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Assuming the quote is correct and in context (something one always has to be wary of with NewsMax), this is truly "the unkindest cut of all" from a self-confessed former coke-head, and BTW, there is no such animal as having been hooked on "prescription" cocaine. I know Imus' "posse" kid him about his addictions all the time, so that may be the origin of the "Rush is a whiner" comment: i.e. if Rush was a "real mensch" he would joked about his rehab, and had his friends call in to tease him about it.

I hear you but... Rehab isn't the end-of-the-world, a nightmare, or the tragedy it is made out to be. So he'll have to eat cafeteria food, be told where to go and what to do, when to get up and when to go to bed, and he'll have to take a good hard look at himself.

It's easy to joke about rehab when it's all over. When you don't know if you can stay sober it's a little harder. If he's lucky he'll come to understand that, while recovery from addiction is indeed possible, it's not so easy to activate the part of your soul that is needed to "just say no." I've found him to be less than empathetic with other people in the past who had a perceived "lack of will power".