew, I have never felt so bad for anyone than I did Steven. He is the most hurt person I have ever seen on a show. You can see it in every episode. His mother is such a cold cold person. The interview with his mom was discusting. I don’t care how misbehaved a child is, How could she just throw him out to the streets? Then take his money when he is is a coma? How could that women live with herself? Anyway please help him, he needs it the most.. god bless all your patients.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Hello Dr. Drew and Celebrities,
First I would like to say it takes real character to put all of your faults on national television.
I am a Recovering Addict. I was addicited to pain mediciation. I went cold turkey with my addication. I moved from one city to another, and with the help of my family I was able to become clean. I have been clean since May 2008.
The reason I watch your show for one is that I can relate. The second reason is to see Dr. Drew. Someone told me once, just because I was able to stop using the way I did I never became well. By watching the show, I am understanding what that means. I have had many of the same experiences that the celebrities have had.
I just want everyone on the show to know that even though I am not famous, or probably never will be, but they are helping the people even though they may not fell like they are.
I will continue to watch, and maybe someday I will be able to come to term with demons that I have within myself.
May God Bless you Dr. Drew and the Celebrities on the show.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
dr. drew i just wanted to say i love your show . i find it very REAL AND HELPFUL to everyone who has an addiction or an addict in their family. i appreciate and applaud the celebrities who have agreed to be filmed during their rehab. it is very difficult to open up about things that happen in our lives to one person much less to millions of people. i hope they realize how much they are helping others who are not famous but have gone through some of the same things. to steven i would like to say you may never recieve what you need from your mother emotionaly but for youself and your family you must let go the anger and frustration you feel for her so YOU can heal you have to learn to forgive her it won’t be easy and it will take a long time and you will never forget it. to gary i say i love all your movies i think you are a great actor i think it is great that you are there to share your sobrioty and to support the others and at the same time you realize that you yourself still need help. to all the celebs i say thank you for letting the real you come thru on the show and good luck on getting well i wish there was something i could do or say that would help each and everyone of you you have all touched my heart god bless you
November 26th, 2008 at 9:53 am
I just want to say how much I hope they all are able to change their lives with your help but mostly I would like to show my support for Steven. Sometimes when the camera closes in on his face you can still see the eleven year old boy left on his own. I know the only way for him to survive is to face what his mother did and find a way to let it go. He has a beautiful wife who loves him and he still has his whole life ahead of him and he deserves to live it happily!
He will never be able to change what has happened with his mother but he needs to find a way to deal with it (a healthy way) and try to move past it. His mother is obviously in denial about what she did to Steven. It seems she has her own demons to deal with.
Best of luck to the entire group!!!!!
ps; I grew up in Tulsa, Okla and used to watch Gary Busey on the Mezeppa show. He played a character called Teddy Jack Eddy. He was one of everybody’s favorites!
Love and peace to you all.
Caren
November 26th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Dr. Drew,
You probably don’t care about this, but nothing ventured. . .I live in PA, and I want to start a preventative education program centered around HIV/Aids, but also encompassing the choices made by the young. As my story proves, in spades, the price paid can be extremely high. Some of what I have to live with I now own the part my decisions played. I was young and stupid, and I had a very warped sense of reality in regard to my appearance.
This led me to diet pills, then crank and coke, all to fix what did not need fixing. The people I met impacted my life in that I got involved with a man who was 13 years okder than I and a former IV drug abuser. But in 1987 I wouldn’t have known I was at risk, as it turned out I was, and I paid an extremely high price! As I wrote earlier I also have a paralyzed arm. What I did not say there was that I was pissed as Hell when I learned on November 1, 1989, the day after I’d turned 24, that I had HIV & Hep C. I felt like I was being punished for a crime I had not committed, I was going to die a horrible, slow death b/c I had sex!?
So I set out to O.D., so I’d die fast, on my terms, & at least be guilty of the crime, stupid, huh? I came close a number of times, but fought like Hell not to lose consciousness every time, & after about a month I realized I wanted to live. That was the night I was car jacked. I was unlocking my car to head back home & that’s the last thing I remember. The next thing I knew I was being scooped up off of the street by an ambulance.
I believe I could help save others from suffering my fate or worse, but to do so I need to find a way to make my voice heard. I thought, perhaps, you being in the business of saving people from their bad choices might relate & have some ideas on how I go about making my voice heard.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:43 am
david,
be strong…..you haven’t touched why…and you may never will…let time with out self disstrunction take it’s place..be the man you have to be know matter what is around you. you are blessed and have good counsel.
