"I'll never forget how sensitive he was," said Dulworth, who claims to have personally witnessed the actor's issues with substance abuse at that time. Williams himself spoke openly over the years about his battles with cocaine and alcohol, especially at the beginning of his iconic career. 10...
Robin Williams Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are making too much money. Robin Williams When my friends and I played cowboys and Indians, I was always the Chinese railroad worker. Robin Williams I had sex with a prostitute when I was 21, I was so bad, she gave me a refund...
Williams wins Carson as they compare notes about cocaine and booze and chat about being a geek in high school, but Williams slips down the rabbit hole when he confesses that even his family expects him to be his TV personality.“‘Mom…?’‘Mork, is that you?'” An Evening with Robin ...
Robin Williams: We're a heavily medicated society. All the drugs we take: Prozac, Effexor, Valium. I thought for the last ten years, we've been on some weird fucking drug - the whole country - called "Fukitol." [laughter] Robin Williams: What a weird fucking drug. And we're just ...
Williams has been open about his issues with drinking and cocaine during the early 1980s and sought treatment in 2006 for alcohol abuse. “[Addiction] waits. It lays in wait for the time when you think, ‘It’s fine now, I’m OK.’ Then, the next thing you know, it’s not OK,”...
Robin Williams. Actor: Mrs. Doubtfire. Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a fo
Williams had long battled demons. In the early 1980s, he confronted his alcoholism and cocaine abuse by going cold turkey. "The one thing that cleaned me up from that was having a kid," he told Nightline in 2011. "That's immediate. I didn't have any rehabs or groups. I just kind...
Williams recently checked in to a renewal facility affiliated with the 12-step program in a move to focus on his ongoing sobriety. The actor has been open about his issues with drinking and cocaine during the early 1980s and sought treatment in 2006 for alcohol abuse. “[Addiction] waits. ...
Around that time, Williams suffered a great loss: His friend, John Belushi, died of a drug overdose in 1982, prompting Williams, who had struggled with alcoholism and cocaine abuse, to quit, cold turkey. (Williams also said that the birth of his son in 1983 made him rethink things: ...
Williams struggled with alcoholism and cocaine abuse in the early 1980s but quit cold turkey after friend and fellow comedian John Belushi's fatal overdose in 1982. After two decades of sobriety and success in his career and family life, what made Williams fall off the wagon? "It's [addict...