Jeff Conaway: I’m sober, no thanks to Dr. Drew
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 
When the world last saw “Grease” and “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway, he was in a wheelchair and slurring obscenities at Dr. Drew while being thrown out of Celebrity Rehab for getting violent with his girlfriend in the facility. He immediately went home and popped some Oxy. This week, in a world radio exclusive, Conaway declared his sobriety, ironically enough, on a show called the Radio Happy Hour.
Appearing with his girlfriend Vikki Lizzi and life coach Johnny Wimbrey, Conaway told hosts Dr. Blogstein and Dangerous Lee that he’s been clean since November 20th when he had his fifth back surgery (Conway’s problems started when he broke his back, and then continued downhill as he became addicted to painkillers, and later, cocaine and alcohol.)
But “clean” to Jeff Conaway may not be what others consider “clean.” He told the show that he’s weening himself off of his pain medication and that he’ll “have a drink once in a while” to help him sleep.
Conway credits Wimbrey’s positive message for accelerating his recovery and claims his counseler on Celebrity Rehab, Dr. Drew, failed him.
Conway reports: “Dr. Drew told me, ‘forget it, it’s all over. You’re never going to get better.’”
“I think Dr. Drew is a wonderful, great man and he means the best (but) he came up lacking in this one.”
When asked what he plans to say the next time he sees Dr. Drew face to face, Conway sang, “Ha Ha, I told you so! Ha Ha, I told you so!”
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UPDATE 2-27-09
(No word, however, if Jeff Conway sang, “Ha Ha, I told you so! Ha Ha, I told you so!”)
