Not on his tv show. That show blows. In regard to his addiction(s.)
Charlie Sheen has been partying for twenty-five years, at least. He is not dead. He never killed anyone(though he did shoot Kelly Preston, who is a horrible actress.) He pays for sex, and has a taste for the bimbo-iest of porn stars. He is unapologetic about his hedonistic pursuits when they come to light in the press.
What I love about Charlie Sheen is that he doesn't place blame or make excuses for his indulgences.
A while back, I came to believe I was an alcoholic.
Wrecked my car. Could've killed a busload of people on their way to a Breast Cancer 5k. Luckily, I didn't.
When you get a DUI(pronounced "Dewey" by cool people) the state of PA sends you to a course that doesn't help you stop drinking. It helps you not to get another DUI. At the end of the two day course, they hand out a little pamphlet on AA. It's not required, but I went.
AA is a load of shit. Besides its religious bent, it advocates total abstinence, which is not an option for me, in regard to anything I do, ever. So I listen to a bunch of folks talk about how the Program has saved them. It hasn't. They are still unhealthy in their mindsets, they've just replaced one substance with another, and will continue to do so perpetually, between booze and Christ, as AA has a single-digit success rate.
I will never be a recovering alcoholic. What I am, is a man who has learned to be smarter about drinking. I still get totally wasted about once a month, I just don't get into bar fights or crash cars anymore. Because I developed a set of rules.
Millions of party hounds do. You wouldn't know us unless we told you.
If you do something, want to do more of something, or want to add another something to the something you're doing, educate yourself. People die because they're stupid, not because of addiction.
Addiction is an excuse. A crutch. Stupidity is the killer.
I love this interview for those reasons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5aSa4tmVNM
