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Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino mightiness beryllium celebrating his eighth 'Soberversary' on December 25, but location was a clip erstwhile his attorneys erstwhile informed him he'd spent an estimated $500K connected cocaine and oxycodone.
'I was like, "Man, that decidedly sounds astir right," because it was true,' nan 41-year-old Jersey Shore prima recalled to ET on Monday.
'When you deliberation of that number, erstwhile you perceive that number, that's a bully assemblage money correct there. I gotta conscionable beryllium accountable and beryllium like, "Yeah, that happened." I was wild. I was careless. I was reckless, and I fell prey to supplier addiction.'
Mike recounts his agelong travel to sobriety successful Reality Check, nan 296-page memoir he co-authored pinch Andy Symonds that hits shelves connected December 19.
The fame and luck that came pinch starring successful a deed MTV reality show betwixt 2009-2012 was for illustration pouring 'gasoline connected fire' for Sorrentino's soul demons and he had a 'problem turning disconnected nan excess button.'
Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino mightiness beryllium celebrating his eighth 'Soberversary' connected December 25, but location was a clip erstwhile his attorneys erstwhile informed him he'd spent an estimated $500K connected cocaine and oxycodone (pictured Monday)
The 41-year-old Jersey Shore prima recalled to ET connected Monday: 'When you perceive that number, that's a bully assemblage money correct there. I gotta conscionable beryllium accountable and beryllium like, "Yeah, that happened." I was wild. I was careless. I was reckless, and I fell prey to supplier addiction' (pictured successful 2022)
'I was into everything. I had everything connected maine astatine each times successful my Louis Vuitton bag,' nan Staten Islander said.
'Everything - from a mates 100 Roxicet, which are 30mg oxycodone, past I'd person astir apt 150 Percocets connected me, which are 10mg oxycodone. Then I would person astir 100 Xanax connected me, 100 Valium, and if I wasn't walking connected a level possibly I would person immoderate weed and cocaine arsenic well.'
Mike now admits of competing connected nan 11th play of Dancing With nan Stars successful 2010: 'I was ever high.'
Sorrentino and his pro-partner Karina Smirnoff were eliminated successful nan 4th week of nan ABC personage dancing title and Dirty Dancing alum Jennifer Grey went connected to successful nan Mirrorball Trophy.
Several months later, nan Brotrition co-founder and his Jersey Shore castmates flew to Florence, Italy to movie nan 4th play and he successfully smuggled 'a mates 100 Roxys successful a shoe, successful an Altoids lawsuit that I disassembled.'
'Once nan [TSA security] sewage to nan container successful question, I would say, "Oh, I request to put those shoes on." So, I took them retired of nan equation,' Mike said of nan nerve-wracking airdrome incident.
Sorrentino was taking six painkillers per day, and erstwhile he ran retired he coiled up headbutting a wall during a screaming statement pinch castmate Ronnie Ortiz-Magro successful a 2011 section titled 'And nan Wall Won.'
'You guys saw successful Italy erstwhile I ran my caput into a wall,' The Buckhead Shore big noted.
Hitting shelves connected December 19! Mike recounts his agelong travel to sobriety successful Reality Check, nan 296-page memoir he co-authored pinch Andy Symonds
The fame and luck that came pinch starring successful a deed MTV reality show betwixt 2009-2012 was for illustration pouring 'gasoline connected fire' for Sorrentino's soul demons and he had a 'problem turning disconnected nan excess button' (pictured successful 2009)
The Staten Islander said: 'I was into everything. I had everything connected maine astatine each times successful my Louis Vuitton bag. Everything - from a mates 100 Roxicet, which are 30mg oxycodone, past I'd person astir apt 150 Percocets connected me, which are 10mg oxycodone. Then I would person astir 100 Xanax connected me, 100 Valium, and if I wasn't walking connected a level possibly I would person immoderate weed and cocaine arsenic well'
Mike now admits of competing connected nan 11th play of Dancing With nan Stars successful 2010: 'I was ever high'
Self-medicating connected set: Sorrentino and his pro-partner Karina Smirnoff (2-R) were eliminated successful nan 4th week of nan ABC personage dancing title and Dirty Dancing alum Jennifer Grey went connected to successful nan Mirrorball Trophy
Drug smuggling: Several months later, nan Brotrition co-founder and his Jersey Shore castmates flew to Florence, Italy to movie nan 4th play and he successfully smuggled 'a mates 100 Roxys successful a shoe, successful an Altoids lawsuit that I disassembled'
Mike said of nan nerve-wracking airdrome incident: 'Once nan [TSA security] sewage to nan container successful question, I would say, "Oh, I request to put those shoes on." So, I took them retired of nan equation'
'And nan Wall Won': Sorrentino was taking six painkillers per day, and erstwhile he ran retired he coiled up headbutting a wall during a screaming statement pinch castmate Ronnie Ortiz-Magro successful a 2011 episode
The Buckhead Shore big noted: 'I was going done withdrawals astatine nan clip because I had ran retired of pills'
'I had fixed up connected myself': Mike was treated for his addiction to medicine meds astatine Utah rehab Cirque Lodge (pictured successful 2008) successful 2012, and he completed a 2nd rehab stint successful 2015 aft snorting heroin and hitting stone bottom
Ex-convict: Sorrentino also neglected to salary $8.9M successful taxes, which led to an eight-month condemnation astatine Otisville Federal Correctional Institution until he was released successful 2019
Thanksgiving family portrait: The level Earther credits his assemblage sweetheart-turned-wife Lauren Pesce Sorrentino (R) and their 2 children - boy Romeo Reign, 2; and girl Mia Bella, 10 months - for helping him enactment sober and connected nan correct path
Still going strong! The Sorrentinos - who divided for a decade successful 2007 - will invited their 3rd kid (a daughter) adjacent March, and they celebrated their 5th wedding day connected November 1
Ready for more? Fans tin drawback much of The Situation successful nan first portion of nan sixth play reunion for Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, which airs this Thursday connected MTV
'I was going done withdrawals astatine nan clip because I had ran retired of pills.'
Mike was treated for his addiction to medicine meds astatine Utah rehab Cirque Lodge successful 2012, and he completed a 2nd rehab stint successful 2015 aft snorting heroin and hitting stone bottom.
'I was hopeless and I was successful that hole. I was depressed and [with] worry and self-doubt. I had fixed up connected myself,' Sorrentino recalled.
'I sewage to nan constituent successful my life I couldn't hide it anymore. I sewage to nan constituent wherever I needed to do thing different, and nan meaning of insanity is doing nan aforesaid point complete and complete again and expecting different results. Once I started to go sober, I really conscionable turned everything complete and was doing everything differently.'
The level Earther also neglected to salary $8.9M successful taxes, which led to an eight-month condemnation astatine Otisville Federal Correctional Institution until he was released successful 2019.
Mike credits his assemblage sweetheart-turned-wife Lauren Pesce Sorrentino and their 2 children - boy Romeo Reign, 2; and girl Mia Bella, 10 months - for helping him enactment sober and connected nan correct path.
The Sorrentinos - who divided for a decade successful 2007 - will invited their 3rd kid (a daughter) adjacent March, and they celebrated their 5th wedding day connected November 1.
Fans tin drawback much of The Situation successful nan first portion of nan sixth play reunion for Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, which airs this Thursday connected MTV.
