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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: Confronting Betty Ford’s addiction
Description: In 1978, former first lady of the United States, Betty Ford, announced that she had an addiction to alcohol and prescription medication, and would be seeking treatment.Wife of the 38th US president Gerald Ford, her openness and honesty about her addictions was remarkable for its time and was headline news.But it was her daughter, Susan Ford, who had organised the family intervention to confront her mother about her addiction, prompting her to seek help.Susan Ford Bales remembers the moment she knocked on her mother's door early in the morning with the...