November 27th, 2008 at 6:25 am
I am currently trying to get clean off of heroin. weeninn off slowly. been watchin the show. i am 31 years old and was a state champion wrestler in high school and full scholarship athelete in college but a neck injury ended my career and thats when it all started. that was 1997 or 8 and its gone down from there. now i am a heroin addict shootin 4 da last year and a half seriously tryin 2 get clean. got clean on my own b4 but never had 2 from shootin. need help.
November 27th, 2008 at 6:33 am
sent from the wrong address b4. i need help. tryin 2 get clean from heroin last couple days.. got clean b4 from sniffin but not shootin 4 past year n a half. was a state champion wrestler from pittsburgh pa and got a full ride to college but got neck injury which ended my career. where all problems started. have no money to go to rehab and tryin to do it on my own. again. need help.
November 27th, 2008 at 6:36 am
sorry, wrong address.I am currently trying to get clean off of heroin. weeninn off slowly. been watchin the show. i am 31 years old and was a state champion wrestler in high school and full scholarship athelete in college but a neck injury ended my career and thats when it all started. that was 1997 or 8 and its gone down from there. now i am a heroin addict shootin 4 da last year and a half seriously tryin 2 get clean. got clean on my own b4 but never had 2 from shootin. need help.
November 27th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I WATCH YOUR SHOW WEEKLY! I TOO AM A RECOVERING ADDICT, I LEARN SOMETHING EACH DAY ABOUT MYSELF. SOMETIMES GOOD, AND SOMETIMES NOT SO GOOD. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BRAVE ENOUGH TO START RECOVERING IN FRONT OF THE WORLD. IT HELPS PEOPLE LIKE ME. MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU ALL!!!!!!ANGELA
November 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I REALLY FEEL FOR STEVEN, HE IS MY FAVORITE ON THE SHOW, AND I WISH HIM AND ALL THE OTHERS MY VERY BEST!! SOBRIETY IS CONSTANT WORK, BUT WORTH EVERY BIT OF IT!! MY ADVICE TO STEVEN WOULD BE TRY AND MOVE ON, TRY TO FORGIVE YOUR MOTHER. DONT LET HER TAKE ANYMORE ” LIFE ” FROM YOU. EVEN IF SHE IS YOUR MOM, IF SHES NOT GOOD FOR YOUR SOBRIETY, SHE SHOULNT BE IN YOUR LIFE. BEST OF LUCK!!! ANGELA
November 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
It’s funny but Dr. Drew is exactly one week older than me and I thinnk still looks young and handsome, but in an odd way I loook at him as a Dad.
I think it’s because I always feel that calm and order will be restored when he’s in the room, that it wlll be safe and he will know the right thing to do. Probably because, God bless him and rest his soul, I never felt that way with my own father. I never felt he could or would protect me in times of danger or confusion. Psychobabble!!! But I just wanted to say that. I’m struggling with recovery and just went through a year of hell of jails, rehabs, homeless for a little while, Salvation Army, etc. But I love to watch the show. God bless these people who put their lives out there, whether for career reasons or what have you, but I really get a lot of of it emotioinally.
God bless Steven, I felt so mad for him (I know in that in his blog Dr. Drew said that Steven’s parents didn’t really kick him out, he wanted to go back with his grandparents, but just on an emotioinal level trying to deal with my own mother. She made me so mad her lack of any kind of guilt or remorse for what DID happen, or what Steven perceived to happen, just made me sooo mad because my own mother did the same thing and I could just see my mother sitting there and my own emotions mirroring exactly Steven’s.
And God bless Julie. Good luck to her and her family. She seems the opposite of Steven’s and my mother, very nurturing and caring, even with her own problems.
SOrry for rambling with my stupid psychobabble but everytime I watch the show I get so emotional and just thought I’d vent some of it!!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Amber, I feel for you. At 17, I was living in a van in Venice. The only advice I can give is to get out of LA LA Land. California altogether.
I think you are worse off than a less intelligent person who was duped into doing things for money, but you seem to have made contious decisions on what you had to do to survive which makes it really tough.
Get out of LA LA LAND. The world is totally different outside of southern california.
