Lisa Marie Presley took 80 opioid pills a day at the height of her addiction (Image: Getty)
‘s opioid addiction spiralled out of control to the point where she was taking 80 pills a day, according to revelations in her memoir, From Here To The Great Unknown.
The daughter of , who died at age 54 in 2023, began her descent into addiction after being prescribed painkillers following the birth of her twin daughters, Finley and Harper, via C-section.
In her memoir, which her eldest daughter helped complete, Lisa Marie detailed her battle with opioid addiction.
The singer wrote: “It escalated to 80 pills a day. 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.”
Lisa Marie’s addiction intensified after her son Benjamin’s tragic death in 2020, which left her struggling to cope.
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Riley Keough helped Lisa Marie write her book (Image: Getty)
She recounted: “It was an absolute matter of addiction, withdrawal in the big league. I just wanted to check out. It was too painful to be sober.”
Lisa Marie revealed that the drug use was “recreational” at first, but then “it wasn’t” anymore and she became dependent on it.
Her daughter Riley, 35, revealed that Lisa Marie’s opioid use began as a means to manage pain after giving birth, but soon progressed into full-blown addiction.
The family was reportedly shocked by Lisa Marie’s addiction, as she had largely avoided substance use since her younger years.
Opioids are a class of drugs that can be used to treat pain such as oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine, morphine; the illegal drug heroin; and many others.
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Lisa Marie died aged 54 in 2023 (Image: Getty)
After hitting rock bottom with an overdose and subsequent hospitalisation, Lisa Marie eventually sought help and checked into rehab.
Riley wrote that Lisa Marie would get high “on the post-rehab cocktail”. A turning point came when she suffered a seizure, prompting her to commit to getting clean and sober.
The situation deteriorated dramatically when she underwent bariatric surgery, a medical term for surgical procedures used to manage obesity.
This includes stomach size reduction and altering gut hormones. Her cause of death was ultimately a “small bowel obstruction”, not her opioid struggle.