A millionaire OnlyFans model who stole from her mum to fuel a drink and drug addiction has turned her life around, now raking in £180,000 a month and helping others get clean. Eliza Rose Watson, 33, abused drugs and alcohol for five years when she hit “rock bottom” after finishing university.
She would steal to fund her habit – including from her mum, Louise, 54. Eliza would drink to deal with her feelings but started to realise she would become “aggressive” and “violent” when under the influence and stopped going out with her friends.
After her addiction led to her being hospitalised, a family friend pointed her in the direction of support groups. Now on the right path, she started getting back into fashion and fitness modelling which she had first dabbled in 17 years ago.
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She launched an OnlyFans page in December 2019 and her account took off. She now earns up to £180,000 a month from her content.
Now five years sober, Eliza has been able to offer “non-judgemental guidance” to those struggling who have reached out through her OnlyFans and social media. Eliza, from Bournemouth, Dorset, 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 OK 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.”
Eliza also uses her platform to share her story, and has been inundated with messages from others struggling with addiction. “I felt a sense of duty to help them out and point them in the direction of a support group,” she said.
“I can give them no judgement.”
Eliza was just 23 when her addiction spiralled out of control and led to her often not turning up for work. She said the times she did get a modelling job, it seemed “more fun” when she was on drugs.
“I was using drugs and alcohol to deal with my emotions,” she added.
Eliza was 16 when she did her first fashion photoshoot and continued to model from there. She said: “I had a job in computer design, but I didn’t last long there as I was struggling with my addiction still.”
Her addiction got so bad that she ended up in hospital and her family advised her to get help. She was 28 when she got help and she “slowly but surely” got better. She is now almost six years sober.
Eliza started taking up photoshoots alongside a teaching job and regained her love for modelling. After finding an old Instagram account that had gained lots of followers, she began adding new photos to use as a portfolio for photographers.
She said it quickly took off and her followers suggested she make an OnlyFans account. “I earned a couple of grand in just a few of months which was crazy,” she said.
“I got so many people commenting who were recovering addicts themselves. I started helping people kind of by accident.
“I had Only Fans 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.”
Despite her rocky five years, Eliza does no regret her past. 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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