{"id":6753,"date":"2025-11-10T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:27:46","slug":"michelle-heaton-katie-price-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/michelle-heaton-katie-price-saved-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Heaton: \u2018Katie Price saved my life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katie Price helped her friend check into rehab at the height of their addiction (Picture: Ian Gavan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liberty X<\/a> star Michelle Heaton<\/a> has revealed Katie Price’s<\/a> key role in her journey to sobriety and overcoming alcohol addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pop star, 46, is celebrating four years sober<\/a> after sharing that her ‘spiralling’ relationship with alcohol put her in the hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She said that at the height of her addiction, she would drink ‘two bottles of wine and a bottle of vodka’ every day, a habit that almost cost her her life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When tackling her alcoholism, the Just a Little hitmaker was supported by former glamour model Price, 47, who staged an intervention<\/a> for the singer alongside other friends.<\/p>\n

‘There were many times when I wanted to stop drinking, but I couldn\u2019t, and then I didn\u2019t want to tell anybody I couldn\u2019t because I\u2019d already told them I was stopping,’ she told the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘It was frustrating thinking, “why can\u2019t I stop? I can\u2019t tell anybody because no one\u2019s going to have the same problem.”‘<\/p>\n

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The Liberty X star said that her struggles with alcohol addiction came to a head in 2021 (Picture: Danny Martindale\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She checked into The Priory rehab centre in the same year and is celebrating four years sober (Picture: Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She said that during a night out with the Mucky Mansion star and other friends, she realised that booze was not ‘giving her any joy.’<\/p>\n

‘And then I just thought, “God, if they can do it, if she can do it, if they could be sober, what did they do?”‘ She continued.<\/p>\n

‘And then as soon as I accepted I needed help, help was always there.’<\/p>\n

She checked into The Priory rehab centre in 2021, and credits Price for ‘saving her life.’<\/a><\/p>\n

The singer told The Sun<\/a> at the time: ‘I texted Katie while I was in The Priory, “You saved my life.” Because The Priory did save my life.<\/p>\n

‘What I was doing was a suicide mission. I never actually thought, “I want to kill myself”, but ultimately I was killing myself.<\/p>\n

‘I was crying out for help when I couldn\u2019t actually ask for help. But when you\u2019re an addict, it feels like there\u2019s no way out.’<\/p>\n

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It was during a night out with Price that Heaton realised alcohol ‘did not bring her joy’ (Picture: Dave Hogan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Price has spoken out several times about her issues with addiction and checking into rehab (Picture: Nordin Catic\/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Price has spoken candidly about her own struggles with addiction and stints in rehab, telling The Sun<\/a> last year: ‘In our industry, if I don\u2019t turn up for work nobody can replace me. You sort of just get on with it and you don\u2019t deal with what\u2019s happened.<\/p>\n

‘It got to a point where I had a major breakdown, ended up in The Priory twice, five weeks at a time, and then I self-medicated on coke.’<\/p>\n

She added: ‘I\u2019ve been through so much and I\u2019ve come out the other end.’<\/p>\n

On ‘self-medicating’ with drugs<\/a>, the reality TV star said during an appearance on Loose Women<\/a> in 2019: ‘I think that\u2019s why my family and friends were really hurt and didn\u2019t know what to do because I\u2019ve never been in \u2026 for all those years in this industry .. you can choose that path if you want or you don\u2019t and I didn\u2019t, I purely did it to self medicate\u2026.but I went to the doctors and said this isn\u2019t me, and I told them the truth.<\/p>\n

‘I wasn\u2019t really drinking, just self-medicating on drugs basically. It\u2019s disgusting, but it was my way of dealing with it. That\u2019s when I was like: no, I know I need help, this is not me. At least I can hold my hands up, and I\u2019m so glad I did because if I didn\u2019t speak out, I would probably still be in that rut now.’<\/p>\n

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The NHS recommends Drinkline, the national alcohol helpline. If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, there is a free helpline you can call in complete confidence. Call 0300 123 1110 (weekdays 9am to 8pm, weekends 11am to 4pm).<\/p>\n

Or you can use Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a> (AA), a free self-help group with a 12-step programme.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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