The hard-living rocker entered a $10,000 program at the Chit Chat Farms treatment center in Wernersvill, Pa, on July 13, leaving little Frances Bean Cobain with relatives. And she vows she won't follow in the footstept of the girl's drug-ravaged daddy, Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain-who was found dead from a single shotgun blast to the head.
"drugs are killing me," Courtney revealed. "I'm getting help so my daughter doesn't end up an orphan."
"I can't count the number of times i almost died or wanted to. I had a huge drug problem. I took heroin, pot, cocaine-anything i could get my hands on. The drugs came first. I didn't care about music, friendships."
"The only thing that mattered to me was my daughter-and the way I was living was hurting her. There are people to take care of her, but she needs my love. That's why I'm here."
The wild widow caught America's attention after her husband Kurt was found dead in 1994. His death was ruled a suicide, but there have been alegations he was murdered.
Even before Cobain's death, Courtney's lifestyle was causing problems. A 1992 report claimed she took heroin while pregnant. When Frances was an infant, Los Angeles Child Services took her away from Kurt and Courtney for several weeks. Courtney later said," If i am on drugs, my child is with my mother-in-law or her two nannies. No way in this world will my child be subjected to my self-destructive behavior."
A source close to Courtney disclosed, "Frances virtually lives with Kurt's mother Wendy O'Connor and his sister Kimberly Cobain in a house Courney bought for them in Olympia, Washington.
"Courtney told me she keeps her legal residence in washington-even thought she spends most of her time in L.A.-because she's afraid California child services might take Frances away again."
The grunge rocker tried to kick drugs earlier this year after starting a romance with edward norton, her co-star in the upcoming movie, "The People Vs. Larry Flint," said an insider.
"But after the movie finished shooting, she started using drugs again.
"Ed told her, get treatment. Your killing yourself-and your no good to Frances or me if you're dead!"
So Courtney went into treatment. the rockstar told a source," It has been great here. They brainwash you, but in a good way. I'm learning i don't need drugs."