Steve-O Blogs From Rehab; Amy Stunned To Actually Really Care About Him All of a Sudden

Steve-O, the Jackass star who needs Dr. Drew like...uh, Amy Winehouse needs Dr. Drew, has entered a rehab program, according to a blog post on his MySpace. He was already involuntarily committed to Cedars-Sinai for "suicidal behavior" last week, but now appears to be fully ready to face his scores and scores of other problems, many of which started during his childhood with his alcoholic mother.

"Mom was very alcoholic, and I feel that is a gross understatement. I know I was always powerless over alcoholism, because it had such a grip on Mom’s adulthood and my childhood, and I never chose to fight it. Until now.

We were frequently on airplanes and, before Mom and Dad would find themselves in the embarrassing position of being caught by other passengers with a crying baby, I was fed alcohol."

Hey, have you ever had anyone jokingly suggest doping your baby up with cough syrup before a long trip? Haa, yeah. Hilarious.

The full blog entry (called "You Should All Know I Am In Rehab") is a loooooong hard look at his life of drug and alcohol abuse and sounds like it was a required exercise for his treatment. However, it's clear Steve-O took the assignment seriously. He cops to addictions to marijuana, LSD, amphetamines and nitrous oxide that started in his teens, and laments the many ways his problems have affected his life and relationships with others.

The most heartbreaking parts deal with a legacy of growing up with an alcoholic parent and the frustration of repeating the cycle:

Mom’s alcoholism truly reared its ugly head when I was eight and nine years old, it was in 1983 that she lied to the family about having lymph node cancer so that she would have an explanation for staying in bed drunk at all hours. I forgave my Mom very easily for her act of dishonesty, my love for her was unconditional. At this point in my life I find myself hoping that I will be able to forgive myself for similarly selfish acts that my own addiction led me to commit. I can’t believe I just called out my own dead Mom for what’s surely the worst lie she ever told. I also can’t believe I ever picked up my first drink on my own after the way alcohol ruined her life. God, I miss my Mom. I think I was eight years old when I was introduced to the family tradition of children partaking in an alcoholic beverage of their choice, just one, only on New Year’s Eve, each year. I think it was right away that I knew I wasn’t interested in beer, rather that I wanted scotch whiskey. I can’t really remember, after all, what alcoholic remembers the first drink they picked up. The first time I vomited from truly drinking "too much" alcohol, I was twelve years old, that I’m quite sure of. I’m also quite sure that everything I remember taking interest in from childhood, and onwards, I poured myself into with an unhealthy "excessive/compulsive’ attitude about it. Baseball. Heavy metal music. Skateboarding. Drinking. Drugs. Oh yeah, and the video camera...

US has the full blog post here.  I'm officially rooting for the guy. I hope he makes it. 

Comments

[sweetney]

oh god, heartbreaking. i also can't believe i'm feeling empathy/sympathy for freakin' Steve-o, man.

[Katie Kat]

I remember when I saw this in the news, I was like "DUH." Steve-O is OBVIOUSLY one f'ed up dude. It's sad to see that his downfall started with such dysfunction. I just hope he doesn't play the "victim" card. He knew what he was doing was wrong, but unfortunately, not enough GOOD examples showed up in his life.

I guess I'm rooting for him too, but doubtful he will be able to break out. I am hoping though... Good luck Steve-O, and good on ya, for admitting the truth.

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