Depths of Debauchery – Sex Edition
There are so many ways to live a miserable existence. The possibilities are nearly endless, and it seems that Dr. Drew can help with any of them.
While in college I, like most people my age, watched Loveline on MTV. I even got sucked into watching the first season of Celebrity Rehab. Sure, it was tawdry reality television, but it got very real, very fast. Addiction is intriguing, and I think part of the reason is its ubiquity and universality. A celeb junkie is dealing with the same things as a guy living on the streets. Addiction: the Great Equalizer®.
Now on Sex Rehab, Dr. Drew is exposing “the hidden addiction.” Eight celebrities of varying degrees of fame check into the Pasadena Recovery Center to deal with their addictions to sex in all its forms. I won’t get too graphic here, but the entire gamut of sexual experience is represented, from three-hour bubble-bath sessions to all-day computer porn jerk-a-thons.
It will surprise no one to learn that it’s not really about the sex. As one of the female inmates says through hot, salty tears, it’s about the inability to make connections with others. Irony alert: The most intimate experience a human can have is abused as a way to keep others at bay. They all just want to be loved, but their fornication keeps getting in the way!
I’m not sure I’ll stick with this show to its conclusion, but I might. Sadly, watching somebody deal with an addiction is about the only time we can see anyone on television be a real, reflective human being. That’s the unfortunate state of things in a world full of Bachelors and Biggest Losers.
