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 [...]

His Life Nearly Destroyed by Drugs, Robert Downey Jr. Found Love and Fought His Way to Recovery.

“In fact, with a few exceptions most residential programs run along broadly similar lines. The typical stay is a month, which might not be optimal but is as much as most insurance plans covered back in the 1980s when the programs were designed.”

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, [...]

Having a Great Detox
She is also among the latest to have apparently shed a debilitating addiction as lightly as she might have a few unwanted pounds.
Less than a decade ago, a stint in rehab was assumed to be a body- and soul-wrenching experience. A trip to even an elite facility like the Betty Ford Center [...]

A look at the lavish rehab facility where Broadcom billionaire is holed up
Henry T. Nicholas III, the billionaire co-founder of Broadcom Corp., is undergoing treatment at Cliffside while awaiting trial on federal charges of drug distribution and securities fraud. Nicholas pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday and returned to Cliffside, which he first [...]

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 [...]

Top 10 Luxury Rehab Centers from Ask Men:
1) Promises in Malibu, California
2) Passages in Malibu, California
3) The Meadows Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona
4) The Priory in Roehampton, England
5) Crossroads Center in Antigua
6) Caron Foundation in Wernersville, Pennsylvania
7) Cottonwood de Tucson in Tucson, Arizona
Cirque Lodge in Sundance, Utah
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Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Carrie Fisher (know, for among other things, for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars and as the Daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fischer) that explores a celebrity through drug addiction and rehabilitation.
Carrie Adapted the book to a movie of the same name: Postcards from [...]