Not wanting to take the chance he will be replaced on Hawaii Five-0, Alex O'Loughlin is going to try and get treated for his addiction to "pain medication" and just miss one episode of the show. I guess the rehab reason tide has turned. Last year was exhaustion. The year prior was booze even if it was drugs. Oh, a big one has also been eating disorders. Guys have trouble using that one. It is not that lots of guys don't have eating disorders, it is just not considered manly in Hollywood. Pain medication addiction from doing your own stunts is perfectly acceptable. Not sure if a couple of weeks in rehab is going to set everything straight for Alex, but I wish him well.
He's a good looking guy with a bright future ahead of him, so I hope he doesn't screw it up.
ReplyDeleteHow do these people get enough scrips to become addicted ? I get migraine headaches and have to jump through hoops to get my meds, and my doctor knows how careful I am....
ReplyDeleteMaybe this one has an ED as well?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like there is a sea of men in HOllywood (like this one for example) who are hovering between thin and slightly muscular build. I've made the mistake of assuming most are just naturally built like that, thinking that men usually have high metabolism and their bodies are pretty naturally slim. And perhaps that's the case for like a quarter of the dudes in HOllywood but I bet many many many of them use coke and other stuff to maintain that build.
Men having Eating Disorders seems like the best kept secret in the celeb world sometimes.
Hope this dude gets help for his prescription pain meds (EFF the big drug companies for pushing their shit onto the masses. I swear I know several people who also have some pain med addiction happening- and they focus so much on street drugs in the media, we got out biggest drug cartel in these pharmaceutical companies. FACT)
@Misch, I'm so with you on this one!
ReplyDeleteOnce I went to a walk-in clinic (no insurance) with a migraine that was on it's third day. I had pink hair at the time, and as you can imagine, looked like crap. The doc took one look at me and my tattooed BF and kept shining that damn light in my eyes, hemmed and hawed, I KNOW he thought I was some kind of junkie! I was bawling after the 3rd light-pointing instance and he finally got that I was in serious PAIN. I was so angry. Just because you look punk rock doesn't mean you're a junkie. Grrrr...
EmEyeKay I feel your pain....anyone who gets these darn things knows you have to catch it at the start...and then it's one pill and your good.....
ReplyDeleteOnce these headaches bloom you're in for it....
Take care of yourself..
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ReplyDeleteWhy does everyone feel the need to release a statement announcing they're off to rehab? Can't they just do this quietly?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the announcement is often a preemptive strike because a tabloid or website is about to drop a bomb about the celebrity?
ReplyDeleteI have been wondering why there was no blog about what cast and crew of this show did on Veterans Day (Nov. 11th 2011). The Veterans that were at the cemetery for the services are still waiting for an apology.
ReplyDeleteJasmine, there was a really interesting VF article this month about human growth horomone that you should check out. That basically all these 'vital' folks are really just doing HGH.
ReplyDeleteAs for how they get the prescription? They're celebrities. Doctors can also have enough low self esteem to ignore common sense, think that these celebrities actually like them and give them drugs when they don't need them. Very prevalent in socal.
Alex seems like a good guy, other then the whole running away from Australia to Hollywood and abandonding his newborn son. But from accounts he does have a relationship with him now.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a pretty physical role and the push to do your own stunts to seem more authentic is pretty strong. Pain meds really do sneak up on you. After foot surgery I was taking the meds long after the surgery. Honestly, it never even hurt it was just fun to take. My Dr. was like, knock it off you aren't getting anymore.
Hahaha! @Jasmine I thought ED stood for Erectile Dysfunction. Maybe that applies in his case too...
ReplyDeleteGlad to see he's getting help for whatever the reason is... I watched Hawaii 5-0 for the first time this year and was shocked - didn't even recognize O'Loughlin - he was sooo thin, looked like an entirely different person.
ReplyDeletePrescription drug abuse is the most common form of drug abuse among educated middle class types, especially celebrities. They fall into the trap of thinking its okay because the drugs are legal, then get hooked, then start shopping doctors or searching until they find a doctor who is willing to help them out, then they fill the prescriptions at a series of different pharmacies. Dr Drew went into great detail about this after one of the recent celebrity deaths, or maybe it was the Michael Jackson trial.
ReplyDeleteJust as there are people who look the other way while Dan Schneider sleeps with underage girls, there are plenty of doctors in LA who are willing to be the supplier for some celebrity or other.
I don't get how people in this situation are able to hold down a job. But if his addiction is truly to pain meds I get it in a way... when I had my knee repl surgery a few years ago (only 40 yrs old but knee was blown out from my teenage years) I told my family that I do not have an addictive personality (thank God) but if I was ever gonna get hooked on anything it would be Vicodin.I told them DO NOT let me refill these meds without keeping an eye on me. Good lord that drug makes the world a brady bunch sunshine day...
ReplyDeleteI am scared to death of these pain meds, and unfortunately have had a few surgies and other problems where I needed them. I talked and talked to dr, tried to avoid them, and finally dr said " you dont hv addictive personality. If u did, I wldnt be giving u this meds! Now take it and get some pain relief!". Lol. Still super careful.
ReplyDeleteI don't get how people get addicted to vidicon. I take it for extreme pain but all it does is ease my pain for a few hours until my next dose is due. It is not "fun". No sunshine brqdy days from my pain meds.
ReplyDeleteI always assume it is the harder stuff like oxycodone or whatever they other Oxys are. Never taken them and refuse because they scare the crap outta me!
My mother is going to be crushed. She loved him in Moonlight.
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ReplyDeleteI tend to think that's the difference between actually needing them and liking them...
Vicodin does nothing for me either. It must do something for some people even if they're using it for actual pain, or they wouldn't get addicted while taking it then. I guess it's just different brain/body chemistry?
ReplyDeleteWhat gets me is that we're still having this battle over medical marijuana when there are so many much more powerful pain killers that are legal. I just don't get it. I know the Cali laws on what it can be prescribed for are absurd, (nightmares?!) but if the feds would get reasonable, they could limit it to conditions like cancer or glaucoma, where there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that it's really helpful to people with those problems.
As for Alex, if he's just physically addicted, being guided through withdrawal could work for him. If he has a major psychological addiction, though, a couple of weeks isn't going to cut it. I hope he makes it.
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