Comedian Artie Lange completes New Jersey drug court program

Lange has been candid about his ongoing battle in opposition to drug dependancy through the years.
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Comic Artie Lange, who has been open about his struggles with dependancy, introduced Thursday that he accomplished an intensive New Jersey drug court docket program.

Howard Stern’s former sidekick spent greater than three years in this system after a choose sentenced him to finish it or face jail time.

“Completely satisfied to announce that I’ve accomplished the NJ drug court docket program,” the 54-year-old wrote on Twitter. “Thx to my household and buddies and followers for all of your assist.”

Lange was first arrested for cocaine and heroin possession close to his Hoboken dwelling in March 2017. He pleaded responsible and enrolled in a drug therapy program, however was cuffed once more about two years later for failing to adjust to the phrases of this system.

Lange is the host of the podcast “Artie Lange’s Midway Home.”

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The star then spent practically two months in jail beginning in Might 2019 earlier than heading into one other drug court docket program.

Lange has been candid about his ongoing battle in opposition to drug dependancy through the years — even sharing pics of his misshapen nostril attributable to drug abuse.

Completely satisfied to announce that I’ve accomplished the NJ drug court docket program. Thx to my household and buddies and followers for all of your assist

— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) July 14, 2022

In a 2019 interview with Joe Rogan, Lange credited his mom — who he was dwelling with in Hoboken — for serving to him to remain sober.

“I began to assume clearer and take into consideration the implications, and take into consideration my mother,” he stated within the interview.

The comic took time without work from social media and remained out of the highlight to concentrate on his sobriety.

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He stated he started to comprehend his mom was continuously anxious about him fatally overdosing.

“I thought of her ache and stated, ‘I can’t do that anymore.'”

A couple of 12 months in the past, Lange gave the impression to be doing higher than ever and averted making headlines as he hit two-and-a-half years sober, Lange’s lawyer Michael Robbins instructed the Put up.

The comic took time without work from social media and remained out of the highlight to concentrate on his sobriety earlier than briefly bringing again his podcast “Artie Lange’s Midway Home.”

In February, he introduced he could be taking a break from producing the present to concentrate on well being — unrelated to substance abuse points. He famous that he was three years sober.