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Brett Butler on Addiction, Charlie Sheen and Working with Chuck Lorre

Brett Butler

Charlie Sheen may think that he's winning, but Brett Butler knows he's fighting a losing battle.

It was 13 years ago that ABC and producers Carsey-Werner opted to pull the plug on Butler's hit sitcom, Grace Under Fire, after deciding that her addiction to painkillers left her in no condition to continue working. Now living on a farm in Georgia and celebrating 12 years of sobriety, Butler says she's still aghast at the events that led to her show's... read more

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