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Mel Gibson is not the only old fogie in rehab these days!
The new issue of The National Enquirer reports that funnyman Robin Williams has checked himself into famed treatment facility Hazelden.
The actor checked himself into rehab "in a desperate bid to beat a three-year battle with booze that's threatening to destroy his marriage," reports the pub.
Williams allegedly drank enough to give Gibson a run for his money in the lush department. Wonder what Robin would say when he's shitfaced drunk? "I hate juice!"
"The Oscar-winning actor's drinking was so out of control that he suffered repeated blackouts, sources say, and after he was photographed hugging a waitress in a bar on May 22, his wife Marcia slapped him with an ultimatum: Get help or I'm leaving," says the Enquirer.
Williams reportedly entered a 30-day program at the Hazelden Springbrook drug and alcohol rehab facility in Newberg, Ore., on July 11. While there, he received counseling, participated in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, attended religious services and even celebrated his 55th birthday.
Williams was on a supervised shopping trip in Newberg with three other patients when his latest movie The Night Listener opened on August 4.
"When some people asked why he was in town, he told them he was working," said an eyewitness. And that's not a lie. Working towards sobriety is a good thing, y'all!
Williams has battled booze and drug problems in the past, but he'd been sober for 20 years.
According to The Enquirer, he fell off the wagon three years ago while filming The Big White in Skagway, Alas.
"One night I opened the mini-bar in my hotel room and took out a bottle of Jack Daniel's. I thought I could handle just one drink. The next thing I knew I drank all the liquor out of the mini-bar," he told a pal.
Williams usually drank when he was alone at home, reports the pub. After
a binge, he'd sneak the empty bottles out of the house and toss them into neighbors' trash cans.
His wife Marcia - mother of their two teenaged children - eventually discovered his boozing and begged him to get help.
And so he did.
Lay off the sauce Mork!
Mel Gibson is not the only old fogie in rehab these days!
The new issue of The National Enquirer reports that funnyman Robin Williams has checked himself into famed treatment facility Hazelden.
The actor checked himself into rehab "in a desperate bid to beat a three-year battle with booze that's threatening to destroy his marriage," reports the pub.
Williams allegedly drank enough to give Gibson a run for his money in the lush department. Wonder what Robin would say when he's shitfaced drunk? "I hate juice!"
"The Oscar-winning actor's drinking was so out of control that he suffered repeated blackouts, sources say, and after he was photographed hugging a waitress in a bar on May 22, his wife Marcia slapped him with an ultimatum: Get help or I'm leaving," says the Enquirer.
Williams reportedly entered a 30-day program at the Hazelden Springbrook drug and alcohol rehab facility in Newberg, Ore., on July 11. While there, he received counseling, participated in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, attended religious services and even celebrated his 55th birthday.
Williams was on a supervised shopping trip in Newberg with three other patients when his latest movie The Night Listener opened on August 4.
"When some people asked why he was in town, he told them he was working," said an eyewitness. And that's not a lie. Working towards sobriety is a good thing, y'all!
Williams has battled booze and drug problems in the past, but he'd been sober for 20 years.
According to The Enquirer, he fell off the wagon three years ago while filming The Big White in Skagway, Alas.
"One night I opened the mini-bar in my hotel room and took out a bottle of Jack Daniel's. I thought I could handle just one drink. The next thing I knew I drank all the liquor out of the mini-bar," he told a pal.
Williams usually drank when he was alone at home, reports the pub. After
a binge, he'd sneak the empty bottles out of the house and toss them into neighbors' trash cans.
His wife Marcia - mother of their two teenaged children - eventually discovered his boozing and begged him to get help.
And so he did.
Lay off the sauce Mork!