Good Luck
November 27th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I just saw a clip on youtube of steve and his mother on hard copy from 1996. they were holding hands and he was even painting. the interview said axle made adler’s mom announce why he was fired. could this have something to do with his resentment to his mom. i didn’t know of steve before celebrity rehab so i checked him out on youtube. i think he is so precious! What a heart you know!
November 27th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
I so appreciate your show and what you are doing. You show such compassion and offer hope whch is the greatest thing to offer an addict. The hope of a different and better life without the drugs and alcoholI work at a state-funded treatment center as a therapist and it warms my heart to be validated by you, Dr. Drew. Even before your show came out, we used to joke at work about what a great reality show we could have. Don’t you just love working with addicts? I do. I’d love to be a guest therapist if you’re interested. Lynn, MEd, LPC
November 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Dear Dr. Drew
I would do anything if you could help me out. Really
November 29th, 2008 at 4:13 am
I have a very deep concern and I would like Dr. Drew to address it. I would like Dr. Drew to distinguish the difference between an individual who only sees one doctor at a time, is prescribed pain medication to have a quality of life, never goes above the limit prescribed and often under medicates for fear of being labeled an ‘addict’ and an addict ?
There are individuals with chronic conditions who do use drug therapy in combination with other therapies, who see one doctor and have legitimate diseases, neurological and/or other conditions that use opiates for a reason - they are not drug addicts. Often when I hear Dr. Drew state that pain meds cause more pain it is with a huge generalization and that is merely wrong. I would hope a distinction can and I believe should be made between those individuals who are being treated for true conditions and are not abusing the medications prescribed by their physicians.
November 30th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
steve drummer from gun and rose how long he was a drummer ? he my fav soo far steve good luck
November 30th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
It broke my heart watching the epsiode where Amber was laying in the hallway detoxing. She was trying to induce vomiting with classic act of a bulimia. I should know from being an ex-anorexic/bulimic. She also shows symptoms from the little clips we see, and many things she says and how her mom treats her. she is a prime canidate for this disease as well as an addict. I hope it is addressed or she will never recover from the abuse of drugs.
November 30th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
I was NOT happy seeing Jeff back. I feel he is acting for the camera, does not really want help, and and he is a mean drama queen. The first show he constantly said he wanted his acting career back . I understand chronic pain all to well, but when he gets pissed off he stands up straight and walks fast. I am glad there is little camera time spent on him this time. Other patients require time and help, not just him.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:34 am
i just want to say to everyone my heart goes out to u all i know how hard it is to stay clean steve u r my fav we love you please keep up the good work u r going to have really hard days but i know u can do it reach for the stars u can do it
December 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I didn’t see the first Celebrity Rehab, but since finding CR2 I am enjoying watching the process. I work with adolescents in a Day Treatment and Intensive Outpatient Program and find that it is difficult to get them to look at the long term effects and their future (hard for most teens, hard for most addicts!). They are convinced that smoking marijuana is not harmful and “everybody does it,” and that drinking alcohol to excess is the norm. Then there’s the occasional pill(s) that they will take, just because somebody gives it to them, even when they have no idea what it might be! Any insights that you or those in rehab have to offer would be most welcome. Keep up the good work. You’re an inspiration and those of in the field are always looking for anything that will help addicts that we treat. Thanks and good luck to those currently in treatment with you.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
I enjoy the show a lot and look forward to the new episodes and getting to ‘know’ the celebrities and
their life stories.
Tonight, however, (December 1st,) I was horrified by VH1’s decision to display ad boxes for the SCREAM series during the Rehab episode and featuring an EXTREMELY insensitive audio along with the visuals.
(5 screams throughout that I counted),
Screams blasted through Rehab’s tearful and vulnerable situations,, even one about parental suicide.
Dr. Pinsky, Please refuse to continue a relationship with VH1 until they can show some respect
These are real people and not scripted (I hope) tv drama..
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 am
Dr. Drew , Thank you so very much for doing this show. You are not just helping those on the show. They in turn are helping the viewers. I wish I could find a Dr. like you in private practice, for you really know how to reach people.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Dear Dr. Drew: I have to commend you on having such a good heart and to have the patience in which it requires to work with recovering addicts, I know, I am an addict myself, however, I haven’t used my drug of choice (pain pills, nerve pills) for over 20 years and I pray that it stays that way, have to just take it a second at a time. I have watched many of the shows this season and I have to say that I am amazed at some of the transformations your patients have been through, They have an excellent doctor and staff. I just wanted to tell everyone on the show, hang in there guys, the pay off is so worth it, INNER PEACE!! It’s been my saviour. Anyway, take care and keep smile’n.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Dr Drew,
I work within the field of recovery and have learned more from your show than with the many workshops I’ve attended. Your group process is succinct, cohesive and effective in integrating the feelings of the residents in a supportive environment.
