Actor Heath Ledger died tragically in 2008 of a toxic combination of prescription medications, including both opioids and benzodiazepines. He posthumously received the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscar’s in 2009 for his captivating role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. “The O.C.” star Mischa Barton has unfortunately received more press for her[…]

“I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” she wrote. “I am an addict and had thought that I had enough time under my belt and I could drink like a normal person,[…]

He also said that it “took me a long time to fundamentally, deeply, without a hint of doubt, admit to myself that I am an alcoholic.” In a 2020 interview with The New York Times, Affleck named Bradley Cooper and Robert Downey Jr. as “guys who have been very supportive and to whom I feel[…]

Zac Efron, 31, confesses that becoming a celebrity at such a young age pushed him to abuse drugs and develop an alcohol addiction. In 2015, over 15 million American adults over 18 years-old qualified as having an Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), also known as an alcohol addiction and alcoholism. By far, alcohol is the most[…]