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Holiday married James Monroe in Already known to drink, Holiday picked up her new husband's habit of smoking opium. The marriage didn't last — they later divorced — but Holiday's problems with substance abuse continued. Holiday refused and kept singing the song. Anslinger was a widely known racist and made it his mission to take Holiday down for her drug and alcohol addiction and relentlessly pursued her all the way up until her death in That same year, Holiday had a hit with "God Bless the Child.
Her boyfriend at the time was trumpeter Joe Guy, and with him she started using heroin. After the death of her mother in October , Holiday began drinking more heavily and escalated her drug use to ease her grief. Despite her personal problems, Holiday remained a major star in the jazz world—and even in popular music as well. She appeared with her idol Louis Armstrong in the film New Orleans , albeit playing the role of a maid. Unfortunately, Holiday's drug use caused her a great professional setback that same year.
She was arrested and convicted for narcotics possession in Sentenced to one year and a day of jail time, Holiday went to a federal rehabilitation facility in Alderson, West Virginia. Released the following year, Holiday faced new challenges. Because of her conviction, she was unable to get the necessary license to play in cabarets and clubs.
Holiday, however, could still perform at concert halls and had a sold-out show at the Carnegie Hall not long after her release. Levy became her boyfriend and manager by the end of the s, joining the ranks of the men who took advantage of Holiday.
Also around this time, she was again arrested for narcotics, but she was acquitted of the charges. While her hard living was taking a toll on her voice, Holiday continued to tour and record in the s. She began recording for Norman Granz, the owner of several small jazz labels, in Two years later, Holiday had a hugely successful tour of Europe.
Holiday also caught the public's attention by sharing her life story with the world in Some of the material in the book, however, must be taken with a grain of salt. Holiday was in rough shape when she worked with Dufty on the project, and she claimed to have never read the book after it was finished.
Around this time, Holiday became involved with Louis McKay. The two were arrested for narcotics in , and they married in Mexico the following year. Like many other men in her life, McKay used Holiday's name and money to advance himself. Holiday had a top 10 hit with a song called "Riffin' the Scotch" in , and the s continued to be a time of career growth for the singer. But as her star rose, so did her reliance on alcohol, and eventually she moved on to harder drugs.
It was her first husband , trombonist Jimmy Monroe, who introduced Holiday to Opium in , according to Jazzwise. A couple of years later — around — her opium habit evolved into a heroin addiction when the war caused opium shortages and heroin took its place on the market.
She continued to play and record music, with much of her money going to support her drug habit and that of her husband. The couple divorced, but Holiday kept her addiction.
She had a heroin addiction because she'd been chronically raped as a child and she was trying to deal with the grief and the pain of that. And also, she was resisting white supremacy. Holiday tried rehab to kick her habit, but it didn't work, and besides having a metaphorical monkey on her back, Holiday also had the Chief of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Mr. Harry J.
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