QUOTE (Ladysidhe @ Jun 27 2009, 09:08 PM)

That's good to hear....I kept having these awful visions of them electroshocking away half his medical training.
I keep having visions that they are going to just do a minor reset like they did a few years ago when he hit rehab. Anyone doing a differential diagnosis of House would have to notice the obvious: He is an addict!
Addiction is a deep brain disease with speculative causes and no real cure. Everyone there would know that it is a Chronic, Progressive, Fatal disease.
I love this show, but at this point they are going to have to do something with the situation. House is probably bi-polar and self medicates with vicodin and booze. No doubt his leg hurts, but no doubt he is killing himself with the vicodin and it is a miracle he hasn't killed anyone else.
How many people would go to an active addict doctor? There's a huge stigma about even going to doctors in recovery. That's sort of reality. It is a diservice to millions to take away the active addiction and make the character boring...it sends the wrong message, drugs make me fun, sobriety is boring...
This is going to be a big season to me because I have to decide that when they take House out of rehab will the writers be responsible or just fall back into old habits. I hope they find some middle ground, it would benefit me.
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