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Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Battle with Addiction In our society, we often hold actors near to our hearts. Whether we laugh at the performance of actors who dedicate their efforts to comedy or form a genuine connection with more serious characters portrayed with such mastery, we cherish the...
Overnight Success, Overnight Stress Tim Allen is one of America’s most beloved TV stars. He influenced a generation with his role of Tim “The Tool-Man” Taylor on the show Home Improvement. A passionate Christian and Republican, he is somewhat of an oddity around Hollywood. His early years were...
Daredevil “Jackass” star and professional skater credits a doctor he met on Reality TV for really helping him achieve recovery. Today, in sobriety, Bam Margera, an alcoholic found recovery and continues to live a life of sobriety. Margera rose to stardom with the success of the mindlessly...
Addiction From a Sheltered Home As is often the case for sheltered children, Michelle's super strict upbringing caused her to act out and sometimes this acting out can lead to addiction. Her mother was an educator and Michelle was often forbidden from doing many of the...
Addiction Fought the Law and...
Early Access Leads to Early Addiction Lydia's experience with mind-altering substances started very early in her life. When she was a child, her parents would throw parties. In her own words, they weren't alcoholics, but they liked to have a few drinks every now and then. At...
Adam's Addiction Began Early Addiction was a problem long before Adam ever picked up his first drug. While not a substance, Adam's addiction was a behavioral addiction: video games. Throughout his childhood, he would play games all day, obsess about them during school, and dream about...
Addiction on Deployment Even after Corey graduated as a United States Marine, his addiction continued by way of drinking heavily. Traveling around the world on the expense of the U.S. government, Corey saw the world bits and pieces at a time, as he would get blackout...
How Did the Addiction Start? Andrew's story began at the tender age of eight at his parents' wedding. There was no horrific trauma that started the event, just the immediate availability of alcohol. He was only eight years old so Andrew was not given alcohol, but even...
Fitting In Levi’s addiction to alcohol and cocaine began before Levi was even legal to consume alcohol. “I got into college, I went through a bad breakup, and I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life, and I had a lot of...