"I'm sick of it. I've never been drunk. I don't do recreational drugs. It's defamation of character," insists Paula Abdul insists to the new issue of OK! magazine.

Try not to laugh too hard!

Abdul says she has been diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), a chronic neurological disorder that causes severe pain.

"It can come and go at any time, but I no longer have the intense nerve pain that is associated with RSD, thank God," Adbul tells the mag. "I have four titanium plates in my neck. I've had 14 surgeries over the years," "I had an operation the same evening as the first season finale of American Idol."

Abdul says she was hit by a drunk driver in 1987. Then things got worse when she was injured in an emergency plane landing in the early '90s.

Paula claims that she is treated with anti-inflammatory medications and has massage and acupuncture treatments for her pain.

"If I appear exhausted on television, it's because I am!" she says. "I have a lot of sleepless nights because I'm in so much pain. I was taking far more medication on earlier seasons [of Idol], and nobody said anything. I try to say something and I stumble, and that's what people have picked up on. I'm not polished."

Well, we don't wanna "defame" her character or anything, so we'll say - Good for you, Paula.

We totally believe you. 100%!

Do U believe Paula is full of crap, though?????