A look at some of the most famous celebs who have battled addiction during their careers. They all have inspirational stories of recovery. Learn more at www.clarityway.com

1. Famous Celebs Who
Have Recovered From
Addiction
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2. • Celebrity addictions are constantly talked
about in the news. From celebrity arrests to
overdoses, we constantly hear about
celebrities who are struggling. There simply
isn’t enough talk, however, about celebrities
who have beaten their addictions. Here are 13
celebrities who have done just that.

3. Oprah - Cocaine
• Oprah admitted to
using cocaine while she
was dating her
boyfriends in her 20s.
Today, Oprah has long
let go of her addiction
and has become one of
the most successful
women in the world.

4. Oprah
• “I understand the guilt, I
understand the secrecy, I
understand all that. But
what I know is the spirit
of God inside all of us.
There is nothing greater
than the spirit within you
to overcome this. You and
God can conquer this.”
• 1995

5. Eminem – Prescription Drugs
• For years, Eminem was
addicted to various pills
and other
drugs, including
methadone. He
admitted to taking more
than 20 pills a
day, which nearly killed
him. He is no longer
addicted to the drugs
and is one of the most
popular artists today.

6. Eminem
• “It’s been a learning
process, I’m growing. I
couldn’t believe that
anybody could be
naturally happy without
being on something. So I
would say to anybody, ‘it
does get better.’”
• 2013

7. Robin Williams - Alcohol
• At the start of his
career, Robin Williams
was addicted to cocaine
and alcohol. When fellow
comedian John Belushi
died of a drug overdose in
1982, Williams checked
into rehab. He has lead a
sober and successful life
and career ever since, and
still regularly attends AA
meetings.

8. Robin Williams
• “You can’t [handle
alcoholism alone].
That’s the bottom line.
You really think you
can, then you realize, I
need help, and that’s
the word.”
• “It’s hard admitting it,
then once you’ve done
that, it’s real easy.”
• 2006

9. Slash - Heroin
• Slash is one of the most
recognizable rock ‘n roll
figures alive today. Back
in the day, he was
addicted to alcohol and
heroin, and in 2001, he
suffered congestive heart
failure because of it. His
diagnosis, along with his
wife’s support, helped
him beat his addictions.

10. Slash
• “When I was in a total
bottomless pit, I looked
around and said: ‘You
know, this really isn’t
that much fun.’ I
dropped it and haven’t
done it since. And I
don’t miss it.”
• 2010

11. Jamie Lee Curtis - Painkillers
• Jamie Lee Curtis has
admitted that she
became addicted to
painkillers after a
surgical procedure at
the age of 35. She also
drank heavily at times.
She cleaned up her life
in 2000.

12. Jamie Lee Curtis
• “My recovery is the single
greatest accomplishment
in my life. Without that,
the rest of my life would
have fallen apart…
Recovery is an acceptance
that your life is in
shambles and you have to
change it.”
• 2010

13. Robert Downey Jr. – Heroin and
Cocaine
• Robert Downey Jr. had his
first experience with
marijuana at just the age
of six. By the time he was
22, he was addicted to
not only weed but
heroin, coke and an
assortment of other
drugs. He went to rehab
in 2002 and has remained
clean since then. Now, he
celebrates his recent Iron
Man and Avengers box
office hits.

14. Robert Downey Jr.
• “I said, ‘You know what?
I don’t think I can
continue doing this.’ And
I reached out for help,
and I ran with it.”
• “It’s not that difficult to
overcome these
seemingly ghastly
problems… what’s hard
is to decide to do it.”
• 2013

15. Drew Barrymore - Cocaine
• Drew has a rough history
with drugs and
alcohol, starting at a
young age. When she was
nine she was smoking
cigarettes and at 11 she
was a heavy drinker. At
age 12 she was smoking
weed and by 13, she had
become addicted to coke.
Despite her troubled
past, Drew quit all of her
habits and now lives a
sober life.

16. Drew Barrymore
• “[Rehab] was absolutely
trying to relearn to live.
You are learning to
become someone else.”
• 2009

17. Steven Tyler - Cocaine
• Steven Tyler spent $5 or 6
million on coke in the 1970s
and 80s. After his addiction
started disrupting his
family, he got sober, but he
later relapsed. In 2006, he
became addicted to
prescription medications while
being treated for hepatitis C.
His addiction led him back into
his old habits, and in 2009 he
checked himself into rehab.
He’s been sober since
then, and has enjoyed recent
spotlight as an American Idol
judge in 2011-2012.

18. Steven Tyler
• “My best thinking got
me back into rehab, so I
gotta keep my thinking
in check and keep going
to meetings.”
• 2011

19. Eric Clapton - Heroin
• At one point in his life,
Eric Clapton was paying
$16,000 a week on
heroin. His addiction
nearly killed him when he
lost consciousness during
a performance and had to
be revived. Eric eventually
overcame his addiction
and now runs a center for
drug and alcohol
addiction treatment.

20. Eric Clapton
• “My identity shifted when I
got into recovery. That’s who
I am now, and it actually
gives me greater pleasure to
have that identity than to be
a musician or anything else,
because it keeps me in a
manageable size. When I’m
down on the ground with my
disease – which I’m happy to
have – it gets me in tune. It
gives me a spiritual anchor.”
• 2007

21. Fergie – Crystal Meth
• As a teenager, Fergie
experimented with drugs
progressing from ecstasy
to crystal meth. Her
meth addiction was so
severe, it made her
paranoid that she was
being followed by police.
After a year of
paranoia, Fergie realized
that she was in trouble
and got her life back on
track.

22. Fergie
• “What got me through it
was a lot of therapy, soul
searching, discovering
why I took the drugs in
the first place, because
that’s really what it is.”
• 2012

23. Samuel L. Jackson – Heroine and
Cocaine
• Samuel L. Jackson was
addicted to heroin and
coke a few decades ago.
He’s admitted to
overdosing several times
before he went to rehab
in 1991. He’s been sober
ever since, and is now
one of the most popular
and highest paid actors in
Hollywood.

24. Samuel L. Jackson
• “I understood, through
rehab, things about
creating characters. I
understood that
creating whole people
means knowing where
we come from, how we
can make a mistake and
how we overcome
things to make ourselves
stronger.”

25. Demi Lovato – Alcohol, Cocaine and
Self Harm
• Demi Lovato has had
one of the most public
struggles with selfharm, cocaine and
alcohol addictions. In
2010, she went to
rehab for three
months, and started to
live a healthier life with
the help of her family.

26. Demi Lovato
• “It’s a daily journey and
it’s definitely going to be
a struggle that I’ll have
to deal with for the rest
of my life… I’m not going
to be perfect but if I can
make it through the day,
that’s all that matters.”
• 2011

27. Kelly Osbourne - Vicodin
• At just 17, Kelly Osbourne
was addicted to Vicodin,
sometime taking up to 50
pills a day. She went to
rehab four times before
she sobered up for good
in 2009. She’s lost 50
pounds since she got
sober and now looks and
feels better than ever…..

28. Kelly Osbourne
• “After 30 days, I left
rehab. For the first
time, I felt hopeful. I
knew I’d been given
another chance at my
life, at my career, at my
happiness. I wanted to
grab it.”
• 2009