Kelly Osbourne Talks Rehab & A Life Long Addiction.
Posted on 22. Mar, 2009 by CSS in Entertainment, Rehab'in It, drugs
Second-generation substance abuser Kelly Osbourne says she was heading down the same dangerous path as her dad, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, before she checked herself into rehab a few months ago. The newly-engaged reality star says she had two options to free herself of a long-standing addiction to painkillers: rehab or death.
Three weeks after completing a month-long stay in a rehabilitation center, Kelly Osbourne tells PEOPLE that she’s been addicted to painkillers since she was a teenager.
“I had my tonsils taken out [at age 13], and they gave me liquid Vicodin,” the TV personality recalls of her first use of painkillers. “I found, when I take this, people like me. I’m having fun, I’m not getting picked on. It became a confidence thing.”
Osbourne, 24, says that despite two trips to rehab in 2004 and 2005, she has never been clean until now.
The star, who reunites with her family for a March 31 FOX special called Osbournes Reloaded (their first collaboration since MTV’s The Osbournes), decided to seek help after suffering an intense relapse this year. Using downers to sleep through the days, she says, “I knew if I didn’t get help, I would die.”
“I’m getting a second chance [at my career],” she says, “and I want to be present for it.”
-From People
It’s great that Kelly has enough self awareness to realize at an early age that she was heading into dangerous territory. I wish her continued strength and clarity in staying sober!
