Fame: The Case Of Robin Williams's Fame

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In the case of Robin Williams, Fame did not mean he was necessarily happy. This is hard to believe for some considering how funny, goofy, and energetic hew was. The reality of the matter is that Robin Williams joined the list of actors that battled the demons of depression and mental illness with drugs. Robin Williams struggled to fight the 30 year battle of cocaine and alcohol addiction that dated back to the early 80s. He had successfully gone 20 years cold turkey from the time his son Zak was born to 2006, were he ultimately relapsed. Williams talked about how he didn’t treat the underlying in his addiction in a New York Times report, where he said “So when I relapsed, I went back hard. The one thing I hadn't dealt with was, how honest

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