Riley Keough
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I'd had experience with my dad and opiates. And so, yeah, she goes to this place and And then halfway through the treatment, she's like, you know, I got to get back because the kids are starting school. And I think this was actually a really bad time to come here. And I'm like, wait, what? Like, you're here. What are you talking about?
Like, you're not just going to leave because they're starting school. Like, you knew they were starting school. And I think that overall, it's more of a priority that you finish your treatment. And she was like, it's fine. It's really important. They need like stability and they need to get back in school. And we got in a big, it was a big fight actually.
Like, you're not just going to leave because they're starting school. Like, you knew they were starting school. And I think that overall, it's more of a priority that you finish your treatment. And she was like, it's fine. It's really important. They need like stability and they need to get back in school. And we got in a big, it was a big fight actually.
Like, you're not just going to leave because they're starting school. Like, you knew they were starting school. And I think that overall, it's more of a priority that you finish your treatment. And she was like, it's fine. It's really important. They need like stability and they need to get back in school. And we got in a big, it was a big fight actually.
And so she left and then she went home and I went, oh, she doesn't want to stop taking them. And that's when progressively things got much worse. And she decided she was going to move to Nashville and that she was going to find time to go back to the rehab. you know, she was taking more and more pills. She ended up getting up to 80, 80 pills a day. And then she went back to the rehab.
And so she left and then she went home and I went, oh, she doesn't want to stop taking them. And that's when progressively things got much worse. And she decided she was going to move to Nashville and that she was going to find time to go back to the rehab. you know, she was taking more and more pills. She ended up getting up to 80, 80 pills a day. And then she went back to the rehab.
And so she left and then she went home and I went, oh, she doesn't want to stop taking them. And that's when progressively things got much worse. And she decided she was going to move to Nashville and that she was going to find time to go back to the rehab. you know, she was taking more and more pills. She ended up getting up to 80, 80 pills a day. And then she went back to the rehab.
She went home. She had like a week. And then I called her and I could just tell it was just felt like this thing that was started to spiral. And I was like, have you taken anything? And she was like, no. And then she like went to a dentist office or something and had like a dental work done and then needed to take some She's like, I have to take I have to take painkillers. And I know that trick.
She went home. She had like a week. And then I called her and I could just tell it was just felt like this thing that was started to spiral. And I was like, have you taken anything? And she was like, no. And then she like went to a dentist office or something and had like a dental work done and then needed to take some She's like, I have to take I have to take painkillers. And I know that trick.
She went home. She had like a week. And then I called her and I could just tell it was just felt like this thing that was started to spiral. And I was like, have you taken anything? And she was like, no. And then she like went to a dentist office or something and had like a dental work done and then needed to take some She's like, I have to take I have to take painkillers. And I know that trick.
I was like, OK, I see what's happening here. And then it just spiraled. It was like the opiates were, you know, so high up the amount. And then she like. Went out one night in Nashville and somebody gave her cocaine. And then it became cocaine, opiates, alcohol, and got so bad to the point where she ended up in heart failure in Cedars-Sinai in LA. So she basically was just going crazy.
I was like, OK, I see what's happening here. And then it just spiraled. It was like the opiates were, you know, so high up the amount. And then she like. Went out one night in Nashville and somebody gave her cocaine. And then it became cocaine, opiates, alcohol, and got so bad to the point where she ended up in heart failure in Cedars-Sinai in LA. So she basically was just going crazy.
I was like, OK, I see what's happening here. And then it just spiraled. It was like the opiates were, you know, so high up the amount. And then she like. Went out one night in Nashville and somebody gave her cocaine. And then it became cocaine, opiates, alcohol, and got so bad to the point where she ended up in heart failure in Cedars-Sinai in LA. So she basically was just going crazy.
And me and my brother got her to, which is in the book, like get on a bus to come to LA because she wouldn't fly because she couldn't do cocaine on the airplane. So we, my brother took her on a bus and brought her to Cedars. And then she was in the ICU for about a week. And then the amazing thing is, and it was a slow sort of like, you know, because she ended up in Cedars and,
And me and my brother got her to, which is in the book, like get on a bus to come to LA because she wouldn't fly because she couldn't do cocaine on the airplane. So we, my brother took her on a bus and brought her to Cedars. And then she was in the ICU for about a week. And then the amazing thing is, and it was a slow sort of like, you know, because she ended up in Cedars and,
And me and my brother got her to, which is in the book, like get on a bus to come to LA because she wouldn't fly because she couldn't do cocaine on the airplane. So we, my brother took her on a bus and brought her to Cedars. And then she was in the ICU for about a week. And then the amazing thing is, and it was a slow sort of like, you know, because she ended up in Cedars and,
She was so honest that she told the people working there, you know, I have a drug problem. And she's not realizing that they would call a social worker. And she was kind of saying, I need to get help. But I, you know, but she just told them and they took my sisters away from her. And they were like three then? How old were they? Gosh. Gosh. It would have been five or six, maybe five or six.
She was so honest that she told the people working there, you know, I have a drug problem. And she's not realizing that they would call a social worker. And she was kind of saying, I need to get help. But I, you know, but she just told them and they took my sisters away from her. And they were like three then? How old were they? Gosh. Gosh. It would have been five or six, maybe five or six.
She was so honest that she told the people working there, you know, I have a drug problem. And she's not realizing that they would call a social worker. And she was kind of saying, I need to get help. But I, you know, but she just told them and they took my sisters away from her. And they were like three then? How old were they? Gosh. Gosh. It would have been five or six, maybe five or six.
So actually, the courts just gave them to my grandma. Yeah. And then once she completed rehab and she had to send her urine tests and then whatever, the social workers basically said, well, you need a court-appointed monitor with you if you're going to have the kids back in the house. So I was the court-appointed monitor. Oh, Riley. And so I kind of had to live with them. until she finished.