A teacher who "hit rock bottom" when she stole from her mum to fuel her drink and drugs addition has turned her life around, raking in £180k-a-month with OnlyFans and is helping others get clean. Eliza Rose Watson, 33, abused drugs and alcohol for five years when she hit “rock bottom” after university.
She would steal and take things off people to fund her habit - including her mum, Louise, 54. Eliza would drink to deal with her feelings but started to realise that she would become “aggressive” and “violent” when under the influence and stopped going out with her friends.
After her addiction drove her to be 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.
She launched an Only Fans page in December 2019 and her account took off - and now makes up to £180k a month from her content. Now five years sober, Eliza has been able to lend "non-judgemental guidance" to people struggling who have reached out to her on her Only Fans and social media.
Eliza, a content creator 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 Only Fans, 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 Only Fans 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.”
Eliza was just 23 when her addiction spiralled out of control. “I wouldn’t show up for jobs,” she said. “I was using drugs and alcohol to deal with my emotions. It seemed more fun to turn up to a modelling job on drugs.”
Eliza was 16 when she did her first fashion photoshoot and continued to model from there. “I had a job in computer design, but I didn’t last long there as I was struggling with my addition still," she said.
Her addiction got so bad that she ended up in hospital and her family advised her to get help. “I was 28 when I finally went and got help and slowly and surely, I got better,” she said. “Now I’m nearly six years sober.”
Eliza started taking up photoshoots alongside her teaching job at the time and regained her love for modelling. “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 Only Fans - so I did. I earned a couple of grand in just a few of months which was crazy.”
Eliza decided to share her addiction recovery on her platform and was inundated with messages. I got so many people commenting who were recovering addicts themselves,” she said.
“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."
Despite her rocky five years, Eliza doesn’t regret her past. “Through being that desperate you learn so much that has enabled me to run my own business now,” she said.
“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.”
