Elliott Smith: 'Mr. Misery' Revisited, 10 Years After the Singer-Songwriter's …
After an optimistic birthday celebration in August 2003, Smith even got sober, giving up alcohol as well as red meat, refined sugar, and caffeine. He also began to phase out most of his prescription … The drive up from the Pacific Coast Highway to …
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The Tequila Curse
But after his only son, a recovering alcoholic, opened a drug-and-alcohol treatment center in California and refused to take over the business, Don Francisco in a fit of pique sold an interest in the company to Spanish brandy producer Pedro Domecq.
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Betty Ford Center's mission to grow with merger
That vision is now being rewritten as the world-renowned drug and alcohol addiction treatment center merges with the Hazelden Foundation, a much larger program in Minnesota that's built its reputation by expanding into multiple states. The new Hazelden …
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