ISBN: 9780387714332

I've done them all, and I'm not talking about stage, screen, and television.I stopped taking drugs in the 1970s and stopped smoking in the 1980s.I ceased drinking in the 1990s when I need… Más…

I've done them all, and I'm not talking about stage, screen, and television.I stopped taking drugs in the 1970s and stopped smoking in the 1980s.I ceased drinking in the 1990s when I needed a liver transplant and my doctors told me they wouldn't do it if I continued drinking.So, I stopped, got the transplant, and became a friend of Bill W.Stopping was the best thing I ever did, second to marrying Maj.My substance abuse started, like most people's, in high school through peer pressure.It progressed while I was on the stage and in the Air Force, where alcohol was the drug of choice.The problem continued as I worked in motion pictures where the day ended with drinks.When I ? nally made it big in television, I was drinking a case of champagne a day.I tell myself that I did this because of my insecurities about being at the top, but it also tasted good.Looking back and having read some of the things in this book, I realize that I have the addictive personality and the genetic predisposition to be a substance abuser.All that was necessary was a situation in which I was near drugs and had peer pressure to get me going.; PDF; Business,Finance and Law > Laws of Specific jurisdictions > Criminal law & procedure, Springer New York<

2008, ISBN: 9780387714332

A New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 2007, I've done them all, and I'm not talking about stage, screen, and television. I stopped taking drugs in … Más…

A New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 2007, I've done them all, and I'm not talking about stage, screen, and television. I stopped taking drugs in the 1970s and stopped smoking in the 1980s. I ceased drinking in the 1990s when I needed a liver transplant and my doctors told me they wouldn't do it if I continued drinking. So, I stopped, got the transplant, and became a friend of Bill W. Stopping was the best thing I ever did, second to marrying Maj. My substance abuse started, like most people's, in high school through peer pressure. It progressed while I was on the stage and in the Air Force, where alcohol was the drug of choice. The problem continued as I worked in motion pictures where the day ended with drinks. When I ? nally made it big in television, I was drinking a case of champagne a day. I tell myself that I did this because of my insecurities about being at the top, but it also tasted good. Looking back and having read some of the things in this book, I realize that I have the addictive personality and the genetic predisposition to be a substance abuser. All that was necessary was a situation in which I was near drugs and had peer pressure to get me going. [PU: Springer New York], Seiten: 486, Springer New York, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 9780387714332

A New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, [PU: Springer-Verlag], [ED: 1], Springer-Verlag, 2008

2008, ISBN: 9780387714332

A New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), 2007, [PU: Springer New York], Springer New York, 2008