You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life, so I need to tell you that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.

The Rush Limbaugh Show, 10 October 2003, quoted in Cerabino, Frank (15 February 2004), "Taking on Rush", The Palm Beach Post, Archived from the original on 2004-06-24