Lisa Marie Presley posthumously reveals opioid habit in memoir
WARNING: This text consists of mentions of habit and substance abuse
The late Lisa Marie Presley has posthumously revealed in her upcoming memoir that she had developed an habit to opioids after giving delivery.
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In an excerpt of the upcoming memoir – titled Right here To The Nice Unknown – shared with PEOPLE, a portion of the e-book sees Presley writing about being hooked on subscription painkillers following the births of her twins Harper and Finley Lockwood in 2008.
“For a few years it was leisure after which it wasn’t. It was an absolute matter of habit, withdrawal within the large leagues. It’s possible you’ll learn this and surprise how, after shedding individuals near me, I additionally fell prey to opioids I used to be recovering after the delivery of my daughters, [Harper] Vivienne and Finley, when a physician prescribed me opioids for ache. It solely took a short-term prescription of opioids within the hospital for me to really feel the necessity to hold taking them.”
Presley continued: “Even in recent times, I’ve seen too many individuals I liked battle with habit and die tragically from this epidemic. It’s time for us to say goodbye to disgrace about habit. We’ve to cease blaming and judging ourselves and the individuals round us… That begins with sharing our tales… As I write this, I consider my 4 kids, who gave me the aim to heal.”
The memoir, which is due for launch on October 8, was partially written by Presley and later completed by her daughter Riley Keough. You can pre-order your copy here.
Presley died on the age of 54 after an emergency admission to the hospital in January 2023.
Whereas her dying was initially considered attributable to cardiac arrest, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Workplace later confirmed that Presley died from a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction”, or an intestinal obstruction that constricted blood provide to her digestive tract.
Keough was requested by her mom to assist write the e-book – titled Right here To The Nice Unknown – and following her dying in 2023, Keough completed telling her mom’s story after listening to tapes she had recorded throughout the writing course of.
Presley was born in 1968 as the one baby to her dad and mom Elvis and Priscilla, and was the only inheritor to the Graceland property, which she inherited in 1980.
She went on to pursue her personal music profession, inside which she launched three studio albums, specifically ‘To Whom It Might Concern’ in 2003, ‘Now What’ in 2004, and ‘Storm And Grace’ in 2012. The previous two albums peaked within the High 10 of the Billboard 200 album charts.
In the meantime, Keough additionally not too long ago introduced a e-book tour in assist of From Right here To The Nice Unknown, which is able to see her pay tribute to Lisa Marie Presley. For the tour, she may even be joined by at the moment unnamed particular company at every of the tour stops.
The tour will happen throughout six dates in October, with stops in New York, Graceland, St. Louis, Nashville, London and Los Angeles. You can get tickets to the book tour here.