Demi Lovato says drug use ‘almost killed her’ and she also helped ‘save her life’ when dealing with suicidal thoughts.
The pop star, 28, talked about her complicated relationship with substance abuse in an upcoming podcast Diane Guerrero Yeah No, I’m not right, telling the actress drugs Orange Is The New Black as ‘destructive copywriting’ for her.
In the same way [drug use] I almost killed him, he saved my life at times, because there were times when I dealt with suicidal ideation, ‘explained the Sober singer, saying that it distracted her from her emotional anguish.
‘I believe I turned to those cops because I was in a real pain that I didn’t want to die and I didn’t know what else to do,’ she went on, all E! News.
Integrated: Demi Lovato opened up about how she used drugs as a ‘treatment’ for all the pain she suffered before she got sober. She acknowledged that slavery was almost ‘killing’ and was also helping to ‘save lives’ by removing it from suicidal thoughts.
But Demi had evoked a call when she took over in 2018, a near-death experience that left the star with permanent brain damage.
She has since developed new ways of coping with her recovery, saying she now has’ other tools and resources’ to help, noting that ‘I did what I could for me at times. ‘
‘I know how else to deal and how else to deal so that I don’t have to get into those behaviors again,’ she continued.
The former Disney Channel star told Diana why she’s so open about her past struggles, saying: ‘I used to watch people in the media and I just did comparing myself – not feeling well enough, not feeling thin enough – and wondering how it is that these people were living a life that looked so perfect but nevertheless I was in so much pain. ‘
Scary: Demi had awakened a call when she took over in 2018, a near-death experience that left the star with permanent brain damage
Happy place: Since then she has developed new ways to deal with it as she recovers, saying she now has’ other tools and resources’ to help, noting ‘ sometimes what I could do ‘
‘And when I got into the scene, I was like,‘ Oh, it’s not perfect here, no one has a perfect life, it just looks like that. ‘
Because of that, Demi said she loves tearing down the facade for Hollywood. ‘
‘I’ve tried many identities over the years,’ she said.
‘The female pop star I felt like people wanted me to be or the poster child to get over it. And now I accept that my lack of commitment to a single identity is not a lack of commitment. It’s just openness to keep growing. ‘
Demi pours even more of her heart out in her upcoming docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil, which premieres on March 23rd.
Facade: The former Disney Channel star said that she restrains her soul so that others can see that no one in Hollywood is as ‘perfect’ as they look from antiquity. She is featured at the 20187 Billboard Music Awards above
Open book: Demi pours even more of her heart out in her upcoming docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil, which premieres on March 23rd
In a trailer for the piece, she admitted that she would ‘change nothing’ about her rocky road to nostalgia.
‘Everything had to happen until I learned the lessons I had learned,’ Lovato said.
It was a sad journey, and I look back and sometimes feel sad when I think of the pain I have to get over what I have, but no. I regret nothing. ‘
‘I’m so proud of the man I am today,’ she continued.
‘And I’m so proud that people will see it in this documentary and I wouldn’t be more grateful that someone was by my side.’
Profit: ‘I’m so proud to see it in this documentary and I’d be more grateful to have someone by my side’