Celebrity Rehab/Sober House... UPDATE I saw Steven Adler last night!!!

[TaraPA]

OMG did any of you see the spoiler for Thursday night?!?!

And I thought there was drama on episode 2 with Steven Adler (who by the way is my very favorite rehabee this season...)

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Have not been watching it. I need to DVR it. I watched Celebrity Rehab.

Watching that show makes me so thankful I am not an addict to drugs.

 

[AlexTina]

Love that show!! I cannot wait for Thursday I've been anxious since last week when I saw the preview.

Tina

 

[torismom]

I was shocked with the preivew but the shock is for the viewers.

I really do hope Seth is fine.

I feel for everyone of these people. Addiction is very hard to overcome.

 

[Kae]

Did you know the new one comes on Thursday Morning at 11 am.

I thought I was going to cry when Steven was watching the footage of what had happened. Very intense moment. And I am kinda liking Andy Dick, never did I ever thought that would happen.

kae

 

[hellokitty86]

DH and I enjoy the show. I'm sure Seth is fine, if he would have died we would have heard about it by now!! Now if he's still sober, that's another story......

 

[AlexTina]

Haven't heard anything lately about Seth, since the show was taped months ago I'm sure he's fine. Drug free , who knows. But I did read a couple of weeks ago that Steven Adler was sent back to an inpatient rehab by a judge for failing to complete some community service, I'm sure there must have been more to it that just the community service but he's been sent back.

Tina

 

[Mr Man]

I watched the show briefly. I am reminded of something Sam Kinison once said (who knew of substance abuse and rehab intimately).

"If you can afford rehab, you really aint got a problem yet".


Looks like these facilities have a captive audience.......and captive TV audience to boot!

"Decline, right on time....what happened to the dream sublime" - (humming)

 

[TaraPA]

The spoiler for Thursday tells us what happens to Seth & it was pretty scary. I was really rooting for Shifty!

I had no idea it was on at 11am on Thursday - but I have noitced that you can watch the full episode on VH1.com prior to the 10pm showing, so that would make sense.

 

[TaraPA]

SPOILER for Thursday night's eipsode....do not read if you want to be surprised on Thursday...

"Its 3 am and Seth Binzer left a Hollywood night club and the rest of his cast mates. He never called Jenn to check in, and the residents have no idea where he has vanished. As the residents sit at the house and wait for either Seth to call or come home, Jenn receives a phone call from one of Seth's friends. She's instructed to get to a computer immediately. Seth is actually recording a live video of himself and broadcasting it over the internet for the residents to watch. Seth explains in the video that he had his heart broken by his manager David Weintraub who was talking badly about him. This is what triggered Seth to leave. The cast starts to panic while watching the video because he is clearly high and Seth admits to being drunk. Throughout the night, Seth continues to leave cryptic messages dropping clues to the residents as to his whereabouts. The house recognizes some of the secret hideouts that Seth is referring to. Andy Dick wants to leave the house and go searching for him. Jenn advises it is not safe for anyone to leave the house. She calls Seth's best friend to go looking for him. After an exhausting and frustrating night, the video stop coming through, his friend can't find him and now Seth is officially missing.

The next day, Mary Cary decides to call her girlfriend Jessica Jayms because she is a good friend of Seth's. Mary thinks Seth may have gone to her house. Jessica admits that Seth was there in the early morning and took 300 Zanax from her and was also on heroin, crack, and X. Mary insists they go to Jessica's house to see if Seth could still be there. Jenn calls Will for back-up in case there is any trouble. When the cast arrives, they find Jessica in her bed with a black eye and blood on her shirt. She says Seth did not do it, but admits to partying with him all night. The site of Jessica Jayms is so freighting that the cast begs her to go into treatment. She declines.

Rodney King has an emotional one-on-one with Dr Drew. Rodney opens up about the the beating 15 years ago. Dr. Drew believes that Rodney still does not have closure to that chapter in his life. Since Rodney has never returned to the beating site, Dr Drew believes that it would be important for Rodney to do so. Rodney and Dr. Drew drive out to the site, and Rodney recalls every detail of that infamous night. Dr. Drew helps Rodney process this emotional visit. Rodney forgives the officers and lays flowers on the ground.

After missing for 3 days, Seth finally calls Jenn and admits that he is in the hospital. Apparently he passed out on a bus on the way to get more drugs and the cops picked him up. He tells Jennifer that he has had a cardiac arrest. Jenn begs Seth to let her come get him. Seth is reluctant. Jenn believes he wants to go on another drug run. She convinces Seth to let her pick him up and she goes to the hospital with Seth's two best friends, Black and Tyree. As they approach the hospital, Seth makes a run for it, jumps a wall and leaps into a getaway car that was standing by. Jenn is in total shock. Seth is missing again. Jenn returns to the house and sits the residents down. She reveals everything she knows about Seth. The cast reacts very emotionally after hearing about the cardiac arrest and Seth escaping the from the hospital. Jenn feels helpless and again they have to wait to hear from Seth...

