Have you been in rehab??? I've been in a "few' myself and I can say that the rehab on Dr Drew's TV show is like a walk on the beach compared to the ones I was in!!(I suddenly feel vulnerable having disclosed that tidbit about myself)
Thank you Industrialsize. I've dealt with several family members in rehabs ranging from private "retreat in the woods" type places to the hard core Salvation Army facility. And they were far more strict than the show.
I don't know what rehab dhsdad was posting about, but it sounds like Promises (who count as their alumni, Spears, Lohan, et al.). I've never heard of a rehab that even let you out of the facility without a staff escort until I heard about Promises. Most rehabs will kick you out for at least 30 days if you relapse. Relapse is an issue, but most serious rehabs do not take it lightly at all, it is serious AND anyone not serious about their program endangers the recovery of everyone else in the facility. So while relapse happens, NOT ON PREMISES, YOU GET KICKED OUT! Sorry for you, but the staff has others to worry about.
Those mint on the pillow rehabs don't work. Even Liz Taylor scrubbed toilets at Betty Ford, which though a "celeb" rehab, you rarely see the current batch of party princesses going there, because they take recovery seriously and wouldn't put up with the diva bullshit.