With rare frankness, Lovato recounted his healing and his relapse

NEW YORK – While most celebrities tend to hide their struggles against drugs and battles against depression, Demi Lovato not only acknowledged her problems, but she shared them with the world. Lovato has been an open book since she announced in 2010 that she was checking into a rehabilitation center to deal with a eating disorder, self harm and deafness. other questions. Over the next eight years, she became a role model and pop star, releasing songs and multi-platinum albums ranging from playful to serious with lyrical content on her battles against drugs and alcohol.

"(She) found It was a huge success in tackling these problems, not just in treating them when they were still fresh, but continuing to talk about them. As she was sober for years, she always shows people that it is acceptable to have mental health problems, drug addiction or bodily positivity, "said Jason Lipshutz, director of writing at Billboard. "By opening and sharing herself, she has signaled to many people – young listeners or adult listeners – that they can do the same."

"Obviously, she has an incredible voice and she has good hooks"

The representative of Lovato said Tuesday in a statement that the 25-year-old girl was awake and recovering with her family after the singer would have been hospitalized for an overdose and a month later she ied a new song called "Sober", stating that she relapsed after six years of sobriety.

Lovato recounted his life and his battles over the years, from his bibaduality to being a victim of intimidation of depression. She said that she had used cocaine before the interviews and that she had been drinking alcohol in the morning in a bottle of soda to mask it. This franchise has allowed her to become a role model for young women and men who have faced their own problems

Lili Reinhart, who appears in the CW Network's successful series "Riverdale," said that she admired Lovato. "When I was 14, she was an idol for me in the way she spoke so openly about mental health.And now, she continues to inspire thousands of young men and women with her messages of positivity, "tweets the 21-year-old on Tuesday.

In his YouTube documentary," Demi Lovato, Simply Complicated. "Amy Winehouse idol, whose seven-year-old birthday was Monday. 19659011] "I wanted to be as thin as she," said Lovato in the film, released last year. "I wanted to sing like her. I wanted to be like her. "

The last two years have been the biggest of Lovato's music:" Sorry Not Sorry ", the catchy pop song, became the biggest hit of his career, reaching number 6 on the Hot 100 chart of Billboard and reaching triple platinum status, her "Confident" album competed for the best Grammy 2017 pop vocal album (she lost to Adele's "25"), and Lovato received praise and more songs from success for her collaborations with Cheat Codes and Clean Bandit electronic music groups, and she even expanded to the Latin market with the collaboration of Luis Fonsi "Echama la Culpa" and the Spanish version of "Solo" (Lovato is of Mexican origin)

But her last release, "Sober", was disturbing since Lovato had said she was clean for six years.

"I'm no longer sober", she sings "I'm sorry I'm still here, I promise to receive from him from / This was not my intention, I'm sorry for myself. "

" We should surround our arms of love around Demi Lovato. I am so happy that you are alive. Thank God, "Lady Gaga tweeted." If I know my monsters as well as I believe, we all wish you compbadion and inner peace. And you can receive the love that many have for you. "

Lovato began as a child star on the" Barney & Friends "series, later breakthrough as a teenager on the Disney Channel movie" Camp Rock "and the network series" Sonny with a Chance. " did not return for the third season of "Sonny" after a rehab in 2010, also leaving an international tour with the Jonas Brothers.

She emerged with the album "Unbroken" in 2011, Lovato has goes around the world and reaches new heights on pop charts

There has been a wave of worldwide support for Lovato with hashtags #PrayForDemi and #StayStrongDemi heavily influenced by social media and all the world, from Bruno Mars to Ariana Grande via Ellen DeGeneres and Justin Timberlake rooted for the recovery of Lovato

"I think everyone just wants it to be OK and there is no feeling ng), "How dare she?" or something like that, "said Lipshutz. "People are naturally worried and I think that no matter what happens, people will help him."

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