Heather Locklear has one of those smiles that make a beautiful woman even more attractive. The actress, known for her role in the television series Melrose Place, looks far younger than her 50 years. Physical attractiveness and a winning smile have not kept the bumps and bruises of life from the Hollywood starlet. The public [...]
Viewers of the popular and somewhat controversial MTV series Jersey Shore know that one of its stars, Vinny Guadagnino, left the Jersey Shore house recently to concentrate on taking care of his emotional health. What many viewers may not know is that Vinny has suffered from clinical anxiety since he was a child and has [...]
Just because a person seems to ‘have it all’ doesn’t mean their life is better than yours. Consider Carnie Wilson, daughter of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson as an example. Born with name recognition and talent into the world of showbiz, Ms. Wilson shows us that people are made of the same stuff and struggle [...]
Last year musician Sarah Harding, from the band Girls Aloud, said publicly that she had sought treatment at a drug rehab treatment center for both depression and problems with alcohol addiction. Recently, she has also stated that her addictions included Zopiclone, a drug that is a controlled substance in the U.S. but prescribed in other [...]
Every recovery from addiction is worth celebrating. However, when a man who finally overcomes the shackles of chemical dependency is a Hollywood tough guy who publicly wept over his problem, those watching can’t help but cheer. And like the biblical Job who lost everything only to receive more at the end than he had at [...]
The son of famous actor Michael Douglas and grandson of Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, recently received another nearly five-year prison sentence for carrying out a plan to acquire prescription drug pills and anti-anxiety medications by talking a defense lawyer into hiding them in her undergarments.
Is it possible to develop an addiction to an app on a smartphone to the point that it dictates your behavior in public? A recent battle between Alec Baldwin and American Airlines suggests such an addiction is not only possible, it can also dictate how you treat others. A CBS News report on the incident [...]
By now, everyone has read about Charlie Sheen’s drug abuse. His addiction has landed him out on the sidewalk instead of in his famed leading role on television. It has landed him in jail and on the news for domestic violence. It has cost him more than one marriage and has tested the chords of [...]
Once her beauty graced magazine covers, runways and calendars; she was the definitive super model. Today Paulina Porizkova has taken up her pen to reveal her struggle with anti-anxiety medication. Just how one of the loveliest women in the world ended up needing a pill to balance her mood and what taking it cost her [...]
It’s been nearly a decade since country music star Trace Adkins’ life was torn apart by alcohol addiction, and the star is encouraging others with his story of sobriety, now spanning nine years. It was the actions of a close friend – his music manager – that led Trace Adkins to seek treatment for the [...]
