# Anyone watching Sober House?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 25, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-sober-house/482955 "2009-01-25T21:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-sober-house/482955/1 "2009-01-25T21:02:19Z")

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Sober House is the latest ,Dr. Drew, celebrity drug show. It follows the Celebrity Rehab people into a sober house(like a halfway house). Steven Adler got someone to smuggle heroine in and he got ripped. If you know anyone who thinks heroine and drugs are cool let them watch that episode. He went from confused to belligerent and then to an obliterated state. He could not walk ,follow an idea for 2 seconds and was a horrible sight to see.

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-sober-house/482955/2 "2009-01-25T22:32:07Z")

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I missed the first two episodes but caught them on rebroadcast this weekend.

It was sad to see Steven like that. I was pulling for him through _Celebrity Rehab_. He seems like a nice guy, but he really was in a bad way.

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> If you know anyone who thinks heroine and drugs are cool let them watch that episode.

I thought the exact same thing. That’s one of the things I really like about _Celebrity Rehab_, and now _Sober House_ – they show the ugly side of drug use.

As an aside, I’ve really come to admire Dr. Drew. If Obama is going to pick a TV doctor for surgeon general, I think he’d be a better choice than Sanjay Gupta.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-sober-house/482955/3 "2009-01-25T23:07:25Z")

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Really? I see it as the worst sort of exploitation. And Drew Pinsky should be ashamed of himself.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-sober-house/482955/4 "2009-01-25T23:52:22Z")

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It is not even close to the worst. It may actually do some good. I recommend that episode be shown in high schools. His drug stupor was definitely not cool.  
He is a dead man walking.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-sober-house/482955/5 "2009-01-26T01:55:16Z")

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By putting those poor people on television, I think it ruins their chances of achieving lasting sobriety. Especially since relapse makes for “must-see TV,” apparently. :rolleyes:

Sorry.