Lisa Marie Presley was taking 80 pills a day at the height of her opioid addiction, her new memoir From Here To The Great Unknown claims.
The singer, who died aged 54 in 2023, had become dependent on opioids following the birth by caesarean section of her twin daughters Finley and Harper.
In her book, which her oldest daughter, Riley Keough, helped complete, she shared that opioid addiction took over.
“It escalated to 80 pills a day,” Lisa Marie said in her book, which went on sale Tuesday.
‘It took more and more to get high and I honestly don’t know when your body decides it can’t take it anymore. But at some point he decides.”
Lisa Marie Presley was taking 80 pills a day at the height of her opioid addiction, her new memoir From Here To The Great Unknown claims.
The singer, who died aged 54 in 2023, had become dependent on opioids following the birth by caesarean section of her twin daughters Finley and Harper. In her book, which her oldest daughter, Riley Keough, helped complete, she shared that opioid addiction took over. Seen in 2022
Lisa Marie added that at first her drug use was “recreational,” but then “it stopped being recreational” when she became dependent on them.
Opioids are a class of drugs that include synthetic opioids such as fentanyl; pain relievers legally available by prescription, such as oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine, morphine; the illegal drug heroin; and many others.
Lisa Marie also struggled with the death by suicide of her son Benjamin in 2020.
“It was an absolute matter of addiction, of withdrawal in the big leagues,” Lisa Marie wrote in her book. ‘I just wanted to check it out. It was too painful to be sober.
Keough, 35, added that her mother only started taking opioids after having her twins.
But then he took them more frequently than he should as the addiction “progressed.”
The entire family was surprised by her addiction since she never liked to use drugs of any kind, except for a brief period in her youth, the book adds.
Lisa Marie eventually ended up in the hospital and then in rehab after an overdose.
Riley wrote that Lisa Marie was getting high “from the post-rehab cocktail.” But when she had a seizure, she finally decided to get sober for good.
“The seizure had chastened her greatly,” Riley writes.
Lisa Marie is seen here with her four children in 2019.
But the real problem arose when Lisa Marie had bAriary surgery, which is a medical term for surgical procedures used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions.
Long-term weight loss with bariatric surgery can be achieved by altering gut hormones, physically reducing stomach size, reducing nutrient absorption, or a combination of these.
After Lisa Marie’s death, it was shared that it was not from opioid addiction but from a ‘Small intestine obstruction caused by bariatric surgery.
The autopsy indicated that opioids in his system did not contribute to his death.
“It escalated to 80 pills a day,” Lisa Marie said in her book, which went on sale Tuesday. ‘It took more and more to get high and I honestly don’t know when your body decides it can’t take it anymore. But it does decide at some point’; seen with Riley in 2010
Lisa Marie with her mother Priscilla Presley, left, and the book cover, right.
This comes after Keough said he hopes to “honor” his late mother with the memoir.
The Hollywood actress has completed the book her mother was working on at the time of her death and considers it a ‘gift’ to have the opportunity to tell Lisa Marie’s story to the world.
In a behind-the-scenes video of her in a recording booth, Riley said, “My goal is not only to honor my mother, but also to tell a human story in what I know is an extraordinary circumstance.”
‘I am aware that the recordings my mother left are a gift.
‘Very often, all that remains of a loved one is a saved and re-saved voicemail, a short video on a phone, a few favorite photos. “I take the privilege of these tapes very seriously.”
Elvis and Priscilla with baby Lisa Marie in Tennessee in 1968
The memoir will cover how Lisa Marie struggled after Elvis’ death, as well as the tragic passing of her son Benjamin, and Riley hopes it will present her as “a three-dimensional human being.”
The Daisy Jones and The Six star said: “What I wanted to do in her memoir, and what I hope to have done in finishing it for her, is to go beyond the magazine headline’s idea of her and reveal the essence. Whose it is.” was.
“Turning her into a three-dimensional human being: the best mother, a wild child, a fierce friend, an underrated artist, outspoken, funny, traumatized, joyful, heartbroken… everything she was throughout her extraordinary life.
“I want to give my mother a voice in a way that eluded her when she was alive.”
Lisa Marie at the 80th Annual Golden Globes at The Beverly Hilton on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills. He died two days later, on January 12.