Demi Lovato says that using drugs almost killed her, while also helping to ‘save’ her life when she was dealing with suicidal thoughts.
The 28-year-old pop star talked about her complicated relationship with drug abuse during an upcoming appearance in Diane Guerrero’s podcast. .
‘In the same way [drug use] almost killed me, it sometimes saved my life, because I sometimes dealt with suicidal thoughts, ‘said the Sober singer, saying that it distracted her from her emotional anxiety.
“I believe I turned to the coping mechanisms because I was in so much pain that I did not want to die and I did not know what else to do,” she continues, by E! News.
Complicated: Demi Lovato opened up to her about how she used drugs as a ‘mechanism’ for all the pain she endured before she became sober. She admitted that addiction almost ‘killed’ her, while also ‘helping to save her life’ by distracting her from suicidal thoughts.
But Demi got a wake-up call when she overdid it in 2018, a near-death experience that left the star with permanent brain damage.
She has since developed new ways of coping during her recovery, saying she now has ‘other tools and other resources’ to help, noting that ‘I sometimes did the best.’
“I know how to behave differently and how to behave differently so that I do not have to use this behavior again,” she continues.
The former Disney Channel star also told Diana why she’s so open about her previous fight, saying: ‘I would just look at people in the media and just compare myself – not feeling good enough, not feeling thin enough – and wondering what it was like for these people to live lives that seemed so perfect, yet I was in so much pain. ‘
Eng: Demi got a wake-up call when she overdid it in 2018, a near-death experience that left the star with permanent brain damage
Happy place: She has since developed new ways of coping during her recovery, saying she now has ‘other tools and other resources’ to help, noting that ‘I sometimes did the best’
And when I came into the spotlight, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s not perfect here, nobody has a perfect life, it just looks like that. ‘
That’s why Demi said she wanted to break down the ‘facade for Hollywood’.
“I’ve tried a lot of identities over the years,” she said.
‘The sexy female pop star who made me feel like people wanted me to be or the poster child for recovery. And now I accept the fact that my lack of commitment to any identity is not a lack of commitment. It’s just an openness to keep evolving. ‘
Demi will pour even more of her heart into her upcoming documentary series Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil, which premieres on March 23rd.
Facade: The former Disney Channel star has said she exposes her soul so others can see that no one in Hollywood is as ‘perfect’ as it seems from afar. She can be seen at the 20187 Billboard Music Awards above
Open book: Demi will pour even more of her heart into her upcoming documentary Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil, which premieres on March 23
In a trailer of the play, she admitted that she ‘would not change anything’ on her rocky path to sobriety.
“Everything had to happen so I could learn the lessons I learned,” Lovato said.
“It was a painful journey, and I look back and sometimes I get sad when I think of the pain I had to endure to overcome what I have, but I have no regrets.”
“I’m so proud of the person I am today,” she continued.
“And I’m so proud that people can see it in this documentary, and I can no longer be thankful that I have someone by my side.”
Proud: ‘I’m so proud that people can see it in this documentary and I can no longer be thankful that I had someone by my side’