Carlin Enters Rehab
George Carlin's New Year's resolution is to get sober.
The dirty-word-dispensing funnyman announced Monday that he was voluntarily entering a treatment program to battle his growing abuse of booze and painkillers.
Or as he put it: "I'm going into rehab because I use too much wine and Vicodin. No one told me I needed this; I recognized the problem and took the step myself.
"My levels of use are nowhere near the worst you hear about these days; I could easily have continued functioning at a good level...for awhile. But my use would have progressed, I would have been in deeper trouble, and I didn't want to tolerate that.
"I've never been in rehab before and I know it isn't easy, but I'm highly motivated, and will do whatever's needed."
Carlin, 67, did not specify how long he intended to remain in rehab--a typical stint is around a month--or where he would receive his treatment.
"When I get out, I will take a little time for myself before resuming my schedule," Carlin said. "Thanks. See ya soon."
Carlin has cleared his calendar and currently has no concert dates listed on his Website, georgecarlin.com. He had been making the rounds in theaters and bookstores in recent weeks to pimp his latest boundary-pushing book, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, and was planning his usual 12-week run at Las Vegas' MGM Grand.
Earlier this year, he generated headlines when Wal-Mart declined to stock Pork Chops. Despite Wal-Mart's dissing, the title still reached the upper echelon of the New York Times bestseller list.
Carlin, who most recently appeared in Jersey Girl, also has voiced a part in Happily N'Ever After, an animated retelling of the Grimm fairy tales featuring the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sigourney Weaver. After is due out next year.
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