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Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew

normnorm Posts: 31,146
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
let me first state that i hate reality shows....if they were all taken off the air today it would bother me at all....having said that....


i love this show :eek: second season started last week and frankly i could watch gary busey be insane all day :p he thinks he is there to "help"....he doesn't realize he is in treatment :D

at the same time the show is so sad....steven adler is fucked up....his mother kicked him out of the house at 11...she chose her boyfriend over him.....rodney king doesn't seem to wanna talk about the beatings....

i do feel weird watching though....watching people at their lowest for my entertainment is a little sleezy....at the same time i hope showing their rehab it will help people come clean or not start at all :o
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  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    don't feel bad - this train wreck is one of the most entertaining thing I have seen on tv in a really long time...(excluding It's Always Sunny in Phil" as that is the greatest show I have ever seen.)

    it's fabulous...I like to drink wine and watch as these preening has beens destroy what little shred of a hint of dignity they may be clinging to...it's so delightful.


    that being said, I hate reality shows of people that i don't know...trying very hard to get that glimmer of "reality celebrity" so that they can milk their public time for all it's worth...also, hate when people compete for nonsensical crap.

    And the last "Project Runway" was so horrible, I stopped watching...I used to like the designs, but this year...none of those people should have been in the final 4...it was just horrible.

    *did you watch the first season of Celeb Rehab? I LOVED watching that dude from "Taxi" totally disintegrate...for the cameras. always for the cameras.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    failedpersephone wrote:
    don't feel bad - this train wreck is one of the most entertaining thing I have seen on tv in a really long time...(excluding It's Always Sunny in Phil" as that is the greatest show I have ever seen.)

    it's fabulous...I like to drink wine and watch as these preening has beens destroy what little shred of a hint of dignity they may be clinging to...it's so delightful.


    that being said, I hate reality shows of people that i don't know...trying very hard to get that glimmer of "reality celebrity" so that they can milk their public time for all it's worth...also, hate when people compete for nonsensical crap.

    And the last "Project Runway" was so horrible, I stopped watching...I used to like the designs, but this year...none of those people should have been in the final 4...it was just horrible.

    *did you watch the first season of Celeb Rehab? I LOVED watching that dude from "Taxi" totally disintegrate...for the cameras. always for the cameras.


    did i?? hells yeah....and jeff is back for season 2!! and his loser/enabler girlfriend is in the same rehab but not on the show :eek: :D

    i too enjoy the show with some wine and hippie lettuce.....it seems apropos ;):p
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    i've watched a few episodes..........yeah, entertaining. I've been able to compare it to real life to the nth degree...........my ex-husband was released from his 6th rehab stint in about 10 years just last weekend :( I'm starting the countdown to his next rehab stay...
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    PJPixie wrote:
    i've watched a few episodes..........yeah, entertaining. I've been able to compare it to real life to the nth degree...........my ex-husband was released from his 6th rehab stint in about 10 years just last weekend :( I'm starting the countdown to his next rehab stay...

    :( sorry about the ex...


    i watch it with a friend who has been in recovery for over 10 years....he and i laugh at the excuses and amount of denial that they're in....
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    are you all serious??

    i've never heard of this show before reading this, but it sounds absolutely disgusting. shame on you all.
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    I like it too, but not because I like laughing at people. It makes me appreciate my life and it reinforces that I never, ever want to start doing hard core drugs.
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    itsevobaby wrote:
    are you all serious??

    i've never heard of this show before reading this, but it sounds absolutely disgusting. shame on you all.


