Posted on 09/22/2006 2:09:29 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
Robin Williams, the latest Hollywood star whose alcohol problems have come to public attention, has checked himself out of rehab and moved in with a "sober" companion.
The star of Dead Poets Society, Mrs Doubtfire and Patch Adams has traded the confines of an Oregon clinic for Los Angeles, where he will spend three months of assimilation into the real world. The hired companion will undertake the surreal task of curbing Williams' urges should he attempt to reach for the bottle.
The Daily Mail reports that it could be as long as a year before Williams moves back in with his wife, who ordered him to seek help after he started to drink following 20 years of sobriety.
He duly checked himself into the Hazelden Springbrook facility in Newberg, which is famous for its 30-day inpatient courses for alcohol and drug abusers.
(Excerpt) Read more at film.guardian.co.uk ...
I looked up "dork" in the dictionary and saw Robin Williams' picture next to the definition.
There, but for the grace of God ...
Best of luck to him this time around. I remember knowing he was in treatment the first time and hearing he worked at a McDonald's or maybe Jack-in-the-Box drive-thru window - and could only think about what the customers must have thought at the time.
Shazzbot!
He's not aging well.
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