That evening Seth has no other places to turn to and calls Dr Drew for help. He reveals to Dr Drew where he is. Will is instructed to pick Seth up from the Vega Bond hotel and take him directly to treatment. When Will arrives at the hotel, it is very clear that Seth looks weak and sad. He asks Will to be his sponsor and willingly goes back to treatment. Dr Drew ends the show in a VO expressing extreme concern for Seth since this is his second relapse in 2 weeks."

 

[OK!]

I didn't want to, but I read that whole spoiler with my heart in my throat. I got totally sucked into Celebrity Rehab and have been watching Sober House as well and was really wondering what would happen with Seth.

 

[TaraPA]

Same here, I try not to read the spoilers but I just HAVE TO!

Gotta love Shifty. He's an addict, he's a player. But boy is he a cutie too! He seems like a really decent guy when he's sober. He really defended Jenn well with the whole Steven Adler arrest, and tried to see everyone's side & not jump to conclusions.

 

[TaraPA]

Did anyone see it earlier today? I've been up since 4am - not sure I'm going to make it til 10pm to watch it - but I will try!!! I've been waiting all week to see this one.

 

[Kae]

Haven't watched yet, I tivo'd it I hope I get to watch it tonite.

Kae

 

[TaraPA]

It would have been much better had I not read the spoiler - so I knew what was going to happen!

Poor Shifty is all I can say. He was really at a low point.

 

[TaraPA]

DO NOT READ if you want to be surprised on Thursday...


It's day 18 at the Sober House and everyone is on edge awaiting Seth's return from the PRC after his three-day drug and alcohol fueled relapse. What happened to Seth? What did he do for the three days he was missing? How will his return affect everyone at the house?

Before Seth leaves the PRC he is given a tough talking to by Shirley, one of the PRC nurses, about his relapse and her hopes that he can maintain a sober lifestyle once he returns to the Sober House. Then Will and Seth board a van and are driven back to his anxiously awaiting friends. The mood is mixed as Seth bounds up the stairs and greets his sober comrades. Some, like Jenn, are just happy to have him there, knowing that he is safe and sound. Others, like Andy, are upset that Seth does not seem very remorseful about what he has done and the effect that it has had on the others in the house.

The next day at the PRC, Mary sits down for a one-on-one with Dr. Drew and he helps her decide that her future career may somehow be linked to her love of ballet. After she and Dr. Drew say goodbye, Mary heads to the ballet studio for a little practice with her teacher. Watching Mary execute a complicated set of dance steps, her teacher exclaims that Mary may be the best student she has ever had.

Dr. Drew worries that although Nikki is doing well with her sobriety she seems very unmotivated to get her music career back on track, so with the help of PRC counselor, Bob, he hooks Nikki up with a sober musician, a guitarist named Zander. Nikki and Zander hit it off and excited by their new collaboration, they recruit Steven for a new sober band they are forming with the intention of recording a song. The song they pick is "Inconsolable" a song that Nikki loves but has avoided recording as it reminds her of her mother who died of a drug overdose nearly one year ago. With the recording session around the corner, Dr' Drew sits down with Nikki for a one-on-one to discuss the pitfalls of being a working musician while maintaining a sober lifestyle.

The next day the group heads out to get rid of a little aggression with a spirited game of Paintball. As they suit up for the game, Seth blatantly breaks the rules and shoots Jenn in the leg bruising her badly and pissing her off in a major way. On the Paintball field everyone from the house is on one team and Jenn is on the other. As the paintballs fly, one by one players are picked off and to everyone's surprise the last man standing is Andy.

Back at the house Jenn is already in a bad space when Seth comes in her room and hands her a piece of crack that he found in his pants it's the first time Jenn has held cocaine in two and a half years and makes her very uncomfortable.

To try to keep herself on the straight and narrow Jenn meets with Dr. Sophy, she is not in a very good place and she feels like no one at the house understands her and what she is going through. Dr. Sophy comes up with a plan where Jenn will do a play for the residents of the house and through her performance the people at the house will get to know her better. To get her play off the ground Jenn asks Andy for help and they go over ideas for the production and possible storylines to explore, leaving Jenn feeling that with Andy's help they can create a great theatrical experience for everyone.

