She had wanted to feel loved and safe and knew she had to give that life to her kids. When it came to being a mother, Stacey considered what she had wanted as a little girl, and worked to give those things to her children. It’s a disease, and a painful one, and getting clean is one of the hardest things to do. Addiction, as Stacey explains, is not a choice. After being released, she was suddenly on a plane to Utah to go to rehab. But after collapsing in pain because of organ shutdown, Stacey spent a month in the hospital and was told that she would die if she did any drugs again. She accomplished many things, including contributing to Fox News for 2 years, writing a book, and being a good mother. No one in Stacey’s life knew about her struggle with drugs, aside from her sister. At the time, opioids allowed Stacey’s brain to ‘slow down’ enough so that she could function.
Everything that happened to her, she believed happened for a reason. In her adult life, Stacey struggled with an addiction to opioids, after being prescribed them for pain management. It wasn’t until her son was born, after Stacey grappled with the decision of abortion, that she says her life began. She landed her first job at 18 after leaving home, but still struggled with self-worth all the way into adulthood. An actress was able to escape the life they were living, she realized, and be someone else. Both of her parents were addicted to drugs, and Stacy grew up angry as a result of her dysfunctional childhood.Īt age 8, Stacey knew she wanted to be an actress after acting in her first play. “The windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror,” she says, but still details how her childhood affected her life. Stacey believes that the future is more important than the past. She recently celebrated 5 years clean and is here to speak loud about balancing family, health, and careers while holding onto your vision in life.
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Stacey is a mother who has navigated many waters, overcoming obstacles to raise her children and remain in the film and TV industry. The troubled actress, who later became a extreme right wing anti-Black conservative pundit, attributes her belief in God for helping her to remain sober but admitted she has to “sometimes” fight to keep her faith.Today I’m talking with Stacey Dash, an accomplished actress, author, and healthy-living advocate. “Some part of me thought that’s what I deserved.” I couldn’t walk - my arm, tied me to the bed for three days,” she said. “He would beat me so bad, I couldn’t get out of bed for two weeks. The Clueless actress also shared with Dr Oz that she was in a relationship with a past abusive boyfriend, whom she said once left her with a broken arm in her early twenties. Stacey described the addiction as her “deepest, darkest secret” in a Facebook post and told Oz she would spend “about five to ten grand” a month on the pills.
For those weighing over 100 pounds, the max dosage recommended by doctors is no more than two 2.5- or 5-milligram tablets every four to six hours. Hydrocodone (Vicodin) is an opioid prescription painkiller commonly prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain.
Oz acknowledged, “18-20 Vicodin a day, that’s expensive,” which sparked a tearful Dash to reply: “Yeah, I lost everything.” Listen: Stacey Dash Tells Dr Oz About Celebrating Five Years Of Sobriety ( 0:33) “I was taking 18-20 pills a day,” Dash, now 54, said in the interview that aired Thursday. The actress has revealed a dark past where she would secretly pill-pop drugs and was subjected to physical abuse that once left her with a broken arm - in a new interview with Dr.
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