Who here watches?

in the first episode, jeff said his pain pill addiction started after he fell and landed on his back on the set of grease. it was during the scene when they sing "grease lighting". he said someone missed a move wihich fall hard on the car they were dancing on.

he claims he has had chronic pain ever since. he would go to doctor to doctor and get more and more pills.

in a later episode, he revealed as a child he was severely physically and emotional abused by neighborhood boys and sexually abuse by adults when he was going door to door selling stuff for an organization.

pretty sad life...

They said he had had an injury that caused a lot of pain in his back, & over time he got addicted to the pain pills, & he was drinking as well. That fruitcake girlfriend is a big part of the problem--getting rid of her would do wonders for him. Jeff has come around remarkably--the 1st couple weeks, he was totally out of it from the drugs. I really have some hope for him now.

You can watch episode 1 here:

http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1578614&vid...

There are a lot of clips also.

He was injured while doing a revival of "Grease" as someone said.

His first movie was as a druggie in "Jennifer on My Mind" (1971).

He's had problems for awhile:

"In 1990, Conaway made headlines when he sideswiped a bicycle rider on Santa Monica Boulevard and was arrested for drunk driving. The following year, he was ordered to 60 days house arrest and three years probation with mandatory attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous five days per week for three years."

http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Jeff_Conaway/18...

Guess it didn't take.

I try to watch it when I can. I have no idea what happened to Jeff, but he certainly looks better than he did at the beginning of the show. I feel bad for Chyna/Joanie... That poor woman is a mess, which is too bad b/c she seems fairly nice.

I missed the first couple Of shows. I did not even know who he was until they said he was in Grease & Taxi.

Poor guy. I hope he can kick the habit and his darn girlfriend that brough vodka into the center. She will only make it harder for him.

Man Jeff is hurtin for certain! I don't know if he'll ever turn it around. I'm rootin for him too though!!! He was cool in the movie Grease.

i dont remember what he said about why he started. theyll have a marathon soon, im sure.

i really love crazy town guy, i liked how he pushed jeffs wheelchair :)

umm jeffs addicton started when he had to take to many pain pills or his injury.

Omg, me too !!. When i watched the first episode i was so surprised. I had to check twice if it was him. Damn, what drugs to people ...

I haven't seen it yet!!!