"Rush did not CHOOSE to take these pills to get high... he HAD to take them to function."
There is a little debate on that point also...
"I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling. I'm just saying that one of the things was that I did not put my health first."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/11/17/235030.shtml
The point RS is that Limbaugh did NOT SEEK OUT drugs to take but because addicted to his prescriptions. Why he took them after that is irrelevant. He is right to take the blame for that. He also made three attempts at rehab privately. Getting the monkey off your back is extremely difficult.
There is still a world of difference between seeking recreational drugs and being prescribed legal pain killers to which you become addicted.