7. Glenn Beck
Many of us know Glenn Beck as the conservative media figure that you either love or hate, but what many people don’t know is that Beck had a depressing past filled with drugs and alcohol which almost led him to the brink of suicide. Mental illness ran in his family—his mother struggled with substance abuse and manic depression, eventually dying in an accident which Beck believes was suicide. Also See: 6 wow facts about the penis – EVERY man needs to see this!
Beck became interested in radio through his collection of records from the Golden Age of Radio. He also began drinking and using marijuana heavily at this time. He became successful as a radio DJ and started to use harder drugs like cocaine along with his alcohol. His first marriage began to suffer when he started to have suicidal fantasies. However, after he divorced his wife and was forced to work mediocre gigs, he began attending Alcoholics Anonymous. He finally beat his addictions and converted to Mormonism, a religion he once mocked on his radio shows. He again found success (soberly this time) on the radio, this time as a political commentator. He soon made the switch to television on CNN but found greater success on Fox News as a conservative commentator. He left Fox News and now controls his own television network, The Blaze.
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