Dr. Drew Pinskey spoke with Parade magazine recently about his upcoming VH1 reality show Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew , but not only did he clue us in on the series, he also discussed Lindsay Lohan and *gasp!* Mary Carey.

Pinskey on the celebrities he treated on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew:

“You’ve got to remember we have a bunch of non-surrendered, unmotivated drug addicts who weren’t seeking treatment. But out of that group, our success rate is better than half. Gary Busey is one who I just talked to and he’s doing really well. American Idol’s Jessica Sierra is out of prison and working. Brigitte Nielsen is doing well. There are so many lives that really were changed by the show.”

But then there is the lovely Mary Carey, who has made her porn comeback in a film titled, “Celebrity Pornhab with Dr. Screw,” a spoof of Dr. Drew’s show. What exactly does he think of this?

“That was insulting, ridiculous, and disrespectful. And Mary’s choices have consequences. I’m not happy about it. And I’m not communicating with her except as somebody who has rendered her medical care. Dealing with addicts, nothing ever surprises me, but it’s sad to see her get sucked back in like that. Hopefully, she’ll get back in the game.”

Speaking of trainwrecks, what does Drew think of wild child Lindsay Lohan, who, since splitting with girlfriend Samantha Ronson, has been partying up a storm?

“I’m convinced that she’ll get sober one day. But I’m afraid that between now and then, she may get a nearly mortal wound of some type. I’m really convinced that something horrible is going to have to happen to her before she really gets over it and embraces sobriety. She needs to give it up. And it’s going to be a while before she does. I have this image that she’s going to lose a limb or something before she does. And it scares me.”

And what about David Hasselhoff, who has battled an alcohol addiction for years?

“He’s one of these chronic relapsers. My suspicion is — although I have no direct knowledge whatsoever — that he has no place to hide. Where does he go to meetings? Who does he connect with in sobriety? That’s got to be really tough for him. My sense is he kind of wants to, but it’s never in a very sustained, humble way. Until he finds that somewhere, it’s going to be really tough for him.”

On celebrity addicts:

“What’s overwhelmingly obviously is that circumstances of their life don’t create their trouble. It’s the kind of person they are — so driven to be the celebrity or the super wealthy person. They all come from highly traumatic backgrounds. We were able to prove that. We gave over 200 celebrities narcissistic personality inventories and discovered horrible issues that they were trying to solve through success. When we treat famous people, we always end up talking about their traumatic pasts.”

On his new reality spinoff, Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew:

“This is not about celebrities. It’s probably the most powerful thing I’ve ever done. The sex addicts I’ve treated all were severely traumatized as children. And the level of commitment that these people gave to participate in treatment was really breathtaking because it is one of the most painful treatment processes there is.”

He says don’t expect the show to be explicit.

“We talk very little about sex and more about the horrible traumas that lead to the dysfunction in their relationships, the chaos, the pain and the inability to achieve any kind of stable intimacy. That’s what they all want. That’s what none of them can have.”

What does Drew say is the key to maintaining sobriety?

“If people are willing to do what we tell them to do, they get well. It’s a very, very simple phenomenon. People that are resistant, recalcitrant and not willing to do the work– guess what, they don’t get better. And if we say something like, ‘You need to go to treatment for an extended period of time, six months, 12 months,’ and they do not, they’re not going to get better. They’re going to relapse.”

[Parade.com]

Mary Carey is returning to the porn industry and is taking Dr. Drew down with her.

Forget rehab and trying to get out of the business, Mary is falling back, well, on her back. She is starring in a new X-rated film called, Celebrity Pornhab with Dr. Screw, a spoof of the VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.

In this clip from TMZ where Mary is on the set of the movie, Mary takes a swing at Dr. Drew Pinsky saying, “It feels great to be with Dr. Screw. I like him better than Dr. Drew.”

Later in the same clip, Carey is seen chugging straight out of a wine bottle.

Dr. Drew has responded via his Twitter page saying that he is saddened by Mary’s choice to mock him and his attempt at helping her.

“For those of you wondering about my feelings about Mary Ellen Cook’s choice to mock : Res ipsa loquitur. Makes me very sad.”

You know, I had hoped that Mary would get her act together. She seems like  a sweet girl who is just out of control in her life. But she has gone off the deep end with the movie! Poor Dr. Drew has to stand by and be mocked in a porno. He has a wife and kids.It’s just not right.

I wonder if Mary porks the Dr. Screw guy? That’s just foul. She probably wishes it was Dr. Drew.

The rumors are true!

The next season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is going to be all about sexual addictions! Nice!

Here is the official press release from VH1:

Dr. Drew Pinsky is tackling a new yet very real addiction in “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.”

In this eight episode one-hour series, Dr. Drew is turning his attention and cameras on a very widespread but rarely talked about addiction. Sexual compulsion afflicts roughly 6% of the American population and carries the same devastating consequences as any other addiction.

For addicts, sex isn’t even pleasurable, but rather a way to escape the pain of past loss, childhood trauma, abuse and abandonment. Like many other addictions, their habits can cost them their jobs, their marriages, even their lives. Despite all this, the affliction is often dismissed because it’s not understood how something as natural and beautiful as sex can be an addiction. In this series Dr. Drew will treat a group of people in Los Angeles who are struggling with this disease while shedding some light on this oft-dismissed compulsion and all the destructive costs that come with it. The series is set to premiere in the fall of 2009.

