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  • Jersey Shore: 'The Situation' Congratulates Ronnie on Recovery

    Jersey Shore: 'The Situation' Congratulates Ronnie on Recovery

    Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino congratulated co-star Ronnie on staying with his recovery on Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.

    Jersey Shore became a big hit on MTV, and now that it’s returned as Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino is congratulating Ronnie Ortiz-Magro on his sobriety.

    Sorrentino had to make the call from prison, where he’s currently serving an eight-month sentence for tax evasion. The scene was captured for Family Vacation, when Sorrentino’s wife Lauren shows up at Ronnie’s Vegas home to help celebrate the one-year birthday of his daughter.

    One Day at a Time

    Ronnie’s wife Jen explains that “everything’s good” in her relationship with Ronnie. “Everything is super chill now” that he went to rehab. Jen then told Lauren, “You went through kind of what I’m going through. It’s just good because [Ronnie is] very calm now. It’s completely changed him. And it’s changing me, because I’m not on edge. Everything has just been really good.”

    “Listen, it’s hard on him and it’s hard on you,” Lauren replied, “because it’s a new world. When you first start recovery, you’re like a newborn. Sometimes the relationship has to take a back-burner.”

    Once ‘The Situation’ speaks to Ronnie on the phone, he congratulates him for getting sober. “I heard that you have a sponsor, you’re doing meetings, and you’re working day at a time at the program, so I’m very proud of you. It works if you work it, buddy.”

    “It’s been good so far,” Ronnie replied. “One day at a time.”

    Life After Rehab

    Early this year, Ortiz-Magro revealed that he entered rehab because he was suffering from depression and alcoholism. “I decided to go to treatment because I wanted to be a better person, a better father for my daughter,” he explained. “Eventually, all the bad decisions I was making were going to lead me to places I didn’t want to be. I wanted to be led to the place that I am now – that’s happy, healthy, and the best role model for my daughter.”

    The Situation himself hit his three-year sobriety mark on December 22 last year. Sorrentino had struggled with painkiller addiction, and he went to rehab in 2012 and 2015. “Being sober really taught me how to just be at peace,” he said. “I live my life today at peace…I mean, everything in my life has changed. I really feel awesome today.”

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  • Jersey Shore's Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Breaks Silence On Rehab Stay

    Jersey Shore's Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Breaks Silence On Rehab Stay

    Ortiz-Magro said he decided to get help because to be a “better person, a better father for my daughter.”

    One of the original stars of Jersey Shore, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, revealed his battles with depression and alcohol addiction in an interview with Us Weekly on Tuesday. The 33-year-old reality TV celebrity spoke on his recent decision to enter rehab, motivated by his desire to be a good role model for his daughter.

    “I decided to go to treatment because I wanted to be a better person, a better father for my daughter,” Otiz-Magro said. “Eventually, all the bad decisions I was making were going to lead me to places that I didn’t want to be. I wanted to be led to the place that I am now – that’s happy, healthy and the best role model for my daughter.”

    Ortiz-Magro has a little girl, Ariana Sky Magro, with his on-again-off-again girlfriend Jen Harley. Around the new year entering 2019, the couple had a violent fight that ended in a bloody face for Ortiz-Magro. Us Weekly reported that a source described their relationship as volatile.

    In the interview, the reality star admitted to not being proud of many of the things he’s done over the years, that he was making the wrong decisions, and was “very depressed.” Going into addiction treatment, he described himself as depressed, angry, and “resentful to myself about a lot of things I’ve done over the last year, or even years.”

    Like many individuals involved in the fast-paced life of stardom, Ortiz-Magro developed problems with drinking over a period of years and found himself feeling increasingly out of control.

    “I think it’s a chronic disease. It’s a progressive disease. I’m still struggling,” he explained. “You stop and you start up again, and it’s worse than when you stopped. You’re just like, ‘Wow, I thought I had this under control,’ but at the end of the day, it has full control over you.”

    Ortiz-Magro is not the only person involved in the Jersey Shore franchise to face addiction. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino spoke in 2018 about the drug use that led to some of his reckless behavior. In season four, Sorrentino landed himself in the hospital after intentionally slamming his head into a concrete wall that he thought was drywall.

    “For a couple of years, from season two on to five, I was really pushing the envelope on my behavior,” Sorrentino told The Asbury Park Press of New Jersey. “I was very wild, very careless, reckless.”

    He checked himself into rehab in 2012 in order to get treatment for his addiction to oxycodone. He has since married his college sweetheart and appears to be doing well.

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  • Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino Celebrates Another Sober Milestone

    Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino Celebrates Another Sober Milestone

    Sorrentino announced his new sober milestone on Instagram and was showered with praise by his “Jersey Shore” castmates. 

    Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has come a long way from his booze-fueled days on MTV’s Jersey Shore. The 36-year-old TV personality celebrated 33 months of sobriety on Saturday, announcing the milestone with a post on his Instagram account. “33 Months Clean & Sober #cleanchallenge,” he wrote. “Went from running into a wall to down on one knee. We do recover.”

    Sorrentino also tagged the Discovery Institute in his post, which he’s previously credited for helping him beat his addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers.

    And despite having gone through a full year of treatment at Discovery (including both inpatient and outpatient counseling), he wasn’t initially sold on the idea.

    “I’ll be honest, I hated everything about [addiction treatment],” Sorrentino said. “But … I wanted better for myself and I was going to do whatever it takes to get there.” He noted that Discovery made him “humble” and that treatment forced him to understand that he didn’t have all the answers. “It costs zero dollars to be a kind person,” he added.

    Sorrentino’s Instagram post was applauded by several of his fellow Jersey Shore castmates, too. Former co-star Angelina Pivarnick commented “resilience,” while Snooki said “I am legit crying I’m so proud of you.” Sorrentino recently told E! News that he hopes to be a “good example” for the “recovery world” and demonstrate to others that it’s “possible to have fun and dance in the club without drinking.”

    That said, he admitted to People that shooting Jersey Shore Family Vacation in Miami Beach wasn’t without its problems. 

    “I had a very strong foundation for my recovery with over two years when I entered the house,” he said of the new show. “But I did have to challenge myself to go out and film a whole season of Jersey Shore and have fun without alcohol—to show the youth out there that it is possible.”

    He claimed that “it took a lot of hard work just to get there” as well as having to “challenge myself to do my job and be funny and be myself.”

    Following Jersey Shore’s cancellation in 2012, Sorrentino took to drugs and alcohol, eventually spending 60 days in rehab. “I had a year to settle down and find out who I was, and I wasn’t in the best shape,” Sorrentino told People. “I had to rebuild myself inside and out.”

    Unfortunately, after two years of sobriety, Sorrentino was indicted (along with his brother) with tax fraud on nearly $9 million of income. He was also prescribed painkillers (Sorrentino’s personal “drug of choice”) after cracking his ribs at the gym, which caused him to relapse.

    Now, with nearly three years of sobriety under his belt, Sorrentino appears to finally have his life in order: “I live my life today at peace. I try not to have any arguments,” he told E! News. “I mean, everything in my life has changed. I don’t speed. I don’t get into fights. I don’t get into arguments. I really feel awesome today.”

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