Number one talk radio host Rush Limbaugh announced at the end of his broadcast Friday that he was addicted to painkillers and would be checking himself into a rehab clinic Friday afternoon.
He said his top-rated show would be hosted for the next 30 says by a series of guest hosts. With just minutes left to go in his show, Limbaugh told his audience: "Part of what you've heard and read in the past week is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication. I first started taking prescription pain killers five or six years ago when my doctor prescribed them to treat post-surgical pain following spinal surgery." The conservative icon told his audience, "Unfortunately the surgery was unsuccessful and I continued to have severe pain in my lower back and also in my neck now, due to two herniated disks - pain which I'm experiencing because of that." Limbaugh said he chose not to undergo further surgery, but instead tried to treat the pain with prescribed medication, explaining, "this medication turned out to be highly addictive." "Over the past several years I've tried to break my dependence on pain pills and in fact I've twice checked myself into medical facilities in an attempt to do so." The top talker said he only recently agreed with his doctor to take some additional steps. "So, immediately following this broadcast I will check myself into a treatment center for the next 30 days to once and for all break the hold that this highly addictive medication has on me." xponent Funkie Junkie Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
