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Elton John

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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1.

ELTON JOHN'S BATTLE

KAYLA FARREN
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2.

BIOGRAPHY

  • Reginald Kenneth Dwight
  • March 25, 1947
  • Pinner, Middlesex, England
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3.

BEST KNOWN FOR..

  • Crocodile Rock
  • Bennie and the Jets
  • Island Girl
  • Sold 250 million albums
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4.

ALCOHOL ABUSE

  • Could not remember the amount of alcohol he consumed
  • Signs of addiction for him
  • It affected his relationship with his significant other
  • Songwriting
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5.

COCAINE ADDICTION

  • Snorted just as much as Whitney Houston
  • Friends like John Lennon abused cocaine with him
  • Epileptic seizures
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6.

COCAINE IN THE BRAIN

7.

BULIMIA

  • Suffered at the same time as alcohol abuse and cocaine use
  • Binge eating, enemas, anything he could do to get food back out
  • Cycle of bulimia
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8.

TREATMENT

  • 1990, no clinics in LA that tackled addiction and bulimia
  • Admitted himself to a rehab in Chicago
  • Ego
  • Group therapy after detox
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Kayla Farren