    It's a serious show. Kind of like Intervention. It's actually pretty sad.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,448
    PJPixie wrote:
    i've watched a few episodes..........yeah, entertaining. I've been able to compare it to real life to the nth degree...........my ex-husband was released from his 6th rehab stint in about 10 years just last weekend :( I'm starting the countdown to his next rehab stay...
    If he 's not making any changes Another rehab is gauranteed! 12 step program is helping me
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    meistereder wrote:
    It's a serious show. Kind of like Intervention. It's actually pretty sad.
    well it's great that it's an intervention of sorts, but does it need to be taped & shown before millions of people for entertainment purposes?? whoever the executive is that puts this trash on air needs a bullet. i hope one day they are a subject of something like this.

    sorry, i'm just really sick of how humans treat each other sometimes. just having a vent.
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  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    mickeyrat wrote:
    If he 's not making any changes Another rehab is gauranteed! 12 step program is helping me


    you're preaching to the choir my friend. I'm a faithfull Al-Anon'er.
    As his wife, Those 12 steps helped me a million times over!

    and the SERENITY PRAYER pretty much keeps me on the level every day of my life!
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    The counselor who sits-in some of the sessions is Bob Forrest...he was the lead singer of "Thelonious Monster", and is a former addict.

    He is a great guy....he performed at my birthday party a few years back!
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    cutback wrote:
    :( sorry about the ex...


    i watch it with a friend who has been in recovery for over 10 years....he and i laugh at the excuses and amount of denial that they're in....

    So very true!!! I've been thru the 12 steps of Al-Anon and I've been there with the addict/alcoholic (side by side) and the excuses are amazing.........
    I'm glad your friend can laugh at it, show's a lot of growth in his recovery :)
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,448
    PJPixie wrote:
    you're preaching to the choir my friend. I'm a faithfull Al-Anon'er.
    As his wife, Those 12 steps helped me a million times over!
    cool thanks for sharing. Could use your perspective on another page-thread Wand M Comm PJ fans in....
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    The counselor who sits-in some of the sessions is Bob Forrest...he was the lead singer of "Thelonious Monster", and is a former addict.

    He is a great guy....he performed at my birthday party a few years back!


    didn't know that....i like bob.....and shelly.....having addicts as counselors is a big plus
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    itsevobaby wrote:
    well it's great that it's an intervention of sorts, but does it need to be taped & shown before millions of people for entertainment purposes?? whoever the executive is that puts this trash on air needs a bullet. i hope one day they are a subject of something like this.

    sorry, i'm just really sick of how humans treat each other sometimes. just having a vent.


    The executive producer is Dr. Drew Pinsky. He's actually a pretty impressive addiction specialist, and I really believe that this kind of show does some good. It's not as exploitative as people are making it out to be. My ex was an addict and I watch this show because it reinforces how far I have come in my life. It's actually a pretty well done show, in my opinion.

    Intervention is another show that shows soem pretty sad situations. Some people are helped by shows like these.
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    meistereder wrote:
    The executive producer is Dr. Drew Pinsky. He's actually a pretty impressive addiction specialist, and I really believe that this kind of show does some good. It's not as exploitative as people are making it out to be. My ex was an addict and I watch this show because it reinforces how far I have come in my life. It's actually a pretty well done show, in my opinion.

    Intervention is another show that shows soem pretty sad situations. Some people are helped by shows like these.
    oh ok, well as i said, i never seen it, so i'll give it the benefit of the doubt. especially if it helps others in the process.
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  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    aw man I've been wanting to check this season out, but it's never on when I'm watching TV. I'm hoping for a marathon re-run session some weekend day when I'm just vegging out:D
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Though I usually hate reality shows as well the soon to be ex hubby and I started watching last season because we love Dr. Drew. Watching this season is pretty bitter sweet. Sweet cause I do like the show (not to sound sick, i don't like their struggle, but the fact that they want to help themselves, and Dr. Drew as I've said). And Bitter now because last time I watched the first season I had NO idea about my hubby's OWN drug addiction, and NOW watching this I know more what they are going through. Everything they say I've heard him say (Ex: it being like a friend dying when you give up the drug). Seeing them detox brings back TOO many memories of each time he detoxed and those horrible nights and days I tried all I could to help him through it, but still watched him suffer.

    ***this detox episode is very hard to watch, it brings it all back.
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  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Love this show. That one chic is smoking hot. :)
    Gary is CRAZY!..............I love him. LOL
    Great great show.........that said, I hope they all get better.
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