Your decision to bring in Dr Sophie is pure genius. He adds to the therapeutic approach when dealing with such a high level of emotional instability during the treatment process.
YOU ROCK DOC!
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Dear all reheber’s this show really touches me!!! i watch it even the re-runs! you all have storys that are heartbreakin and to live in the light all the time is not so good when you need help. most people think it would be easy for you all but i see it is harder. I have a nephew that is in a bad way and we as a family have tried to support him and love him and pray that he will go to a rehab here in willis texas, but he is a new dad and wants to be here for his baby girl, but the pills and coke just become more important to him and its hard for us to understand and i watch amber go thru her sickness on the floor and now i worry he want make it or he knows that will happen and so he want quit but you all are very important people and you life means alot and you all have familys that need you and love you dont give up dont go back take all you can from dr. drew he seems to really care about eah of you and very concerned about you all. stay strong say focused its all about you i really believe that!!
December 6th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Just Jeff not see how much better he looks now. I now can finally see the guy I loved so much from Grease. Most of his wrinkles are gone, and he looks so less hagard than he did before starting rehab.
December 7th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
This show brings me back to when I was in rehab for opiates. I relate to Amber soooo much!! She is so beautiful. Seeing what she goes through really helps me. I wish I could contact her. Addiction is a horrible disease and it takes alot of courage and strength to be in recovery. I am so proud of all the addicts that are looking and leading a new way of life. Its the hardest thing I have ever had to do and it is still hard. I just love this show and think that everyone on it is very courageous.
December 7th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
If there are any addicts that need to talk my email is Vmoore6004@yahoo.com
December 7th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
As an experienced Addiction Specialist in recovery, I would like to explore the opportunity to work with you and the team in some kind of capacity. I live in New York and have a very successful practice. I identify with the drive and committment to doing whatever it takes to confront the disease of addiction. I would love to persue this possibility more privately, however i am not sure how to move forward regarding an interview/ meeting with you.
I hope to hear from you!
Best,
Robin
December 8th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Dr. Drew– I have had a hard time watching this show sometimes, since. it brings up alot of memories about growing up with a mother abusing prescription drugs in the 50;s and 60’s. You don’t talk as much about the lasting effects of dugs on the families, especially the children. I realize it is all about them getting better and getting off drugs, but they must also think about the lasting effects their actions have on their families. After years of therapy and help, I was able to finally forgive my mom and watch her become clean and get to know her grandchildren. When she died of cancer, 16 years ago, I was there every day reading to her and spending time with her. So I was glad I was able to get past my own anger and hurt and forgive her so I was able to spend her last days together. Drugs not only effect the lives of the user, but everyone around them. Sometimes I think they need to think of someone else beside themselves and who they are really hurting. Thank you Dr. Drew for letting people see what drugs really do to people. By the way, after watching my Mom for many years abuse drugs and being the real parent in the relationship, I never did do drugs or drink, although I had lots of reasons to abuse them.
January 17th, 2009 at 1:21 am
This is a joke with this clowns…Get real people with real problems that WANT to get clean but don’t have the money to do it. Dr. Drew is great he just needs people that will take his help seriously! I know I would!!!!!
January 21st, 2009 at 2:46 am
The only reason I watch VH1 is to see how Stephen Adler is.. I am pushing 30 right now and have 2 sons so I missed hearing about how all of the rock stars I looked up to went through some hard times. Now I have time and cable to catch up and it is so depressing… The ONLY celeb that I give a rats ^_~~*#&@#^%(#^* about is Stephen Adler, I think he is the only person on VH1 that has a real reason to be on VH1, I will look up to him no matter what he does or what I see on Sober House.. I know that he will get straight some day because I grew up watching him play the drums, I just learned that drugs brought him down for a while and now I can tell my boys that Stephen Adler was and is the best drummer ever and went through some (`+!!~^&##@$&~() in his life just like I have and they will, but I beleive that everything happens for a reason I just hope That Stephen Adler gets better. I XOXOXOXO Stephen
April 25th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
He loks better now… worked for him last month as the merch girl… He’s in another band, Adler’s Appetite…