A Made in Chelsea star has opened up about her meth addiction
When we first met Stephanie Pratt is was through her fairly out there brother Spencer as they crew did their time on The Hills.
Now the current cast member on Made in Chelsea and soon to be published author, the 29-year old is opening up about how her troubled past goes further make than we imagined.
In her new book Made In Reality Stephanie talks about how she first started using drugs when she was just 14. The Reality TV star says that when she was just a teenager she was using crystal meth.
An extract of her book, seen in New! magazine discusses her drug addiction while she was attending a prestigious school in Santa Monica, the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences.
She says that she was “14 or 15 (when I first smoked crystal meth).. I was on the extreme level and addiction developed instantly.”
Stephanie says she would even take meth during the school “snack breaks”. Her cocaine addiction also developed at the same time.
The Made In Chelsea star says that her drug use made her feel “rebellious and grown-up.”
She said that while in the depths of her potentially deadly addiction, she would also frequently risk her life, and that of others; by getting behind the wheel of her car while under the influence.
She says her willingness to risk her life came from a deep-rooted depression, “I didn’t care about anything. I could live or die. I didn’t care.”
Stephanie said that it was after her 2006 arrest and stint in a Texas rehab facility that she felt ashamed for embarrassing her family. Joining her brother Spencer on The Hills that year however proved to be a struggle for the former addict.
“I lost about six pounds in two weeks but bulimia made my face very puffy so I freaked out and began going on crazy little diets, like I’d only at Tic Tacs,” she said about the pressure she felt as a cast member at the time.
Now the almost 30-year old is living in London as a series regular on Made In Chelsea and has learned to embrace her body and a life free of addiction.
