Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir has revealed how serious the star’s opioid addiction was during the height of her addiction, with a quote about how it was “too painful to be sober.”
In the new memoir “From Here to the Great Unknown” — written by Lisa Marie and completed by her daughter actress Riley Keough — the late star opened up about becoming addicted to the painkillers after giving birth to her twins in 2008, Finley and Harper, with ex-husband Michael, People magazine reported. Presley died in January 2023 at the age of 54 from complications from prior bariatric surgery.
“It escalated to 80 pills a day,” Lisa Marie wrote. “It took more and more to get high, and I honestly don’t know when your body decides it can’t deal with it anymore. But it does decide at some point.”
The late star said her opioid use was “recreational” for a few years, until “it…
