“I have a woman I love, and for whom I feel comforted. I feel safe. I feel that my relationship with God is wonderful. And I have this outpouring of love that I want to be able to share with people, you know?” Bieber told journalist Zach Baron.
“It was as if I had achieved all this success and it was still like: I’m still sad, and I’m still in pain. And I’m still having these unresolved issues. And I thought all the success was going to make everything right. “And to me, the drug was an anesthetic just to keep coming through,” he said.
“To be honest, I’m very healthy, and I’ve had a lot of things. I did have mono, and I have Lyme disease,” Bieber said.
“But I also navigated a lot of emotional realms, which had a lot to do with it. And we like to blame a lot of things on other things. Sometimes … it’s often just your own stuff.”
Bieber said his marriage became a major positive force after a difficult start.
“The first year of the marriage was very difficult,” he said, “because there was a lot to go back to the trauma stuff.”
But now, he said, “we just create these moments for ourselves as a couple, as a family, that builds us on these memories. And it’s nice that we have them to look forward to.”
His faith is another reason why Bieber seems to be in a better place these days.
God “is grace,” he said. “Every time we get confused, He picks us up every time. That’s how I see it. And so it’s, ‘I made a mistake. I will not stay in it. I’m not ashamed. But it actually makes me want to do better. “
Bieber released his sixth album “Justice” in March.