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In 1986, Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to found Comic Relief USA, an annual HBO television benefit devoted to the homeless, which has raised $80 million, as of 2014
In 2003, he started drinking alcohol again while working on a film in Alaska. In 2006, he checked himself in to a substance-abuse rehabilitation center in Newberg, Oregon, saying he was an alcoholic.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Williams had an addiction to cocaine. He was a casual friend of John Belushi and the sudden death of Belushi, with the birth of his son Zak, prompted him to quit drugs and alcohol.