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How Do Stars Keep Up With Their Joneses?
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I've read in a few columns that drug addiction is prevalent in Hollywood and that many stars are addicted. So if it's true, how are they so good at hiding their addictions physically?
—CJM
You forget that stars rarely live in a vacuum. (VAC-yoom: Nothingness, emptiness. See episodes 1 through whatever of the new J.J. Abrams series, Fringe.) Celebrities always have people around them, people to shield, deflect, bully—in short, hide any addiction from the greater public.
Don't take it from me. Take it from the supermodel-slash-recovering-addict I interviewed about this very subject...
A-List Secrets: Is There Really Rehab for That?
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I just read about yet another celeb checking into rehab for something other than drugs or alcohol. Come on, really! Foot injuries? Depression? Are we supposed to believe all this?
—Not Buying It, Boulder, Colo.
You refer, of course, to Heather Locklear, who, depending on which report you read, has checked herself in to a "facility" or "rehab" for anxiety and depression.
There are real hospitals for that, you know.
"Some programs are actually for mental-health rehab," says Dr. Sonja Keith, director of assessment and referral for the Las Encinas Hospital, which treats psychological and chemical dependency issues.
But here's what it really means when you hear the word rehab...
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