Rehab is For Quitters

The fallout of Gavin’s Bad Week has taken another turn, much to SFist's already bored chagrin, in that he just announced today that he's going to seek counseling for boozing. Now that "the Sopranos" is over, maybe that could be the sequel-- Dr. Melfi takes on as her new patient a handsome but troubled Mayor who breaks down everytime he sees snowy plovers by a pool. Newsom apparently told all of his Department Heads today what's up and to let them know that it won't entail him going into rehab so he'll be around to be Mayor. There goes our fantasy of him hanging with Lindsey Lohan and Mike Tyson in rehab. We also wonder if he'll do AA like Ruby did and so have to confess to everyone who he has wronged. Imagine that press conference.

Now granted, there have been rumors about Gavin boozing it up for a long time. And there have been all sorts of stories about him doing Mayoral type things while being a little incapacitated. But still, the whole "seeking counseling" thing is such a cliché-- it's always the second thing PR people tell people who've screwed up to do, right after apologizing. It's what everybody is doing whenever they get in trouble because it's a way of pretending be responsible without actually being responsible. Unless, of course, he really needs it.

Whatever-- we wish Gavin good luck anyways.