I'm an addict.'"ĭash recently marked five years of sobriety, a time period that she told Dr.
It wasn't until the last 10 days that I said, 'Oh, snap. Within eight hours, there was an intervention guy at my house and I was on a plane to Utah to go to rehab. "I called my sister and I told her, 'Come over right now.' And then I called my attorney and I said, 'I need help.' And she sent me away. You can't do this life.' And I almost did something stupid. She said: "That again was when I thought, 'OK, Stacey, then give up. However, the life-threatening scare didn't spark an immediate change, as Dash admitted that her drug abuse continued. The actress has shared details of her battle with drug addiction. Stacey Dash attends the "America" Los Angeles premiere held at the Regal Cinemas L.A. And by the grace and mercy of god, I lived."
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So, I got rushed to the hospital and I had to have a full blood transfusion and I was in there for three weeks. "My kidneys were so infected that my blood was septic, and my organs were shutting down. The New York native said that she was secretly "taking 18 to 20 pills a day" at one stage, which led to her subsequently losing "everything." It gave me the ease so that I could deal with life. "I chose to do that because the Vicodin filled that hole inside of me. "It was my choice to take that extra one even though I wasn't in pain. "I'm not blaming doctors at all because it was my choice to take more, you know?" Dash said during her interview. Oz that she relapsed 20 years later when she was prescribed Vicodin to aid with painful fibroid cysts-spending an estimated $5,000 to $10,000 per month on the pills. Soon afterward, the actress went to rehabilitation for her drug addiction.Read more Candace Cameron Bure Reveals Trump Made Her Time on 'The View' StressfulĪfter developing a drug addiction of her own that spanned her 20s, Dash shared that she eventually got sober. You can't do this life.'"ĭash said she then called her sister and her attorney for help. She added: "That again was when I thought, 'OK, Stacey, then give up. However, after she was discharged from the hospital, Dash said she kept using drugs. And by the grace and mercy of God, I lived." "So, I got rushed to the hospital and I had to have a full blood transfusion and I was in there for three weeks. "My kidneys were so infected that my blood was septic, and my organs were shutting down," she said about the incident. She ultimately stopped taking the painkillers, she said, when she "almost died" from a kidney infection. When Oz pointed out that taking "18 to 20 Vicodin pills a day" is "expensive," Dash nodded in agreement and said, "I lost everything."Īccording to E! News, Dash told Oz that she estimates she was spending between $5,000 and $10,000 a month on pills. "I was taking 18 to 20 pills a day," the "Clueless" star responded. Mehmet Oz asked Dash in a preview clip shared to Facebook. "How bad did this addiction get?" host Dr. Oz Show" on Thursday, noting that at one point, she was taking "18 to 20 pills a day."
Stacey Dash revealed that she had a decade-long pill addiction on "The Dr. She said she stopped after she "almost died" from a kidney infection.ĭash, who's now five years sober, estimates she was spending between $5,000 and $10,000 a month on pills. Stacey Dash said she used to take "18 to 20 pills a day" during a decade-long drug addiction. Stacey Dash is opening up about her drug addiction.
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