Dr. Drew and VH1 are also bringing back the award-winning reality series “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” for a third installment. The series will follow a new group of celebrity patients who have volunteered to undergo a 21-day detoxification and treatment at a rehabilitation center in the Los Angeles area. The series has not yet been cast but aims to start filming sometime in late spring for a fall 2009 premiere. Returning to the show to help Dr. Drew are drug addiction counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague who have each spent years on both sides of the rehab fence.

So even though next season will be all about the sex, the show is still sticking with it’s original premise of drug and alcohol addiction. Rumored cast members are Amber Smith (from Celebrity Rehab 2) Nicole Narain, former Playmate and star of Colin Farrell sex tape, Penny Flame, porn star, Kendra Jade, a porn star; Kari Ann Peniche, former Miss Teen USA and Playmate and Duncan Roy, an English writer and director.

Dr. Drew Pinsky and entertainment business professor S. Mark Young studied celebrities who took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Test (NPI), a narcissism screening test, and they say nearly all celebrities scored high.

The men discuss the test in their new book, The Mirror Effect.

The 40 questions below are the same questions used in Dr. Drew’s studies. You can take this test yourself and see if you are as egotistic as those celebs you love to razzle.

The test is to be conducted alone and in one sitting. Don’t take a high or low score as meaning something is wrong with you.

“There’s no such thing as a good or bad result on this test. Scoring high on the narcissism inventory, or high on any of the component categories, doesn’t mean you have a disorder, or that you’re a good or bad person.”

Choose either A or B for each question.

Here are the 40 Questions:

1. A. I have a natural talent for influencing people.
B. I am not good at influencing people.

2. A. Modesty doesn’t become me.
B. I am essentially a modest person.

3. A. I would do almost anything on a dare.
B. I tend to be a fairly cautious person.

4. A. When people compliment me I sometimes get embarrassed.
B. I know that I am good because everybody keeps telling me so.

5. A. The thought of ruling the world frightens the hell out of me.
B. If I ruled the world it would be a better place.

(more…)

We all know that Tom Cruise doesn’t like doctors, modern medicine or people who are anti-Scientology, so after Dr. Drew Pinsky was quoted as saying the actor may have a mental illness, he threw his lawyers on it.

In next month’s Playboy, Dr. Drew says, “A lot of people in the public eye who behave strangely have mental illness we can learn from, and much of it is based on childhood trauma, without a doubt. Take a guy like Tom Cruise. Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology? To me, that’s a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood – maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect.”

So far Cruise himself has failed to comment on the matter, but instead had his attorney speak for him.

“This unqualified television performer who is obviously just looking for notoriety is so grotesquely unprofessional as to pretend to diagnose Tom and others without ever meeting them. He seems to be spewing the absurdity that all Scientologists are mentally ill. The last time we heard garbage like this was from Joseph Goebbels [a Nazi propagandist].”

Yeah well, Dr. P is super yummy hot, and I’ll believe whatever he tells me! Although that may stem from some childhood traum…oh nevermind.

“Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” is coming back for a second season on VH1 and is set to premiere in October.

The show will pretty much be the same with a few minor adjustments.

Jeff Conaway will be back seeking treatment after having back surgeries causing him to become reliant on pain meds. Other quasi-celebs looking to clean-up are Sean Stewart, Amber Smith (model/actress), Rodney King, Nikki McKibbon (American Idol), Steven Adler (Guns n Roses) and Tawny Kitaen.

Gary Busey, who claims to have been clean for the past 13 years will also be a part of the show, offering support and sharing his experiences with addiction. Drug counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague will also return to be a part of the show this season.

Patients will undergo an intensive 21-day program. Families of the celebs will be more involved this time around and sometimes will undergo treatment themselves.

Isn’t Dr. Drew the hottness? The older he gets the finer he looks. And did you see him in a short sleeve t-shirt on ‘Celebrity Rehab‘? Wow, he may be 49, but he has quite the body!

Interesting Facts About Dr. Drew:

• Dr. David Drew Pinsky was born September 4, 1958 in Pasadena, California. He is the oldest child with a sister, Dana, now a paralegal, who is six years younger. His mother, Helene, was a singer and actress and his father, Morton, was a doctor.

• Drew used to go on house calls with his father and decided young that he wanted to be a doctor, too.

• Drew attended Polytechnic High School, a private school in Pasadena, before going to Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In high school, Drew played football and was class president. At Amherst, Drew majored in Biology. He graduated from high school in 1976 and from Amherst in 1980.

• Upon graduation from Amherst, Drew came back to California and attended the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He graduated from USC in 1984. Drew served his residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. He was appointed to chief resident at HMH.

• Pinsky is now in private practice in Pasadena where his patients are 60+ years old. He also does rounds at Las Encinas Hospital.

• He started doing the radio version of Loveline in 1983, when he was in his third year of medical school. KROQ was just a small, local station then. Although referred to by patients as Dr. Pinsky, the name “Dr. Drew” came about as he started his radio career. Not wanting to promote his own name or practice, Pinsky took the over-the-air title of Dr. Drew to separate his professional medical and radio careers.

• Dr. Drew met his wife, Susan, at a bar in Laguna Beach, California in the 1980s. They married in 1991 and have triplets; Douglas, Jordan, and Paulina. The triplets were conceived by invitro fertilization.

• In his little spare time, Drew likes to play with his children, read by the pool, play the piano, and sing opera – he’s a baritone with 12 years training.

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