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Stars' Struggles With Substance Abuse Revealed In New Tell-All

November 1st, 2008 4:53pm EDT  Post a comment    Read 4 comments   Add to My News

Jamie Lee CurtisJamie Lee Curtis, Alec Baldwin, Judy Collins and Lou Gossett Jr. are among a host of entertainers whose struggles with drug and alcohol addiction are detailed in a new tell-all book.

Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford shares celebrity rehab stories in his new book "Moments of Clarity."

In the tome, singer Collins - now sober for 13 years - reveals, "I had been drinking around the clock for four years. My instrument - the voice that had brought me success and saved my sanity - was coming apart."

Remembering the moment before she checked into rehab, she adds: "I brought a jelly jar of vodka and drank it in the airport bathroom."

And actor Lou Gossett Jr. shares his own life-changing experience, which took place during a trip to South Africa.

Gossett reveals, "I was looking out at Robben Island, where Mandela spent 27 years in prison, and I burst into tears because there is absolutely nothing that ever happened in my life to compare to what that man went through and what his people went through. I said, 'What the hell am I doing?' I did worse to myself than any person, white or black, did to me."

The book is set to hit shelves in December.

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)


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