Richie Sambora's Drunk Driving Charge

Richie Zambora, famed guitarist of Bon Jovi, was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol on Tuesday night.

Zambora, 48, was arrested just before 11 p.m., after a police officer saw his black Hummer weaving in and out of traffic lanes. There were three unidentified passengers in the car, including one woman and two girls.

Richie Zambora has been linked to some of the famous actresses of Hollywood. According to "Who's Dated Who," Zambora has been links to Courtney Cox, Bekka Bramlett, Cher, Ally Sheedy, Heather Locklear and Denise Richards. The tabloid headlines were full of stories about the love triangle of Locklear, Richards and Zambora last year. After Zambora's divorce from Heather Locklear, the rock star started to date her former best friend, Denise Richards.Denise Richards had recently divorced Charlie Sheen.

News reports on television and on the Internet have given conflicting statements about Zambora's past alcohol rehab. I have heard reports of one week and one month in that were spent in rehab earlier this year.

I have been close to a person who was in alcohol rehab not once, but several times. My initial reaction to the news that Zambora had been in rehab was that one week, or one month of rehab is not a miracle cure. To imply that Zambora's problem should have been solved was naive.

Alcoholism is a painful disease, that spells chaos, pain and humiliation for the alcoholic and the those close to the alcoholic. Unless you have been personally touched by the destruction that is alcoholism, it is hard to impossible to understand.

I had an alcoholic in my life. The alcoholic was on a downward spiral that I could not pull him out of. He went into rehab several times.

People tend to think the alcoholic goes into rehab and comes out all better. That is not the case. Short term alcoholism rehab does little more that dry out the alcoholic. From my observation, one week is probably not going to to the trick, unless there is a miracle that goes along with it.