2. Robin Williams
Early in his career, Williams had a problem with cocaine and alcohol but began the road to sobriety after friend John Belushi died of an overdose. The actors had been partying together than infamous night.
Hardcore Robin Williams fans will insist that the peak of his comedic genius existed during his days of drug and alcohol abuse, but the realists out there know that no amount of publicity or money is worth the physical and mental damaged caused by addiction.
We still love to see him on screen today. Williams unfortunately had a very public relapse during the last few years. His renewed battle with addiction was a factor in his 2008 divorce from Marsha Garces.
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He seems to have returned to the “straight and narrow” once again. He is remarried to Susan Schneider, and returned to the small screen for the first time in decades.
He is currently starring as an Ad Executive who is a recovering addict. Here’s hoping he is able to stay on that proverbial wagon for good, this time.
Okay I knew about all of them – nothing new.
An alcohol addict is someone who consumes frequently (must not be or appear drunk all the time) or someone who is drunk often.
Since 1956 alcoholism has been considered a disease. In the year 1935 two men Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob found a way to solve the drink problem and better their lives. Together with help from other alcoholic friends they wrote what is now called the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to help solve their drinking problem. It is a 12 step program that deals with a person’s attitude and outlook upon life. Alcoholics anonymous is not a religious program, however, it is a spiritual program created for a person to find a power greater than themselves to help them recover. And many do if they have the capacity to be honest. It truely works, if you work it. I know, my name is Samuel, and I am a recovering Alcoholic.
To close this argument, alcoholism is a disease, specifically an addictive illness considered a neurological maladaptation.
In laymens terms, alcohol is a very powerful substance. It bathes every single brain cell and causes a cascading release of endorphins. Your brain does not want to be out of sorts the way it is when alcohol is inside of it, so it adapts to alcohols presence by down regulating some neurotransmitters and up regulating the action potential of synapses. This happens with any amount of alcohol. What is important is the degree to which this adaptation occurs. With one drink, your brain may stay in emergency mode for a day or two, just in case more poison tries to throw it out of whack. With repeated and heavy drinking, your brain can actually get to the point where it will seizure and pass into a coma or even into death if you fail to CONTINUE drinking. This is because ethanol has been incorporated, as a neurotransmitter, into the functioning of your brain. Some people are predisposed to this unfortunate adaptation, but ANYBODY can give it to themselves.
I guess it wasn’t as much in laymen’s terms as I would’ve hoped but I don’t know how to explain anymore simply. Hopefully this helps. God Bless.
So sad to read the last line of a Robin Williams entry now, he will be sorely missed!!!
It might be in the genes….
Although by force of will…it can be controlled —for pleasure.
It appears to be an individual matter. Like :
A 90-year old good lawyer had a home celebration for reaching that age in good
health for having never tasted any alcoholic drink.
While the happy hour was in progress with lawyer friends someone was heard singing
loud in an adjacent room.
The celebrant was asked who was the singer in the room.
“My father” he said, “he is drinking his 94 eproof Sapphire gin again.”
“How old is he—your father” followed up his buddies.
“120 years young” the celebrant son meekly answered.
Well at least they stopped calling it a disease, or have they?
If you lived in Minnesota you’d know the celebrity drunks. Hazelden and Mayo could have their own Hollywood Walk of Fame with stars on the sidewalk. Or would that be Hollywood Walk of Shame? Hmmmm
Everything in moderation. Moreover, I thank the souls of Dr. Bob, Bill W, and others who were instrumental in the development of the 12 steps, where many facets of it, that have been created, in other ways, that gives those who want it, a chance to live, a richer, and more productive life, without the use of whatever substance they are abusing.
Everything in moderation.