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AJ Loses Sobriety Battle -- Again

Posted Jan 27th 2009 9:19AM by TMZ Staff

AJ McLean is a recovering alcoholic -- so it was heartbreaking to see the Backstreet Boy stumbling out of the Key Club last night, appearing to be wasted out of his mind.

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As McLean nearly falls into the street, one of his friends calls him out -- right out in the middle of Hollywood -- emotionally confronting the guy who went to rehab for alcohol and cocaine abuse in 2001... and again in 2002.

Witnesses inside the Key Club say they saw McLean taking shots and drinking beers during the show. After the confrontation, McLean's friends forced him into a cab and sent him home.

McLean was reportedly six years sober in 2008. Calls to McLean's rep have not yet been returned.

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1. Drunk people are cool

Posted at 9:31AM on Jan 27th 2009 by BM

2. I feel empathy for this guy. He should have been working with another alcoholic and called his sponsor. Obviously he still had a lurking notion he could drink like other people and not take a terrible beating. The disease progresses even when you don't drink for awhile. I hope he gets back into the life of sobriety. God help him. It's a tragic, soul-destroying disease.

Posted at 9:35AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Quintile

3. wow-- that's kinda hard to watch.

Posted at 9:40AM on Jan 27th 2009 by cmj

4. this is so sad... he went through so much and he'd come so far..
i hope he gets back on track
and gets new friends
most of those chicks did not look like they had his best interests at heart... if they were good friends then why would they even let him near a club he was?

Posted at 9:40AM on Jan 27th 2009 by FashionFrenzie

5. Who was that nasty heffer?? What a skank trying to throw her weight around. lol!

Video was hard to watch, I hope he can get over this hump and get back to sobriety.

Posted at 9:43AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Nobody Important

6. Agh, man. Really sad. I'm sure it's been a constant struggle, with the kind of life he leads and the people around him. I hope he recovers.

Posted at 10:10AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Mary

7. Ok - he slipped. Not at at all unusual for one who is newly sober. Why you repulsive vultures, especially the revoltingly fat girl, who are taunting him goes beyond cruelty.

Posted at 9:46AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Alicia

8. I have been a BSB fan since they first started. To see AJ like that after a 6 years struggle is upsetting. I feel for him, and hope that we will once again get more help... i know he cn do it again....hopefully for longer then six years this time. I thoughts and prayers are with him....

Posted at 9:47AM on Jan 27th 2009 by HetherFeather

9. OMG!!!
Poor guy...
if he was with his friend, how could let him drink alcohol... what kind of friend are those??????????

Posted at 9:50AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Carolina

10. Wow, that really sucks to see him impaired again. I wish him to best and hope this is not the start of a downward spiral.

Posted at 9:50AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Julie

11. jackass...

Posted at 9:52AM on Jan 27th 2009 by ozzman

12. AJ needs to surround himself with people who care about him or he will die.

Posted at 9:55AM on Jan 27th 2009 by nancy

13. That is very sad. I hope he really understands that people want him to get better.

Posted at 10:15AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Becky Williams

14. Think about it, you can't be around those types of brain dead bimbos and not drink. You can't take those type of people sober. Get rid of the idiots, get rid of the drinking problem. Hang around with women that have brains and you can have something to talk about, get it? Hello!

Posted at 9:58AM on Jan 27th 2009 by Despina

15. That's so sad =(

Posted at 10:01AM on Jan 27th 2009 by James

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