[Excerpt from interview with Michael Grimm. He noticed his addiction problem during a Stevie Nicks tour]
By KATE MAGANDY
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The Lortab did its job, but it took its toll. Grimm became addicted to the narcotic. He said he knew there was a problem during his tour with Stevie Nicks in 2011.
He got in touch with a doctor while on tour, who prescribed Suboxone to treat the prescription painkiller addiction.
"It was the only way to get me through the tour and when the tour was over I went to detox and tried kicking it."
Grimm said when he returned to Las Vegas after the tour with Nicks, he went to a local doctor, who again prescribed Suboxone.
"It had a big grip on me, physically, mentally and emotionally," he said. "But God is on my side. I'm pulling through this. I put myself in this mess."
'I didn't feel right'
After two years on the Suboxone, Grimm told his doctor he wanted to quit it. Grimm said his doctor said he wanted the singer to keep taking it three more years.
But Grimm had had enough. He got in touch with a friend in Hancock County in the medical field who told him not to quit the Suboxone cold turkey. She helped him wean off the drug, which he has been off of for six weeks, he said.
But the damage had been done.
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