Kelly Osbourne Opens Up Abut Drug Addiction
Josephine Santos, PacificCoastNews.com
One thing you gotta love the Brits for is their unfailing honesty, and Kelly Osbourne is absolutely no exception. She has been under the spotlight pretty much all her life, and it is no secret that the past few years have been a little troublesome for her. The past year Kelly has been in rehab for her addiction to painkillers, and after spending some time in an Oregon treatment facility, she came out with a new lease on life, and a sense of humility that will aid in her recovery. Now, Kelly has decided to speak out on her addictions, and the behaviours that surrounded it and it is quite possible that going public with her life challenges will help someone else along the way. One thing Kelly has come public with is the extents she would go to in order to sustain her addiction to narcotic painkillers. She says that she has actually lost count of the number of times that she would deliberately hurt herself in order to get her hands on some pills. Last year, Kelly moved from London to Los Angeles, and says that she became such a zombie that she ‘couldn’t see tomorrow’. She would use whatever she could to sleep through the day and would add pot smoking to her narcotic painkiller high. She was so out of it, that her closest relationship was with the pizza delivery man. And, yes, she is embarrassed about it which is why she is telling the world about it. And her stint in Oregon has not been her only, as she has two rehab trips prior to this that can substantiate her drug use, but she does think that Oregon will be her last. She is at a point now where she acknowledges that drugs may ruin her life, or even kill her, and getting clean is a huge priority for her now. Perhaps her only priority. When she entered Oregon, she said:
I knew if I didn’t go into rehab I would die. I thought, ‘Thank God someone’s going to take this pain away’. I can’t honestly say I’ve ever been clean. I’m getting a second chance and I want to be present for it. I just want to be happy and anything is better than the way it was.
Kudos to Kelly for taking a stand for HERSELF, and for also spreading the message to the world that others should follow suit. Going public is extremely brave, whether you are a celebrity or not, so this girl gets props for using her challenges to help others. Our hopes are that she continues well on her road to recovery.
