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 [...]

The six steps that are included in many addition treatment programs are: detoxification, diagnosis, cognitive therapy, family therapy, medication and some 12-step type program. WebMD has an article examining Rehab’s Role in Treating Addiction Experts now agree that addiction is a brain disease with a genetic component, Gordon says. But it’s also affected by behavior. [...]

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 [...]

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 few [...]

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 9) [...]

Perhaps the most famous drug and alcoholism treatment center is the Betty Ford Center. Since opening in October 1982, the Betty Ford Center has focused on a singular mission: providing effective treatment services for alcoholism and other drug dependencies. The website, allows you to explore various programs and educational opportunities they offer. They emphasize involving [...]