Born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey England, to Patricia Clapp. Eric Clapton, born Eric Patrick Clapp, has gone through many struggles and successes throughout his life as a musician, father, recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, and acting as a patron helping others overcome their addictions. His father, Edward Walter Fryer a 24-year-old soldier stationed in England during World War II returned to wife in Canada before he was born. His mother, an unmarried teenager left him to her mother and stepfather to raise, John and Rose Clapp. Eric Clapton's last name comes from Rose's first husband and Pat's father Reginald Cecil Clapton He realized something wasn't right when he wrote his name as "Eric Clapton" and his parent's names as "Mr. and Mrs. Clapp." He learned the truth about his parents when he was 9 when his birth mother returned to England with his 6-year-old half-brother to visit. He was emotionally scarred by this event and this was a …show more content…
The grounds escaped structural damage during the Caribbean's run-in with Hurricane Georges, and the center's personnel remained safe. The Crossroads resident treatment program incorporates the 12 step system of Alcoholics Anonymous, traditional individual therapy, and a focus on physical health. Key to the Crossroads mission will be group therapy, an experience that Clapton says helps participants realize that "the common bond is addiction a disease which strikes anybody. I think the illusion I had until I got into recovery was that I was unique and different because I was `creative,' or I thought I was. I had to realize that I was just like anybody else who picked up a bottle and used it to get out. Clapton originally conceived the center as a forprofit venture, but Crossroads ultimately evolved into a nonprofit organization, Cross s roads Antigua Foundation, headed by Vance."(Siegler,