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“As someone who has been in Charlie’s shoes—I’m a firm believer that it’s important to do 90 days in a treatment facility,” VH1 “Sober House” star and Pasadena Recovery Center counselor Jennifer Gimenez tells FOX411. “I think his at-home treatment is a quick fix for him—he’s still trying to do it his way. I understand his responsibilities with work, but if he doesn’t get better, he’s going to die—and then there’ll be no work. I believe that he could get better if he gives himself the time. I don’t think that doing quote unquote ‘rehab’ in your house is the right thing to do. He’s going back to the scene of the crime and he’s not in contact with other addicts and alcoholics who are also trying to recover. You really need the process of a group. Doing it alone is scary—I’ve never heard of it working. Time will tell.”

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