

"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. 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.
