A woman went from battling a drink and drugs problem to becoming a millionaire from her OnlyFans content in the space of five years - and is now helping others transform their lives. At one stage of her life, Eliza Rose Watson was stealing stuff from her own mum in order to fund her addiction.
Now 33, Eliza's life spiralled out of control when she was 23, leading her to go on a five-year binge of drink and drugs. The model would go as far as turning up to jobs high or not showing up at all.
However, after being hospitalised five years ago, Eliza was pointed in the direction of support groups who could help her out of trouble, DorsetLive reports. This was the first step on her road to recovery which has led to her creating an OnlyFans profile in 2019, which now rakes in £180,000-a-month.
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Eliza, who is five years sober, is now trying to help others battle their own addictions and get clean through her work online. The Bournemouth-based model said she had "hit rock bottom" before finding help for herself.
Turning to drink and drugs after leaving university, Eliza would steal from her mum Louise to fund her lifestyle. She admitted her addictions wrecked her life.
Eliza said: "My drink and drugs addiction wrecked my life. I would steal off people - even my mum.
"I was aggressive and violent and stopped myself going out with my friends because I knew how I’d be. I used to turn up to modelling jobs on drugs, but they didn’t really care if I looked okay and turned up.
"I got back into modelling after getting sober and started updating my Instagram with shots and it took off. I started an OnlyFans and it just became a full-time job after lockdown.
"I use my platform to tell my story too and I was inundated with messages. I had addicts reach out on OnlyFans and I felt a sense of duty to help them out and point them in the direction of a support group. I can give them no judgement.
"I was 28 when I finally went and got help and slowly and surely, I got better. Now I’m nearly six years sober."
Along with holding down a teaching job, Eliza stepped back into the modelling world - which she first became involved with as a 16-year-old - after her stay in hospital. Those jobs eventually led to her setting her successful OnlyFans page, which she also uses to share her experiences from her past struggles.
"I found an old Instagram account that gained quite a lot of followers and I started adding new photos too it as a portfolio for photographers, but it took off," Eliza said. "Followers suggested an OnlyFans - so I did. I earned a couple of grand in just a few of months, which was crazy.
"I got so many people commenting who were recovering addicts themselves,” she said. "I started helping people kind of by accident.
"I had OnlyFans subscribers reach out saying they were struggling. I know how they feel as the stuff I did caused me so much shame.
"I remember going to a meeting and other recovering addicts laughing at me because they had done all the silly things I was mentioning. I can come from a place of no judgement, so I think people feel it’s easier to tell someone like me than family of friends. I’ve been able to point them in the direction of support groups. I feel a sense of duty."
Eliza added she has no regrets about her past troubles. She said: "Through being that desperate you learn so much that has enabled me to run my own business now.
"I’ve been able rebuild my relationship with my mum and pay her back for what I took from her. She’s come on a few content trips with me."
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