Kari Ann Peniche. Photo Credit: Kari Ann Peniche MySpace
The season premiere of VH1's 'Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew' aired last night and brought the subject of sexual addiction front and center.
With the patients checking into the Pasadena Recovery Center (as they have in past seasons of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Dr. Drew and staff start the process of recovery and healing with the participants of the show.
Extended scenes from the first episode show the group annoyed at the lack of participation of their peer, Kari Ann (Peniche) - they discuss how there has been too much drama and how they feel she has been isolating and not making the effort that the others are making, The patients are also instructed to make a "timeline" of their lives, marking notable events.
More about Kari Ann Penich - From Wikipedia:
Kari Ann Peniche (pronounced Pun-ee-chee)[1] (born March 27, 1984) is a beauty queen and entertainer from Fairview, Oregon. She has held the Miss Oregon Teen USA and Miss United States Teen titles. She was stripped of the latter title after appearing nude in the November 2004 issue of Playboy Magazine. Peniche lived in San Diego before moving to Houston and then Oregon with her mother. She first attended a modeling class at age 12, and modeled in Korea at ages 16 and 18. Since her Playboy pictorial, she has launched a fashion business, and has appeared on television and in movies. She has been the subject of several celebrity gossip stories, including a brief engagement to singer Aaron Carter, a quarrel with singer Mindy McCready, and the leak of a controversial home video including actors Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart.
Watch the full episode of Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew- launch player at VH1.
From the official press release - Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew::
Addictions are nothing new, and most people are aware of those involving alcohol, drugs, and eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, but few know about and understand sex addiction. It afflicts roughly 3%-6% of the American population, and just like other addictions, its impact on personal lives can be devastating. The affliction can wreak havoc on the mental and physical health of those afflicted as well as destroy marriages, families, careers and even finances.
Dr. Drew and a team of the nation’s foremost experts on sexual addiction will guide eight patients through an intensive state of the art program. Living together for 21 days, they’ll meet with Dr. Drew in daily one-on-one and group therapy sessions in order to get to the root of their compulsive behavior.
Dr. Drew is a highly respected practicing MD, is board certified in addiction medicine and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at KECK USC School of Medicine, who will once again give viewers an unflinching look at exactly how the rehab process works and what it feels like for participants. Dr. Drew hopes to use his patients to humanize the process and show viewers that treatment is a viable way to break the cycle of addiction. Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew is executive produced by John Irwin and Bruce Toms for Irwin Entertainment. Dr. Drew Pinsky and Howard Lapides are also executive producing. Jeff Olde, Jill Holmes, and Noah Pollack are executive producers for VH1.
Watch the complete first episode of Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew below:
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