Sister Wives star Christine Brown Woolley has revealed she has been suffering from an “absolutely devastating” Oxycodone addiction. The TLC show regular, 53, was prescribed the drug after tearing her ACL, telling People: “It was very difficult, and even though I was on it for a month, the effects of it lasted at least six.” She’s been on the show since it began in 2010, but in her new memoir—Sister Wife—has revealed she has been fighting a private battle off-screen. “Just before Maddie and Caleb got married [in 2016], I blew out my knee,” she said. “I tore my ACL and my meniscus, and I had to have surgery.” She was given a prescription, and “it gave me the best high I ever felt. I was on top of the world, and I could accomplish everything!” But the impacts lasted longer than she bargained for: “It was very difficult, and even though I was on it for a month, the effects of it lasted at least six. I didn’t feel normal.” She opted not to take it public on the show, but added: “I didn’t feel okay for so long… oxy is a terrible, addictive thing if you don’t need it.”
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