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 [...]

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 [...]