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...ba href=/drug abuse/a/b education and information, as well as intervention and referral services to residents in Mobile, Baldwin, Washington and Clarke counties.

Also at the luncheon Monday, area businessmen Allen Cox and John Chase will be recognized for their contributions to the treatment and education of substance abuse.

The program Monday begins at noon at the Mobile Convention Center.

Doors will open at noon.

Tickets are $60 for individuals and $600 for a table for 10.

Sponsors of tables for $1,000 or more will receive invitations to meet Williams at a special evening reception on Sunday.

For reservations or more information, call 433-5456 or visit the Web site at www.drugeducation.org.

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... Singer-songwriter to present message at benefit luncheon SEARCH Pick Newspaper Birmingham News Mobile Register Huntsville Times FIND A BUSINESS More From The Mobile Register | Subscribe To The Mobile Register Singer-songwriter to present message at benefit luncheon Thursday, March 30, 2006By MIKE BRANTLEY TV & Media Editor Remember seeing Paul Williams on "The Tonight Show"?

Chances are, you're remembering a night he doesn't.

The singer, songwriter and actor was a frequent guest on the show when Johnny Carson delivered the monologues and sat behind the desk, but most of Williams' appearances came at the height of the diminutive entertainer's problems with cocaine and alcohol.

"I did 48 'Tonight Shows,' and I think I remember six of them," said Williams from his home in California.

Williams - whose accolades include an Oscar, two Grammys and several Golden Globes, as well as membership in the Songwriters Hall of Fame - will be the featured speaker Monday at the annual benefit Drug Education Council Luncheon in Mobile.

He said, "When you've misplaced a decade, you know you're an alcoholic.

The '80s were really lost years for me." He's found himself now, so he doesn't count them as completely wasted years.

He uses them now to help himself and to help others in recovery.

"I began self-medicating probably when I was 14 years old - drinking," said Williams, whose hits have included "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays, "(Just An) Old Fashioned Love So...

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- Home :: News - Registry called way to detect pill abuse Senate OKs plan to curb 'doctor-shopping' for drugs REGISTER STAFF WRITER March 30, 2006 Legislative supporters of a computerized system to help detect abusers of prescription drugs invoked the memory of Dr.

Stephen Gleason, a prominent physician and former top aide to Gov.

Tom Vilsack who committed suicide Saturday.The proposed prescription-drug monitoring program is aimed at curbing "doctor-shopping," whereby people get multiple doctors to write prescriptions for the same drugs."We know of some celebrities that have been doing it, and they were lucky that someone helped them.

We know of a friend and a colleague today who wasn't as lucky .

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who took his own life because he wasn't able to deal with his addictions," said Sen.

Jack Hatch, a Des Moines Democrat, in urging fellow senators to support House File 722.Gleason's death came six weeks after the 59-year-old physician publicly acknowledged that he was being treated for a relapse into an addiction to prescription painkillers.Legislation approved by the Senate on Wednesday would establish the prescription-drug monitoring program but limit ...