Celebrity Addicts in Rehab an Epidemic of Late
Britney, Anna Nicole, Mel Gibson - it seems like you can't swing a dead cat now days without hitting a celebrity addict who has been in rehab. The benefit of this kind of publicity is that it normalizes drug and alcohol rehab for everybody else.
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The downside, however, is that people entering rehab may have unrealistic expectations regarding the recovery process and especially how long recovery from addiction takes. When celebrities use rehab as a revolving door to revitalize their careers, this sends a message that rehab is not that serious.
Also, the motives of some celebrities have been called into question as to why they are going into rehab in the first place. Are these celebrity addicts ones who need to be in rehab for substance abuse issues or is a publicity stunt and career move?
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It seems almost fashionable now for celebrities to get a tattoo, shave their heads, go into rehab for a couple days and declare themselves "cured" and then they are onto their next project. Over the past few months, this website has reported on rehab for Pete Doherty, Keith Urban, Lindsay Lohan, Whitney Houston, Tara Conner and Mike Tyson.
There is no doubt that these celebrities have needed to be in rehab for serious substance abuse issues. For others, however, the question remains to be seen whether drug and alcohol rehab is given the respect it deserves or is being used for other gainful and unseemly purposes.
There is also a whole list of other famous addicts that have been in rehab before we started reporting on such issues that is worth checking out to see how commonplace this occurrence has become.
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