Rush: "Rehab is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Me"

Rush Limbaugh to Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday about his addiction to prescription drugs several years ago and the rehab that changed his life:

Comments

[Mike]

I am glad he got off drugs and was able to put his life back together. This is not the case for the poor whites, and minorities. RICH people get special deals, and the rest of us get the shaft.

[Hawkeye]

It's always good to hear when someone turns their life around. Good for Rush.

[Amy Proctor]

As I recall, Rush was prescribed painkillers as a result of surgery and he was in the process of a divorce with his "lovely wife Marta" during this period. I think his addiction was a result of this divorce. A lot of liberals condemn him as a drug addict, but I envy Rush in his current position being content with himself where he is. I won't say it is admirable, but it is enviable that someone conquers his demons and finds a place where he is happy with himself.

Even on drugs, Rush is Right!

[Mike]

Even on drugs, Rush is Right! - Amy

Right on Amy!!! I knew deep down you were pro-drug use. I say legalize it all.

[Amy Proctor]

I'm sure you do, Mike, but Rush's message is that druge use masks your true self.

Don't his opponents have any happiness that his life wsa turned around? Probably not.

[Mike]

Actually, I am glad for him. He makes a lot more sense than Glenn Beck and is not a nut job. He actually has empathy for people battling drug addiction. We joke about it, but addiction sucks in general. My plan to legalize it comes with a lot of caveats. One is that you will need a prescription from a doctor and have to admit your a junkie. The fact is that mandatory sentencing laws are not fair, and are tilted against the poor, and minorities.

[StephC]

Mike, there's a reason for Beck's nuttiness. If he did couch his stuff in comedy, it would be much harsher to the palate. I'm grateful for that, myself.

Amy, Rush had a fall from grace. According to the liberal rules of how conservatives should be, falls from grace are unacceptable. It makes of us, hypocrites. Once fallen, we're forever damned. I'm so thankful God is much more forgiving of our sins, else Heaven would be unattainable for anyone.

[timo]

I would hope that something that saves your life would be the best thing to ever happen to ElRushbo.

[Amy Proctor]

Mike, I don't know how much you follow news, but there are PLENTY of poor whites and minorities who get away with murder.

I agree, StephC. I get heartened when anyone (black, white, rich, poor, anyone) has a turn around and finds wholeness. I honestly wish I could be as confident in myself as Rush is in himself. There's a lot to be said for that sort of self-awareness. You're better for everyone around you, too.

[StephC]

I agree, StephC. I get heartened when anyone (black, white, rich, poor, anyone) has a turn around and finds wholeness. I honestly wish I could be as confident in myself as Rush is in himself. There's a lot to be said for that sort of self-awareness. You're better for everyone around you, too.

It's a hard thing to do and usually takes some crisis to understand that is what is needed in one's life. Mine wasn't drugs or anything of that nature but abuse and bullying. I tried so hard to be everybody else's conception of perfect that I totally lost me and then, one day, I just "crashed." I completely shut down and shut out every voice in my head telling me I'm not good enough as me and started questioning every accusation of such. Been turning it around ever since.

LOL, it's rather ironic that I walked away from all that better than I've ever been in my adult life and now the government wants to take over where those individuals left off.

[Mike]

Mike, I don't know how much you follow news, but there are PLENTY of poor whites and minorities who get away with murder. Amy

Maybe that is true, but not for long as the police target this group. In major cities crime is out of control and I am not advocating disorder, chaos, and general mayhem. It's the criminal justice system operates differently for different people. The mandatory drug sentencing laws were and are racist and differentiates by class by design.

[StephC]

Mike, I can't agree with those conclusions completely. You cite major cities and descriptors but don't take into account recidivism and occurrences within populations. Few people are put behind bars for drug use on a first offense and the race and socioeconomic status doesn't affect those decisions. Crime is out of control because there are fewer adverse consequences to bad behavior and government's overweening arrogance against those who would willingly protect themselves because they have the ability to do so, in order that law enforcement can then protect those who don't have that same ability.

It's a sticky situation, all the way around, with no easy answers.