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    • Nov 1, 1973
    Memphis' Baptist Memorial Hospital discharges Elvis Presley, following a two-week stay for an addiction to Demerol
    Jul 18, 1974
    "Detroit City" songwriter Danny Dill is injured in an automobile accident. During his 22 days in intensive care, he decides to give up alcohol
    Apr 27, 1976
    George Jones claims in a story in The Nashville Banner he's quit drinking
    Sep 21, 1976
    Kris Kristofferson gives up alcohol
    Jan 10, 1977
    Behind "A Star Is Born," a newly sober Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand appear on the cover of People magazine. "I was hostile to my audiences and had to drink to get myself on the stage," he says. "I'm surprised I've got a fan left"
    Nov 21, 1977
    "No Longer Rolling Stoned": "Honky Tonk Women" creators Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, claiming he's given up heroin, appear on the cover of People magazine
    Apr 16, 1982
    After his release from a Birmingham hospital where he sought treatment for alcohol abuse, George Jones pleads guilty to drunken driving in Mississippi in March and writes a check to cover his fines. The check bounces when he closes the account
    Jan 31, 1984
    Johnny Cash checks out of the Betty Ford Center for Chemical Dependence in Rancho Mirage, California, following a bout with prescription pills
    Mar 31, 1984
    Having retreated to Phoenix, Waylon Jennings takes as much cocaine as he can stand. He says it's his last bout with the drug
    Dec 31, 1984
    Rudy Gatlin gives up drugs and alcohol



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