As you know, if you've been following pop culture, actor Charlie Sheen has been hanging out with hookers and carrying around suitcases full of cocaine - it's been a bonanza of bad behavior made all the more fun now because yesterday Sheen decided to get on the radio and talk about himself being a
Vatican assasin and, well, just a lot of crazy shit. (Read the New York Vulture blog post about it here) I guess it was time that we needed a new Anne Heche, but while kinda funny in a finger pointing 'aren't people funny' kind of way, it is, of course, ultimately just sad to watch someone self destruct so.
If you ever wanted to know what the long term effects of cocaine are on the mental state of a person, we can thank Mr. Sheen for displaying them so clearly. I'm sure CA (Cocaine Anonymous) must be thrilled to have him as a "Don't Let This Happen To
You" spokesperson. The megalomania and delusions, the perception of invincibility .. it's all classic and all very sad. It's at this point when the addict doesn't feel that anything can hurt them that they stop taking care of themselves and tumble into serious physical decline. This will be very sad to see. To claim that you can cure yourself of cocaine addiction after two weeks and that AA doesn't work, well, let's check in with him in May and see where he's at. I'd like to believe he's James Frey -but then even James Frey isn't James Frey.
CBS has canceled production on the rest of the season of 2 AND A HALF MEN and Sheen will hopefully find his way out of this bewildering emotional and physical maze he's gone into.