<Rush will get clean, and no doubt sin no more>
This is, he said, the third time he's gone into rehab. Once people have a track record of repeated treatment failure, the prognosis is poor.
To his credit, he accepts personal responsibility:
''I am not making any excuses. You know, over the years, athletes and celebrities have emerged from treatment centers to great fanfare and praise for conquering great demons,'' he said. ``They are said to be great role models and examples for others. Well, I am no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I am doing something great here.''
miami.com
To quit, an addict needs to be motivated. Losing health, job, and/or spouse, are frequent motivators.
...speculation about a possible connection between his drug abuse and his sudden, almost total, loss of hearing three years ago. Lorcet, one of the drugs that his housekeeper claimed to have supplied Limbaugh, has been linked to abrupt deafness. miami.com
He only admitted his addiction, after his housekeeper ratted on him:
Cline said Limbaugh told her that if word ever got out about his dependence on painkillers, "he would be ruined." She claimed in her published account that a lawyer for the conservative political guru gave her a payoff, $80,000 Limbaugh owed her after she left her job in July 2001, plus another $120,000, and asked her to destroy a computer that contained e-mails requesting new drug deliveries.
azcentral.com
Emails again. Why do so many people create a record of their crimes, in emails?
Limbaugh also confirmed Friday what Palm Beach County law enforcement sources have been saying privately for the past week -- that there's a criminal investigation of his purchase of the drugs.
miami.com
Going to jail (what the Hard Right always recommends for drug abusers) should be an excellent motivator.
“[He’s] another dead drug addict.”
- Rush Limbaugh on Jerry Garcia, 8/11/95 |
