81. ROBERT DOWNEY, JR.
He
is known as someone who had a massive drug addiction when he was still a
young actor. He was so addicted that it influenced his acting career.
That is why he was often passed over for roles. Although he first tried drugs at the young age of six, it wasn’t until 1996 that he was first arrested on a drug-related case.
Unfortunately, his drug addiction ruined his love life as well, so Sarah Jessica Parker broke up with him. He has achieved an inspiring comeback from addiction after an upsetting period with drug abuse.
Finally, he was convinced to go to rehab and managed to kick the habit.
82). ROBIN WILLIAMS
This superb comedian and actor had a problem with alcohol and cocaine addiction in his early career.[3]
After being sober for more than 20 years, he relapsed into drinking in 2004. He admittedly fought to stay sober the rest of his life. He checked himself into rehab in 2006 and, in 2009, had heart surgery that is said to have affected him extremely.
A
toxicology report revealed, however, that he was not under the
influence of alcohol or any illicit drugs at the time of his 2014
death. The Oscar-winning actor was tragically found dead last year in August – the result of an apparent suicide.
83). SAMUEL JACKSON
He admits that he abused alcohol and cocaine, and even
got overdosed on heroin several times. On those occasions, he was sent
to New York rehab more than once, but as it usually happens, he would
always end up escaping. His cocaine role in Jungle Fever was therapeutic
to him, because it made him realize its peril. Consequently, he was
enthused to quit. He said that kicking the habits caused his career to skyrocket.
84). SCOTT WEILAND
The former Stone Temple Pilots frontman had a long drug-related rap sheet before his tragic death brought by an accidental overdose in 2015.
85). STEPHANIE PRATT
She divulged that she began smoking crystal meth as a young teen and struggled with depression and an eating disorder on top of it.
86). STEPHEN KING
He fought alcohol addiction, but has been sober since his family staged an intervention in the late '80s.
87). STEVEN TYLER
In an interview with Billboard magazine in 2014, he disclosed that he’s drug addict and alcoholic and fight it every day.
Steven
Tyler is one of the celebrities who had started using drugs before he
was famous. His addiction has roots in his high school era, and it
turned into something much more serious in Aerosmith period of publicity
and free models. He admitted that his addiction got worse because of
the class struggles, difficulties to cope with amazing success and poor
relationships. In 1986, his band mates convinced him to go to rehab and
he won the battle with drugs!
88). TATUM O’NEAL
As
a result of dealing with her mentally unstable mother, he turned to
cocaine by age twenty. He claims her father was a horrible addict,
blaming him for her own drug problems later in life, adding that she was
repeatedly molested by his drug dealer. Despite refuting her
allegations, her father was arrested in 2008 after police found a large
supply of methamphetamines in his home.
Her own son has been struggling with addiction. Kevin McEnroe, son to Tatum and tennis legend John McEnroe, was detained last year for a list of drug offenses.
89). THE 27 CLUB
They are celebrity entertainers who died at age 27 of substance abuse.
- Janice Joplin, rock singer, died in 1970 in Hollywood brought by heroin overdose. Likewise she drank quite a lot.
- Jimi Hendrix, a famous rock guitarist, died in 1970 in London of alcohol and barbiturate overdose.
- Jim Morrison, psychedelic rocker and lead singer of the Doors, died in 1971 at age 27 of a heroin overdose.
- Jodie Sweetin Star of the wholesome family sitcom “Full House,” she would go on to develop an addiction to meth. She calls her life “amazing” after defeating an addiction to meth.
- Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the alternative rock band Nirvana, died in 1994 from a heroin overdose and a self-inflicted gunshot wound of the head.
More recently, a 28-year-old nearly joined the club:
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