Famous Celebs Who Have Recovered From

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• 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Drew Barrymore

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

• 2009

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.

Steven Tyler

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

• 2011

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.”

Demi Lovato – Alcohol, Cocaine and Self Harm

• Demi Lovato has had one of the most public struggles with self-harm, 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.

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

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…..

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