What Is Wrong With Steven Adler?

Ever watch Celebrity Rehab or Celebrity Rehab Presents: Sober House? Do you find yourself being frustrated and scratching your head at the behavior of Steven Adler? (Former drummer of Guns n' Roses) This guy could not stop talking about how he wanted to get sober, and what does he do on his first day in the house? Repeatedly smokes black tar heroin and shows himself as the continuing strung out junkie he is. Now I've never been addicted to heroin, and I'm sure it is hell, but at some point after you've gone thru numerous treatment facilities, how about some accountability and will power. Maybe this guy doesn't really want to quit, and he justs wants to keep getting high. He was kicked out of Guns n' Roses for christ's sake. The same Guns n Roses whose lead singer Axl Rose was co-hosting $30,000 drug fueled orgies with Lars Ulrich of Metallica every night on tour. Do you realize what a complete fuck-up you would have to be, to get kicked out of the travelling shit show that was Guns n' Roses? This is someone who blames his drug use on being kicked out of the house by his mom at the age of 13, when in actuality he just didn't want to live there anymore and left on his own. This is someone who has given himself a stroke from his drug use that jacked up his face for the rest of his life and didn't miss a beat with the drugs. This is someone who has a hot wife that for the some unknown reason has stuck with him thru all his shit and just wants him to get clean. This is someone who brought a pair of pants to his sober house that he hadn't "worn in ten years", but just just happened to have some heroin in the back pocket. All he has shown time and again is that he is a selfish lier and is not serious at all about getting sober.

So what does this tell us about Adler, and people in general? Often drugs, heroin in particular, are horribly addicting and take over a persons life. But maybe sometimes people do drugs because they really like them, frankly just don't care what it does to them/family/friends, and don't feel the need to stop . His words say that he would like to stop, but his actions show the complete opposite. Next time you watch Sober House and find yourself wanting to jump thru the screen and strangle Steven Adler for being a complete jerk-off, ask yourself: Is this guy really an addict trying to get clean, or is he just a selfish asshole who really likes to smoke black tar heroin every hour on the hour?

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