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===Addiction problems and reality shows=== Following his struggle with substance abuse, Binzer was one of nine celebrities featured in the first season of [[VH1]]'s ''[[Celebrity Rehab]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/celeb-rehab-what-are-they-doing-now-22941/ |title=Dr. Drew's Celeb Rehabbers -β How Clean Are They Now? |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=December 1, 2010 |work=[[TheWrap]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619200404/https://www.thewrap.com/celeb-rehab-what-are-they-doing-now-22941/ |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Binzer graduated from treatment with the other cast members in the summer of 2007. His sobriety was short-lived and subsequently he appeared briefly towards the end of ''[[Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew#Season 2|Celebrity Rehab 2]]'', where [[Drew Pinsky|Dr. Drew]] and Binzer's [[12 step#Sponsorship|sponsor]] retrieved him from his hotel room where he had been using drugs and brought him to the Pasadena Recovery Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/seth-binzer-shifty-shellshock-crazy-town-butterfly-singer-dead-dies-obit/ |title=Seth Binzer, Crazy Town Frontman and 'Butterfly' Singer Who Went by Shifty Shellshock, Dies at 49 |last=Dickey |first=Josh |date=June 25, 2024 |work=[[TheWrap]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625130541/https://www.thewrap.com/seth-binzer-shifty-shellshock-crazy-town-butterfly-singer-dead-dies-obit/ |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Binzer also appeared on a follow-up show titled ''[[Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House]]''. In July 2008, while shooting scenes for the show, Binzer walked out on production and into a heavy relapse after feeling insulted at a club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/28/shifty-shellshock-falls-off-sober-living-wagon/ |title=Shifty Shellshock Falls Off "Sober Living" Wagon |date=July 28, 2008 |work=[[TMZ.com|TMZ]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> William Smith, an employee of Dr. Drew, eventually sought out Binzer at a motel and brought him back to the rehab facility. An embarrassed Binzer pledged to Smith and Dr. Drew that the binge he embarked on was his last. On the show's final episode, Binzer is shown in the preliminary stages of being signed to a record producer for a new song, and resolves to stay sober.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=March 12, 2009 |title=Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House: Season one, episode eight |type=Television episode |location=United States |publisher=[[Irwin Entertainment, Inc.]] }}</ref> On the August 30, 2009, episode of ''[[Loveline]]'', Dr. Drew gave an emotional [[eulogy]] to his good friend and Binzer's former bandmate [[DJ AM]], who had died two days previously from an accidental [[drug overdose]] shortly after breaking 11 years of sobriety. During the tribute, Dr. Drew mentioned that Binzer's problems with addiction continued after ''Sober House 1'', eventually leading Binzer to take part in ''Sober House 2''. When filming for ''Sober House 2'' began, Dr. Drew got a "distress call" from Binzer and the two met, with Binzer revealing to Drew that his thirst for drugs was still very much active, and that he needed more help. Dr. Drew reluctantly allowed him to take part in the show and firmly stated that it would be the last time Drew gave him treatment. Dr. Drew voiced his hope that Goldstein's death would inspire Binzer to remain sober.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=March 18, 2010 |title=Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House: Season two, episode two |type=Television episode |location=United States |publisher=[[Irwin Entertainment, Inc.]] }}</ref>
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