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Katie Price was taking cocaine every WEEK for six months
KATIE Price has revealed she took cocaine every WEEK for six months at her lowest ebb.
The 40-year-old former glamour model appeared on Victoria Derbyshire's BBC Two show today to talk about her progress with Harvey's Law, which will be discussed in Parliament in April.
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Katie spoke about how important it is to tackle online bullies, who have targeted her 16-year-old disabled son, before opening up about her own personal struggles over the last 12 months.
As Harvey sat alongside her she said: "Last year, it was an awful year, I found out my mum was terminally ill, then that my husband at the time was cheating on me again.
"My horse died in front of my house, in South Africa I was held at gun point with my children Junior and Princess, then [Harvey] had a kidnap threat again and then I was divorcing my husband.
"I was self medicating on a drug, cocaine, I'm not proud of it.
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"I've never been up that track before, I went to the doctor and it was the hardest thing ever to say 'I need help, I'm at breaking point."
Victoria asked how often Katie was taking cocaine at her lowest point, and she insisted it was never every day.
She said: "It was weekly for about half a year. I went to The Priory, someone assesses you and I was in there for severe trauma and depression."
After a four week treatment, Katie is now trying to focus on the future, and added: "Am I ashamed I did it? It's not good but I couldn't help it, I was at breaking point.
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"The only way is up, sometimes it's good to have a reality check."
However she told Victoria that Harvey's violent behaviour is getting out of control, with him breaking windows, TV and eight iPads in 2019 alone.
The teen has Prader-Willi Syndrome, is partially sighted and also struggles with septo-optic dysplasia, which affects his growth.
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The mother-of-five explained: "He's a danger to himself, for the first time ever I might have to have him in residential care Monday to Friday.
"I'm really having to think about it but I hate it because he's my life.
"The kids can be scared as he's big so I have to think of him.
"I'm literally on my own as I don't talk to anyone about it, I'm lonely."
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However, Katie hopes to ease her loneliness by adding to her brood admit reports she is trying to adopt a Nigerian orphan.
She told Victoria: "It's easy to adopt out of the country but it's difficult to adopt to bring them into the country.
"People said I wouldn't be able to adopt because of my situation but no one knows how far I've got with it."
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When Victoria asked how many children she would like, Katie joked: "In my head it's like a conveyor belt, when they move out...
"I've got 11 bedrooms to fill."
Katie also spoke about how hard it can be to care for Harvey.
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Holding up a bag full of medication, she said: "If he doesn't take all these meds every day he would die.
"I don't think people who realise how hard it is.
"Before we came here I had to bath him and dress him as he can't do it. He wets the bed twice a night."
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