By Sam Lansky

While Whitney Houston's death was devastating, the truth of the matter is that we had already lost her long ago. MORE  

By Alison Prato

The superstar singer, who died Saturday at age 48, entered her third rehab last year and lived a life marked by erratic behavior and trouble with the law. We look back on the addiction-related struggles of an icon. MORE  

By Walter Armstrong

For almost a year, Love spoke to The Fix about the cost of fame and her struggle with sobriety. Her candid confessions—and a raft of startling revelations—are featured in a news-making e-book, Courtney Comes Clean. MORE  

By Mike Guy

The Wheel of Fortune host claims he and Vanna White drank between tapings in the '80s. MORE  

By McCarton Ackerman

From Rod Stewart to Pink, many musicians have put out songs about overcoming addiction. The Fix presents ten of the best. MORE  

By Anna David

Squelching gay-for-pay rumors, Hung's Thomas Jane opens up about the DUI that was actually a failed suicide attempt, and how waking up in jail to a cop asking for his autograph got him to clean up his life. MORE  

By Jennifer Matesa

In her memoir, Blue Nights, the author writes movingly about her daughter's death. But did she overlook Quintana Roo's alcoholism? MORE  

By Quentin Rowan

The “fake” spy novelist behind the biggest episode of plagiarism in our time was addicted to stealing from other writers. Three weeks after confessing his crimes, he opens up for the first time about what really happened—and how AA saved his life. MORE  

By Laura Vogel

Jennifer Gimenez, the former den mom of Sober House, battled her fair share of demons on her road to sobriety. Then she met Dr. Drew.  MORE  

By Joe Schrank

Fans of the cultish 44-year-old comic were stunned when he overdosed in a  Jersey motel room a year ago today. But his close friends saw it coming. Comedians from Andy Dick to Colin Quinn remember the man behind the mask. MORE