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Sober House Season Over, So What's Next For Cast Recovery?

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Now that this season of VH1’s Sober House has concluded we wonder what will become of the “cast members” we’ve grown to love over the course of their two show series. From the touching goodbyes and the optimism pervasive in most everyone leaving, it appears these troubled people in the public eye might actually make it sober.

The show’s commentary did a great job cutting down the misleading music to ensure viewers these people’s struggle was far from over, concluding that many plan to continue in their active recovery with ongoing and after care.

So, what does that mean? What care goes beyond living with people advocating their respective recoveries?

For cast member Mike Star, continuing recovery would mean going to the Aurora Las Encinas Hospital near Pasadena, California. Dr. Drew pushed this idea to plenty of resistance by Mike, but, as the dramatic music and flashbacks showed viewers, his recovery is anything but complete. Las Encinas’ programs have both inpatient (living on site) and outpatient (living on one’s own with program structure) options, so Mike’s recovery would have the attention and the structure he needs.

Many of the other cast members would benefit from programs like AiR’s Recovery Assistance Program, which gives the recovering addict a person to talk to, guide them and hold them responsible for their recovery – much like the people helping them in Sober House. Programs like this also help the families of the recovering addicts learn how to navigate and help the progress to ensure lasting recovery.

Tags: addiction recovery, celebrity addiction, celebrity drug addiction, dr. drew, sober house
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