Betty Ford was probably so shocked to be the wife of a President, that she withdrew.

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Betty Ford and Kitty Dukakis admitted to their own torment and subsequent substance abuse only after their husbands' presidential campaigns.

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Betty Ford Center: The grande dame of rehab in Rancho Mirage, Cal.

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In 1982, she co-founded the Betty Ford Center to treat substance abuse.

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But then, people like you, all of you here, started speaking out, including two of my predecessors, First Ladies Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan.

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When she married Larry Fortensky in 1991 after meeting him at the Betty Ford Clinic, I thought, yes, she's the kind of woman who doesn't give a damn what people think.

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Russ Patrick, a spokesman for Betty Ford, said he could not confirm Lohan had returned to the facility, which is a licensed treatment hospital founded in 1982 and has treated numerous celebrities.

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Lohan has spent time at Betty Ford before.

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Should we have sent Churchill to Betty Ford?

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He declined to say where Lohan is receiving treatment, but a source close to the actress who was not authorized to speak publicly said she has checked in to the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

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After a fitful night, Ford returned to the hospital later that morning at Betty's insistence.

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