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Katya opens up about her addiction to meth<\/b><\/p>\n

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Drug addiction can be one of the most challenging things to talk about publicly, but true to Katya’s fear-be-damned<\/em> attitude, the RuPaul<\/a>‘s Drag Race<\/em> all star is helping to shed light on a vital topic.<\/p>\n

Chatting it up on RuPaul’s podcast What’s the Tee? With Michele Visage<\/em>, Katya didn’t hold back on the truth, from family life to drugs to how she really<\/em> felt when she saw Alaska in the work room on day one of Drag Race All Stars <\/em>season 2.<\/p>\n

The drag fan favorite opened up about a difficult time in her life — a nervous breakdown while in her sophomore year at Massachusetts College of Art and Design — and how it led to falling down a drug-fueled rabbit hole to cope with the depression that accompanied it.<\/p>\n

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“I’m thinking of suicide everyday because I can’t imagine at losing at life,” Katya recalls feeling. “I started stealing speed from my roommate. I wanted to do drugs to do more, to live<\/a>, to cope, to be happy.”<\/p>\n

That’s when meth entered the equation.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been through hell on meth, but I’ve also been up in the clouds, and thats why you do it,” she told Ru and Michele.<\/p>\n

Katya’s success, professionally and personally, is a testament to getting through tough times and coming out the other side.<\/p>\n

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Fans have clearly latched onto her ever-developing confidence, wanting to see her succeed in every way possible. It’s no surprise, then, that her one woman show’s Kickstarter<\/a> more than doubled its fundraising goal, blasting past $33k for a total of $74,580 raised.<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, Katya gave some behind-the-scenes commentary on her exceptional<\/em> run during All Stars<\/em> season two:<\/p>\n

“When Alaska walked in there the first thing I thought was ’f*ck, I cant win,’” she said. “The second thing was: ’oh, thank God’ because I felt free, the pressure was off. I cant have to win but I need to be able to do this well. And I did that and I was proud of myself.”<\/p>\n

You can find the full podcast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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