The next morning does not start well for Nikki as she gets a call from her 10-year-old son that her best friend is at deaths door from AIDS and may pass away before the day is over. On top of that she learns that back in Texas, her cousin has shot and killed his stepfather during a drunken brawl. The anniversary of Nikki's moms death is in two days and she is scheduled to record the vocals to "Inconsolable' later in the afternoon with Zander and Steven. It's going to be a very rough day.

At the recording studio Nikki listens to her song and choking back the tears informs her band that she cannot record, as she is too upset because her best friend had just died twenty minutes earlier and her cousin had been jailed as a murderer. The band tries to console the "Inconsolable" Nikki.

Across town Mary has decided to have dinner with her manager/boyfriend David to clear the air about the way David treats her and all the other people in the house, calling them users and losers. The dinner does not go well, ending with David pitching a fit and storming out of the restaurant.

When Mary gets back to the house, Andy and Jenn confront her and tell her that they are very worried for her as she is about to leave for an appearance at a swinger's convention in Florida called Swingfest. Mary tells them that she would much rather stay with them at the house but that she is deeply in debt and need the money that Swingfest will provide. They tell her that they are available by phone 24 hours a day and she should call if she feels she's about to relapse.

As Mary packs, she vents to Amber that she does not want to go. As Amber looks on Mary gets a phone call from David and has a total meltdown on the top of the stairs about David, Swingfest, and all the pressure she is feeling. Will she go to Swingfest and if she does will the pressure lead to a major relapse? Only time will tell.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Thank you for the spoiler!
I hope Seth gets on track. I think Mary is a wreck. Seriously, she needs some self esteem and a clue. She doesn't appear to be very bright. I just want to tell her to wake up already.
Jenn, although I like her, is too theatrical in general. I don't think she is qualified to run the house. I kind of like Andy but I still find him annoying. I think Rodney will do well. Nikki also kind of annoys me too. I can't take her tough girl poor me act. That and her annoying tongue ring irks me.
Amber is emotionless imo. It's like she turns herself off so she can use her looks and body without it actually reaching her. KWIM? It's sad. Steven needs to stick with it. He seems so ravaged by all the years of drug abuse.

 

[TaraPA]

I totally agree with you on all accounts!

OMG get this - while I was clicking around on the VH1 website I saw that Steven Adler just started a US tour with his band, Adlers Appetite...and they are coming to my town on March 9th! I want to go!! I'm having a hard time convincing anyone else to go with me. I can't see that Steven will ever get clean (or Seth or Amber for that matter). All 3 of them have been addicts for 20+ years - they just don't know any different way. And they all want to stay in their entertainment professions - where the temptations I think will just be too great. But I'm still rooting for them!

 

[tinkgurl]

Oh gosh, this spoiler makes me anxious for Thursday! Thanks for sharing!

 

[TaraPA]

There are only a few days left in Sober House. The episode begins with Mary's decision to go to Swingfest. Everyone in the house thinks it's a bad and dangerous decision since Mary is going with David, her manager, who is less than supportive of her new sobriety. We briefly see her at Swingfest, and it is clear she is conflicted over her decision to go and is not having a good time. When Mary returns to the house a couple of days later, Seth tells Jen she better test her. Mary admits to Jen that she was tempted to use, but since she had a bad cold didn't. The tests are clean, but Mary admits to Jen that she feels as though she has "cheated" since she believes she would have used if she had been well.

The next day, Andy takes a critical step forward in his recovery when he meets with Dr. Sophie, a colleague of Dr. Drew's. Dr. Sophie makes it clear to Andy that for him to heal he needs to start making amends to those he has hurt in the past. Making amends is at the core of all 12-step programs. Andy's first amends is with Mo, a stand up comic who is now been sober for over a year. Mo and Andy partied together for a number of years and Mo brings Andy to tears as she recalls the number of times he hurt her emotionally, particularly when he said mean and destructive things to her former husband. Throughout the show Andy will continue to make amends, and has honest and candid conversations with both a club owner who threw a drunken Andy out of his bars a number of times as well as a former assistant, who paints a vivid picture of what a difficult person Andy is when he's using.

As Andy starts to make amends, Rodney meets with Dr. Drew and decides that his goal, to continue his life long recovery, is to make his own home into a sober living facility. Dr. Drew thinks that is a great idea and arranges for Rodney to meet with Jamie, who runs a sober house, and gives him practical advice about how to structure a sober living program. As Rodney starts to clean his home, he begins to doubt whether he can transform it into a sober living facility in light of the magnitude of the job of renovating it. His house is filthy and worn down and needs an enormous amount of work done for others to live there.