God bless you joey and stay strong. Fuc* the haters... **********Dessi-B

Joey Is A Liar. I Know 100 Percent He Is Still On Drugs And Drinks Like A Fish. Joey Is Only Trying To Further His Career. I Live In The Same Area As Him And Roll In The Same Groups He Does And Its A Well Known Fact That Joey,as Well As Brad From San Diego, Are Cokeheads.

Some of these comments are ridiculous. Joey has a serious problem. Being an addict and an alcoholic is hard to deal with! I watched my grandpa single handidly beat and tear his family apart! He had to be put into a rehab institution and he is now mentally disabled because of his alcoholism! He can't control anything he does or says. I'm not saying that Joey has this problem but the combination of alcoholism and drug addiction isn't something you can easily control! It is a big problem and I really don't think he is doing it for attention. People all around the world are acting the same way Joey is but no one else sees that because their life isn't being broadcast on national television! Some people need to think before they start tearing Joey apart! He's trying to better himself! Good luck Joey!

Apparently a lot of you don't understand the difference between drinking for fun and drinking because u can't stop. Personally i'm a 19 year old and basically a full fledged alchoholic. I've been drinking heavily for about 3 years and in the past year have drank at least 5 -7 nights a week and every night probably ranged between 15-20 drinks. I almost got kicked out of school as a freshman for getting in a physical altercation with a security guard while blacked out one night. I'm not just some idiot either, i actually attend a top 15 school in the country but ever since I've started drinking I just can't stop. When I get drunk sometimes i'm the exact same way as Joey so I understand where he's comin from completely. He wasn't makin this sh*t up, its pretty real and I'm goin through it. I can't picture a day when I'm gonna stop either. A lot of people say "oh this is bullsh*t" and i use to say the exact same sh*t but it's real as h*ll man. Just quit being ignorant and try to realize some peope go through weird sh*t that you could probably never understand. I wish Joey the best of luck with what he's doin.

Joey is a giant deush!

Love him! good for you. stay strong

Best of luck to you Joey. I'm rooting for you. Thank you for sharing your story, as difficult as it may have been for you. Your honesty was very refreshing for ANY reality TV. I hope you ignore any judgments or negative comments and focus on yourself and those who matter to you. You were the first person on "The Real World" to make me cry, and I've seen every season. Thank you for being "real."

4:15 p.m. Then you just don't understand addiction. There's more to it than self pity, that's part of the cycle of addiction. Do some research before making such a selfish observation.

atta boy! now you go enjoy the relative obscurity you were trying to avoid.

This kid was off his rocker for the first couple of episodes!! Watching him go-off like that was something else!! Glad he got himself detoxed, he really needed it, he probably would've killed someone if he didn't get that help that he needed. Too bad those roomies of his didn't try to support him more when he came out of rehab, but Sara is the only one that did. I hope that he stays clean!!

How long did the roomates actually know this guy? Why should they be expected to stay home with him? They aren't his friends, if you want to be around people to love and support you, go home and don't go on a reality television show. Let's see you in a few years and see if you are still sober. He needs to know how to deal with people around him partying. Just because you have an addiction it doesn't mean that everyone around you needs to tip toe around you. The Real World sucks, it has run it's course.

He doesn't have anyone at home to understand and support him. If you dont like the show why are you here coommenting about things you don't even know. If it wasn't for the Real World producers that got him some help who knows if this guy would be alive today. I'm glad he's sober and i hope he stays that way

Real World: Hollywood is so boring this year. However, I thought Joey was a good casting choice. When things started to come out about him on the show, about him just cleaning up from drugs and alcohol, I was thinking to myself, "Why are you on this show?" I'm glad he went to rehab though on the show. I could have seen him do two things, he could have stayed and stuck it out and became stronger, or he could have done what he did, and went home. Going home was a good choice for him, and it would have been nice if he stayed, but he admitted that he didn't stop using drugs and alcohol not too long before he went on "The Real World," so going home was a good choice for him. There are a lot of temptations, and him being clean and sober, and obviously not having the strong mind to be put into certain situations at the time...he made the best choice. He should go into a year long rehab program to really make sure he's clean and sober. So far though he seems like he's making good choices. I wish him the best. He's just a normal person like all the rest of us trying to live a decent life, and I can admire him for wanting to get better. I know he wanted to try out being an actor while out in Hollywood, but he left those dreams to work on himself. I think a personal trainer fits him perfectly, considering that fits his personality, I can't quite see him as an actor, but I hope he makes it work whatever path he chooses. Good luck to him though.

I have friends who abuse alcohol, cocaine and crystal, literally it changes the person you are and it can take away EVERYTHING from you. It's so hard to quit especially when your feening, I've seen people do some crazy stuff just to make money and blow it off on drugs. I knew this guy who lost his home and family because of his addiction to meth. These are powerful drugs, a person who has never used these drugs can't understand why its soooo hard to quit, they've never felt that rush or high. I'm not gonna lie I have done it before thats why i don't expect my friends to get over it in one night it's a process you have to start slowly and it progresses over time. Congrats to Joey Kovar he's one of the lucky ones he didn't let the drug consume his life he faught and a fight like that can knock you out. He stayed strong he wanted his life back and hopefully he continues to fight hard. It's always going to be around him rather its around the corner, down the block or in his face. It's tough when your friends are doing it and having fun but Joey is a strong person and screw all those people who think your being a party pooper. You know whats up you've been there done that and now your moving on !!! Good luck Joey!!

Joey sucks!

The people posting here act like the people in the house owed something to Joey. They don't owe anything to a virtual stranger, especially because none of them had any kind of training to deal with that situation. In fact, the Real World producers acted irresponsibly by putting a raging addict in a house with young adults in Hollywood who naturally are going to want to party. This was a recipe for disaster and frankly Joey is an idiot for going on the show and then expecting everyone to have to deal with his problems. Immature, irresponsible and ridiculous.