I'll start out by saying I've hardly ever watched "Baywatch" or "Knight Rider", but I have always been a fan of "The Hoff". I really started to know who he was after watching "America's Got Talent" and his hilarious role in "Click", but after seeing the recent video he released, I am starting to feel sorry for the man.
I don't personally know how bad alcoholism is for someone, but seeing Mr. Hasselhoff really pained me. Someone who had an amazing career turning to this is saddening. Falling of the wagon must be one of the hardest things for a person to go through, and I'm glad his daughter was there to support him. He seems to be doing better since re-entering rehab and I hope he is fully better by the summer during "America's Got Talent Season 2", because he really made the show popular.
Continue to support David Hasselhoff and continue to remind people about the effects of alcohol. There are many alcoholics that hide it well and since Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow night, maybe this video could awaken you of what alcohol can do to even a star like Mr. Hasselhoff.
If for some reason Mr. Hasselhoff visits this site and reads this one little blog, as a fan of yours, I am pulling for you to recover and continue on your success in Hollywood.
Yeah, I know. Seeing that video was really kind of scary. You could hardly even recognize him.
The good news is that he's obviously committed to recovering. I mean, the news said that he asked his kids to film him if he ever got that way. He obviously knew also that it would be "leaked" to the press everywhere. That means that he's willing to put his whole career, repuation, and even his dignity on the line to recover from his alcoholism. That's really honorable, and I know he'll succeed if he really puts his mind to it.
A few years ago Robin Williams checked into a rehab center right here in my home town. The whole city really rallied around him, and I know that Hasselhoff's fans will support him all the way too.
Allison
"Be the change you want to see in the world" ~Mahatma Gandhi
Dear Mr. Hasselhoff,
I am sorry to hear of your recent struggles. As an author, public speaker, radio show host and sober alcoholic with nearly twelve years of sobriety, I must set you straight on a couple of things. You are a coward and a bone head. Please allow me to further elaborate on my venomous spew. Relapse is, in no way shape or form, a part of recovery. Taking a bottle of booze in a moment of weakness and tipping it upwards towards your massive cranium is not part of any program of recovery.
We, as alcoholics, must take an honest look at ourselves and be courageous enough to enter a program of recovery. Then we must abstain from the poison which we embraced for so many years. While we are abstaining, we must help and give ourselves to others. Then and only then do we learn why it is we abused alcohol and ourselves in the first place. After we learn who we are can we truly learn to accept and love ourselves. This is known as permanent sobriety. Without recovery permanent sobriety is impossible. Relapse has no place in recovery. You, your publicist and others who buy into this concept are doomed to an ultimate and untimely demise. Recovery is a painful but necessary part of permanent sobriety.
To those of you who buy into Mr. Hasselhoff’s concept that relapse is part of recovery…cheers! My heart bleeds, for eminent suffering shall soon engulf you. To those of you who seek change and don’t know how or where to start please visit my website www.journeywithjay.net and drop me an email or call me live Sunday nights on Blog talk radio. The number is 1-718-664-9750; the show is called “Morning’s Remorse”. I look forward to hearing from you and helping those who need it and want it most. Thank you all in advance for allowing me to continue to help myself by allowing me to help you…
Jay Kolo, sober alcoholic