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>> hitting a bottom like tom was talking about. his bottom, like you were so shocked wasnt in prison. my bottom wasnt losing my family. losing my career. >> larry: what was your bottom? >> my bottom was similar to his. i was thinking about that. i was in the l.a. county jail and i was calling a mutual friend of ours that will remain nameless to get him to bail me out of jail. and my ex-girlfriend was his personal assistant, she said the same thing, he doesnt want to talk to you. i remember hangi...

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Family. >> larry: what was your bottom? >> my bottom was similar to his. i was thinking about that. i was in the l.a. county jail and i was calling a mutual friend of ours that will remain nameless to get him to bail me out of jail. my ex girlfriend was his personal assistant and she said the same thij he doesnt want to talk to you. i remember hanging up the phone and somehow that gets through on an emotional level. i know it doesnt make sense to nonaddicts but it does to me. i know who it is to...

Help people. >> hes going down to the mission and he doesnt want to talk about it but thats a good thing. >> im not supposed to talk about it. >> larry: you help others? >> i go there all the time. >> larry: service is part of the rehab. >> service and steps and the meetings. the triangle. if you stay in the triangle, you cant get in trouble. >> a secret thing. >> larry: keep it a secret. >> hes doing well. >> larry: thanks for joining us, bob. one more segment with tom sizemore. hes worked his ...

>> larry: welcome back. tom sizemore, our special guest joined by bob forest, drug counselor, celebrity rehab with dr. drew. hes founder and director of hollywood recovery services and is a recovering addict himself. he was in and out of rehab two dozen times before finding sobriety in 1996 and hes known tom sizemore for 20 years. what took you so long? >> me, i saw you guys talking about what a bottom is. its an interesting subject. tom and i just seemed to be people that have thick skulls and ...

Small victories, i avoided bob. i felt like a hero, like i did something special. anyway, when i -- i was so used -- i thought everyone in my life -- let me make this clear. i thought i could come back, but i always did think i could come back, but the previous year to me going to treatment, the addiction had become -- i didnt even like it anymore, but i could not stop doing it. i didnt enjoy what it did to me. >> larry: it didnt give you a high. >> i couldnt get high. i would get something. >> ...

Tried to get me, i jumped out of the car, and i went on sunset and bob who will be out later, i gave him the slip. when youre using drugs, you get small victories like, i avoided bob. i felt like a hero, like i did something special. anyway, when i -- i was so used -- i thought everyone in my life -- let me make this clear. i thought i could come back, but i always did think i could come back, but the previous year to me going to treatment, the addiction had become -- i didnt even like it anymor...

And go to a book store. him in a book store, having just gotten out of rehab. he was like a mess. he was nervous and excited. he had stacks of books. he had to relearn everything. >> yeah. >> larry: are you a reader? >> i read a lot. i am a reader. i always have a novel going. bob stopped and asked if i had been reading, i hadnt been in book soup for like four or five years, because i was ashamed to go in there because i knew everybody. so he took me down in echo park, vermont to this book store...

Live. one of the things we didnt touch on is service and what toms doing. hes going down to the mission, he doesnt want to talk about it -- >> youre not supposed to talk about it. >> larry: service, you should help people. service is part of the rehab? >> hes going down to the mission and he doesnt want to talk about it but thats a good thing. >> service and steps and the meetings. the triangle. if you stay in the triangle, you cant get in trouble. >> a secret thing. >> larry: keep it a secret. ...

I want to know what the experts think. joining me is bob forest, director of the hollywood recovery services. an addict himself and an addiction specialist. one of the best cries i p.r. men in the field, howard bergman. youve been in this crisis management for a long time. your old friend, stan rosenfeld, who is charlie sheens publicist, resigned yesterday. clearly felt that he could no longer control his client. what did you make of that? and if you were advising charlie sheen now, what would y...