Discussion: WATCH: Robin Williams Often Discussed His Battle With Addiction

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There was also an interview in Sep. 2013 on the Daily Show where Williams discussed rehab: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/7xzghq/robin-williams

I believe “Live at the Met” was from 1986, not 2006.

I never thought I was going to miss him so badly

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The cost of that genius was very very high.

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Dopamine receptor cells in the brain take a beating from long term cocaine abuse. Without the reward center of the brain functioning it’s no wonder ex addicts struggle with depression.

Yup. And it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Even so, you could see he was taking a few of his demons out for a walk during that show.

Me either. The closest parallel I can think of is when John Lennon died. Same shock, same universal grief.