DEMI LOVATO REVEALS WHY SHE EXPECTED TO DIE YOUNG

‘I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD MAKE IT TO 21’
Demi Lovato’s long been vocal about her past
struggles with addiction, bipolar disorder, and an
eating disorder. In a new interview, the 23-year-
old revisits those issues, explaining why she once
thought they’d cut her life tragically short.





Speaking to American Way, Lovato says she can
trace her body image struggles back to age 3. She
watched both her mother and her grandmother
suffer from bulimia, and she became even more
body-conscious after participating in beauty
pageants and breaking into the cutthroat
entertainment industry. While shooting the Disney
Channel Original Movie Camp Rock at age 15, she
feared she’d be the next Britney Spears or
Lindsay Lohan, whose tabloid-friendly downward
spirals were happening at the same time.





“Making Camp Rock , I was definitely like, ‘Oh
crap. In three years, that’s going to be me,’” she
said.


As her acting career took off and her star power
grew, she started cutting herself, drinking
heavily, and self-medicating with cocaine and
OxyContin.


“I lived fast and I was going to die young,” she
said. “I didn’t think I would make it to 21.”
Lovato is happier and healthier now —
she celebrated her fourth year of sobriety this
past March, and she credits her dedicated fans
for keeping her accountable.


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