Lady Gaga was saved from cocaine addiction by the thought of her dead aunt. The eccentric star has revealed her life spiraled into a world of heavy drug use in a bid to replicate the lifestyles of her musical idols.

The ‘Paparazzi' singer would lock herself in her bedroom and snort "bags and bags" of cocaine for songwriting inspiration when she was starting out, but realized she was jeopardizing her life when she recalled her aunt Joanne who died at 19.