E! Online announced today that Charlie Sheen has checked into rehab. This is what his publicist, Stan Rosenfield, had to say:"As a preventative measure, Charlie Sheen has entered a rehabilitation facility. He will take some time off his series Two and a Half Men. He has asked that his privacy be honored."
I'm not sure that Mr. Sheen or his publicist understand the meaning of rehab. Generally, one checks in after experiencing a problem.
MedicineNet.com defines rehabilitation as:
The process of restoration of skills by a person who has had an illness or injury so as to regain maximum self-sufficiency and function in a normal or as near normal manner as possible....Someone needs to let Charlie know right away--he's going to the wrong place. He needs to go to prehab!
The word comes from the Latin "rehabilitare" meaning to make fit again.
