What was mike addicted to

And I went down this road for many years. It was around the time of the walk behind the woodshed with MTV staff in that Sorrentino made public his addiction to prescription painkillers, the opioids that opened the floodgates to the heroin crisis. Sorrentino said he never fell prey to heroin as did many of those addicted to OxyContin and other pills. Sorrentino went into rehab in and was taking a naltrexone shot, a once-a-month dose of medication-assisted treatment that blocks the effects of opioids.

Much of season six of "Jersey Shore," which ran from October through December of , focused on Sorrentino's struggles to remain sober and the effect that had on his fellow cast members. I was going to try to do it my way. And obviously I was wrong. According to the Asbury Park Press , Sorrentino's addiction to opioids began when he was in college.

And I went down this road for many years. In March , Sorrentino checked into a treatment program to deal with his addiction issues. I have spent the past several weeks getting treatment for this problem and recuperating from my work and appearance schedule," he wrote back in One month later, he successfully completed his program.

But the reality star relapsed after that. I was going to try to do it my way. I want to go party, I want to feel better. Sorrentino said he jumped into his car and drove off. Instead of letting him go, his then-girlfriend Lauren Pesce — whom he married last week — got into her own car and took off after him.

She was determined. It was just a train wreck. Sorrentino's sobriety has helped him put those anger-filled days behind him and start to move on in his life. It taught me to be more accepting," he told us. I try not to have any arguments.

I mean, everything in my life now has changed.