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Liquored-Up Aubrey Plaza "Pulls a Kanye"

By Bryan Le

The actress and her "hot liquor breath" crash Will Ferrell's speech at the MTV Movie Awards. MORE  

Improv and AA Are the Same Thing

By Sue Smith

Right after I got sober, I started my first comedy class. Since then, nearly everything I've learned in AA has been echoed by improv, and vice versa. MORE  

The Funny Business of Addiction

By McCarton Ackerman

One comedy company has discovered that there’s a market for creating laughter out of the pain of addiction.  MORE  

Artie Lange, Heroin-Free for Over Two Years

By McCarton Ackerman

The comedian, who swore he'd never get clean, is clean. And "more creative than ever." MORE  

Marc Maron: The Addict's Comic

By May Wilkerson

The popular comedian and podcaster admits that he worships addicts—and some worship him back. MORE  

Celebrity Roundup: June 15, 2012

By Sam Lansky

Betty White says no to drug-related comedy, naked man on drugs caught outside Orlando Bloom's home, and Demi Moore's daughters worry she might not be sober. MORE  

Sober Andy Dick Revisits Old Haunts

By Will Herbst

The newly sober comedian returns to perform in Temicula, CA—the scene of past drunken escapades. MORE  

How AA Made Me a Comic

By Amy Dresner

I never knew I was that funny until my shares started killing. And it wasn’t too long a journey from the rooms to the stage.  MORE  

Video: Just Say No to "Fictional Drugs"

By May Wilkerson

Pretend drugs are no laughing matter, according to the dapper stars of 21 Jump Street. MORE  

The Hilarity of Heroin

By Ruth Fowler

Amy Dresner survived private girls’ schools and drug addiction before discovering her calling: finding the funny in psych wards, meds, and sobriety. MORE  

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