He’s struggled with addiction in the past. But Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino went into Jersey Shore: Family Vacation intent on staying sober.

Mike, 35, got treatment for a prescription medication problem in 2012, and while he now says he’s been clean for more than two years, it’s an ongoing battle.

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“It was definitely an adjustment,” Mike says of being sober while living in a Jersey Shore house.

When he started filming the new Jersey Shore, re-entering the club scene “was like sensory overload,” Mike tells Life & Style. “But I had planned correctly. I had a very strong foundation.”

That support system includes his fiancée, Lauren Pesce, as well as Mike’s castmates. “[They were] very protective of me when I was down there in Miami,” he tells Life & Style. “I’m very blessed and grateful to be able to go down there and remain sober the whole time and show other people that change is possible.”