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Steve-O: "I'm Fighting My Way" to Sobriety
Tuesday July 8, 2008

Steve-O arrives at LAX Nightclub September 9, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Former Jackass star Steve-O made a brief appearance for a progress hearing at L.A. Superior Court Criminal Tuesday morning.

Judge Hank Goldberg exonorated Steve O's $10,000 bond and ordered him to appear again on August 11.

On Monday, Steve-O blogged that he returned to a mental institution to stay sober after problems with cocaine, ketamine, pcp, nitrous oxide and other drugs.

"I'm in the pysch unit of the recovery hospital," the prankster told Usmagazine.com Tuesday.

"It is a long hard process and I'm fighting my way through it," he said. "Some days are better than others."

The 33-year-old said he entered voluntarily on the advice of his psychiatrist. He's been clean for 120 days.

"It's common for people who have done as much drugs as I have and who suffer from mood disorders and bipolar to really struggle with bumps in the road," he told Us.

"I'd like to dispel the myth that you get clean and sober and everything is fine and will power is the way and everything is cool 'cause it's hard," he added.

Steve-O – who was hospitalized at a mental health unit of L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in March – pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession in June and was ordered to attend rehab for two years.

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Posted by Mandi Illuzzi at 1:41 pm ET Permanent Link | 6 Comments
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6 Comments

11:25 AM Anonymous Says:

ohh i love steve o too. i hope he keeps his head up, i thinkit will be wellllll worth it for the guy!

eventually, you gotta grow out of all the dumbsh*t (drugs)

good luck steve!

8:38 PM Chewbacca Says:

Hopefully he gets better

9:42 AM porker Says:

Been there,good luck. Life is much better when you can feel the love that people have for you. Being numb is good only during a tooth extraction.

5:50 PM Allison 85 Says:

I hope he gets better. He seems like a genuinely nice person. Good luck Steve-o!

4:59 PM Anonymous Says:

i love steve-o and i love cocaine

2:24 PM Glad I'm Not Famous Says:

He should go around and talk about his struggles with drugs -- considering most young guys consider this joker a hero. Drugs ain't all they're cracked up to be.