Dangers Of Being A Celebrity Essay

It’s safe to say that all of us have fantasized about being a celebrity at some point or another. As children, none of us dream about being garbage men or secretaries. We want to be rock stars and actors and athletes. We want the money and adoration that being a celebrity brings. Of course, most of us grow out of that and go on to college and real world jobs. Those who don’t and decide to continue to pursue their dream of being an internationally beloved face generally fail and wind up broke and depressed. Surprisingly, a similar fate befalls those who succeed.

Celebrities, for all their cars and houses, have a hard time. Thrust into a world where everything is available and easily affordable, they find themselves drinking to excess and experimenting

It took losing a body part for one British actress to finally do something about her cocaine habit and a former WWE Tag Team Champion had to be confined to a wheelchair before he understood the dangers of his decades of steroid abuse. We’re going to be covering them all and more in this list of ten celebrities who saw their careers, bodies, and lives completely destroyed by drugs.

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Being a celebrity is all fun and games until somebody ends up with a crippling addiction. We envy movie stars and world-famous musicians for their money and legions of adoring fans, but we should be thanking our lucky stars that we don’t have to deal with the substance abuse issues that almost always come along with being in the spotlight.

Whether it 's the pressures of fame or just a weak personality hidden under all that designer makeup, celebrities frequently fall into the clutches of alcohol and drugs and a disturbing number fail to make it out alive.

Today, we’re going to be looking at ten celebrities who not only became dependent on drugs, but were completely destroyed by them.

Make sure to watch the video to the end for some fun challenges and bonus nuggets of trivia.

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