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It seems like everyone is checking into rehab these days. Following an embarrassing incident in which he was arrested for drunk driving and subsequently used anti-Semitic slurs, Mel Gibson is receiving treatment for alcoholism. Rep. Mark Foley was caught sending inappropriate instant messages to teenage congressional pages. He resigned and checked into rehab for an alcohol addiction. "For people who have an addiction problem to seek help, be it by going into rehab or by seeking a private addiction professional treatment, there often needs to be a pivotal life-changing negative event and the consequences need to resonate psychologically with the individual," says Dr. Stephen Gilman, an addiction psychiatrist in New York. "People need to realize that they have a significant problem that's causing significant consequences in their lives." We've seen a lot of bad behavior in 2006, and when alcohol or drugs is involved, rehab seems like the mandatory next stop for the contrite celebrity. It's a practice that has been going on for years. Some notorious rehab cases include:
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