Bayan an sallame shi, likitocin Hazelden sun ba da shawarar cewa Clapton kada ya shiga cikin ayyukan da zai haifar da shan barasa ko damuwa. Bayan 'yan watanni bayan da aka sallame shi, Clapton ya fara aiki a kan kundi na gaba, a kan umarnin likitoci. Yin aiki tare da Tom Dowd, ya samar da abin da ya yi tunanin cewa shi ne "mafi yawan tilasta" kundi har zuwa yau, Kudi da Sigari. Clapton ya zabi sunan kundi "saboda wannan ne kawai na ga kaina ya bar" bayan da ya fara farfadowa daga shan barasa. A 1984 ya yi aiki a kan tsohon memba na Pink Floyd Roger Waters na solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, kuma ya shiga goyon bayan goyon baya. Tun daga nan Waters da Clapton suna da dangantaka mai kyau. A shekara ta 2005 sun yi aiki tare don Tsunami Relief Fund. A shekara ta 2006 sun yi aiki a cikin taimakon Live a Castleclere, suna wasa a cikin sa'o'i biyu na "Money and Cigarettes".
Asusun Taimakawa Tsunami