SOBRIETY TAKES OVER –
Aug. 14, 2023 – Leah opened up about her struggles with drug dependency during a November 2018 episode of her podcast “Life Reboot” and revealed the issue was sparked during her labor with daughter Addie in 2013.
“It was actually the scene, they were talking about how we were being flirty and trying to get back together but honestly, the entire scene was about the botched spinal tap and how Jeremy [Calvert] had to carry me from one room to the next because I couldn’t walk,” Leah said during the podcast episode. “I just went in to deliver Addie and they injected me 13 times and, even in the hospital, I couldn’t get up — and they just put me on morphine.”
Four days after giving birth, Leah couldn’t walk and her condition didn’t improve even after she made the decision to heal at home.
“They put me on different drugs to go home on for like, three months, three different drugs,” she continued, noting by then she was already dependent on the substances. “Well, then they put me on Diazepam and it has me nodding off. I didn’t even know what that was!”
Diazepam, more commonly known as Valium, is a controlled substance that is usually prescribed to treat anxiety, muscle spasms, and seizures, according to WebMD.
