On October 12, 1994, when I was one of his editors at CNN, he went off the grid, went on a cocaine binge, and contemplated "suicide by cop."
He is now the author of two memoirs documenting his road to recovery and redemption.
"One-to-One with John DeDakis" goes 1-2-1 with William C. Moyers.
See and hear our conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARSVZt2vLI&list=PLXDV_HPUqtvvV-j0lyb2BsaZNSW3GCcDP&index=1
I knew enough not to smoke marijuana or try out any other drug that was so available from the time I got in college. And I've seen so many successful people go downhill very fast and several die as a result of finding cocaine a way to deal with the fast life until it implodes on them. Of those I know that had expensive rehabilitation, they come out with half the ability they had prior to going on their drug spree.
I'm glad that William C. Moyers is showing the way to others of how to get out of that trap and that he has recovered completely from what little I watched.
Ron