Adler's Going Back To Rehab

Steven Adler

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler can't say "No, no, no" to rehab — unless he wants to go to jail.

Adler's rehabilitation stint didn't work the first time, and now a Los Angeles court commissioner has ordered him to go back to rehab or do prison time. Adler was told on Friday that he could avoid prison time if he went to a state-sanctioned rehab program in California.

Adler previously completed a rehab program on the Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew television program. He was sentenced a day after an episode aired on VH1 that showed him graduating from the program.

Adler — who really, really, really wants back in GN'R — pleaded no contest to felony drug possession charges last month. The charges stemmed from an incident in July when police were called to a home at 4 a.m. where Adler was apparently causing a disturbance and wouldn't leave. Adler was charged with heroin possession, driving under the influence of a controlled substance and having an outstanding warrant.

Adler's drug problems are the reason he was fired from GN'R in 1990, and he's had persistent substance abuse problems since.

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