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    • Mar 30, 1982
    George Jones totals a 1981 Lincoln Town Car when he flips it on Grubb Springs Road in Hamilton, Mississippi. He receives facial cuts and charges for drunk driving, and enters a Birmingham psychiatric hospital
    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
    Jul 14, 1982
    An arrest warrant is issued for George Jones in Franklin, Tennessee, when he fails to appear in court to face drunken driving charges
    Aug 11, 1982
    George Jones announces to a San Antonio, Texas, audience, "I'm drunk, but I love y'all." All but 500 of the 2,000 fans leave before the show is over after he forgets words and sings "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" twice in a row
    Nov 10, 1983
    Johnny Cash severely cuts his hand punching a hotel-room wall during a drug-related hallucination in Nottingham, England, though he continues to tour, performing the following night in Birmingham
    Nov 29, 1983
    Shelly West and Allen Frizzell file for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, each charging their spouse with drug abuse and asking for sole custody of their daughter, Tess Marie Frizzell
    Dec 20, 1983
    Johnny Cash checks into the Betty Ford Center to prevent an addiction to painkillers administered during a recent hospital stay. He remains at the center for six weeks and is assigned to kitchen duty for three of them. Elizabeth Taylor is also in treatment
    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
    Feb 3, 1984
    Waylon Jennings begins a two-night stand with Gary Morris at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre. Jennings is visited at the venue by Johnny Cash, fresh from a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. Cash encourages Jennings to give up cocaine
    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



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