Brett Favre’s addiction to painkillers (1996)
After the seizure had ended and he had come to his senses, Favre looked into a sea of concerned medical faces and saw Packers associate team physician John Gray. “You’ve just suffered a seizure, Brett,” Gray told him. “People can die from those.” Favre’s heart sank. Upon hearing from [...]
Maureen McCormick, best known for her role as Marcia Brady, is now 52 and has a new book - Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
In the book, Maureen provides a behind-the-scenes view of the Brady Bunch. She reveals the lifelong friendships, the hurtful jealousies, the offscreen romance, the loving [...]
A Tangled Story of Addiction:
When Cindy McCain is asked what issues she would champion as first lady, she often cites one of the most difficult periods of her life: her battle with — and ultimate victory over — prescription painkillers. Her struggle, she has said repeatedly, taught her valuable lessons about drug abuse that she [...]
His Life Nearly Destroyed by Drugs, Robert Downey Jr. Found Love and Fought His Way to Recovery.
Eva Mendes Opens Up On Substance Abuse
Eva Mendes, who entered Utah’s Cirque Lodge for rehab earlier this year, recently spoke about substance abuse with David Colman for Interview magazine. “I”m not angry,” said the actress, who stars in the upcoming The Women (due out in September) and The Spirit (due out at Christmas). “I’m proud [...]
Singer Billy Joel spent time at the Betty Ford clinic for alcoholism treatment in 2005.
Billy Joel leaves US rehab clinic
Singer Billy Joel has left a Californian rehabilitation clinic where he was being treated for alcohol abuse. His publicist confirmed that the 55-year-old had now checked out of the Betty Ford clinic, in Rancho Mirage, [...]
Drug rehab ’saved Maradona’
His former wife Claudia Villafane said: “The decision to commit him was taken jointly by the family and we certainly don’t regret it. “If we didn’t, Diego would have died as we had been alerted by the doctors.”
Maradona’s family had him admitted to the Del Parque Clinic in the Buenos Aires [...]
Meg Mathews’s life after rehab
a radical lifestyle change in the wake of a bout of depression and a spell in rehab, about which 42-year-old Mathews is talking for the first time now. “I was drinking too much and it wasn’t having a good effect on me,” she says haltingly. “I was screwing up the whole [...]
Why Is Mom in Rehab? by Charles Blow, New York Times:
Ms. O’Neal illustrates a disturbing trend among those being admitted to substance abuse treatment services: a growing percentage of older women are being treated for harder drugs.
Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration revealed that the total number of admissions to treatment [...]
The webcast shows Robin Williams reflecting on his 60 day rehab in 2007 on Access Hollywood. He had been sober for 20 years. Robin Williams Enters Rehab for Alcohol
What made him quit? Two events: His first wife, Valerie, became pregnant with Zach and pal John Belushi died from a drug overdose just a [...]