Lesson Number One

I really try hard not to get worked up about celebrity goings on. I do, however, see a valuable lesson to be learned from the recent antics of Charlie Sheen. If you have been hidden in a deep, dark cave then you might not have heard that Charlie Sheen seems to have some sort of substance abuse problem. He also has been getting caught in hotel rooms with porn actresses with slightly questionable events perhaps happening in that hotel room.
Gee...a man might have paid for some sex. Or some young enterprising woman might have realized how to obtain her fifteen minutes of fame.
Do I care about that stuff? Not even an iota.
The lesson to be learned comes from yesterday's reported "Charlie Watch."
He is slamming his co-star from "Two and a Half Men" Jon Cryer for not being supportive and calling him while Charlie has been busy roasting his own ass in the fire.
Now there is the lesson to be learned from a substance abuser right there.
Turned the heat up on yourself too high? Then blame the other guy for the problem. Distract, distract, distract.
I suspect that Jon Cryer has a good manager or enough brains in his head to know that you don't rush to support a loose cannon...that is hanging over the side of a ship by a mere thread.
Anybody with any sense should know to stay the hell away from supporting Charlie Sheen at this point. (Exception to this rule: His Daddy Martin. If you are related to the guy you might want to get involved just to try to get him to shut the hell up. Also so the world can stop wondering if his parents spent a bit of time near a chemical spill while Charlie was in utero....but I digress there.)
You never know if the guy will next get caught with a couple of German shepherds and some sheep in a hotel room.
Be wise Jon Cryer...stay far, far away from that madness.
For us average folk...if you are related to, dating, or otherwise dealing with someone with a substance abuse problem and the abuser tries to rope you into their madness....also stay far, far away. Let them deal with their own shit. It is the only way that they might ever get their shit together after all.