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"Billy Joel has spoken about the trauma of going to the Betty Ford Centre. The singer checked in to the rehabilitation clinic in 2005 in a bid to kick his alcohol addiction, but found the experience akin to spending time in a &amp;quot;concentration camp&amp;quot;. He told Details magazine: &amp;quot;I hated it. It was like a concentration camp - well, I can&amp;#039;t say that, I&amp;#039;ve never been in a concentration camp. But for me, it was. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a lot of dogma that goes with it, and there&amp;#039;s the whole AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) thing, and for a lot of people that works. I didn&amp;#039;t necessarily follow that.&amp;quot; Though the stint helped him conquer his alcohol dependency, Joel admitted that he still drinks occasionally. He said: &amp;quot;It was good. I dried out. And it was probably one of the best things I ever did, because I realised I was just drinking too much, and I really don&amp;#039;t need to do that. &amp;quot;Once in a blue moon, I&amp;#039;ll have a glass of wine. But I&amp;#039;m very afraid of going beyond that. I don&amp;#039;t want to be out of control.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Joel&amp;#039;s Shea concerts to be made into film "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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