Rock and roll heiress Kelly Osbourne became addicted to Vicodin by the young age of 17.
She first got access to the powerful drug when she had her tonsils taken out at 13.
About three years later she was offered it in pill form and was soon taking up to 50 tablets a day because it gave her the confidence to cope with the new-found fame she had due to appearing in MTV show “The Osbournes” and helped her cope with her mother Sharon’s cancer battle. Osbourne ultimately headed to rehab four times.
In her new book “Fierce by Kelly Osbourne”, she revealed: “By this point I was waking up and emptying six Vicodin into my hand. Soon I was taking 50 pills a day. Most people would overdose on 10. My friends called me ‘Noddy’ because I fell asleep all the time.
“My parents suspected. Mum would say, ‘Darling, are you taking something? Please tell your mummy.’ But I was good at lying.”
Her lies were ultimately discovered and her parents sent her to Malibu’s Promises clinic.
Although she spent 30 days there receiving treatment, Osbourne admits she wasn’t ready to beat her addiction and it took three more stints in different rehab centers. During the last round, she finally realized she had a serious problem.
“After 30 days, I left rehab. For the first time, I felt hopeful. I knew I’d been given another chance at my life, at my career, at happiness. I wanted to grab it,” she said.
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