Like many teen stars before her, Demi Lovato found herself in a dark place as the result of her monumental fame at such a young age. But she proved the cliché wrong by getting the help she needed, emerging revitalised. But Demi remembers those dark times and is now speaking out in hopes of helping other young stars avoid the same fate. In a new interview, Demi opens up about the pitfalls that led her to drugs-and the shocking way she often times came by the substances. “It’s something I don’t really want to talk about, (but) what I can say is that I was depressed. I would come off stage in front of 18,000 people and I’d come crashing down and would try to find a way to recreate that feeling, to stay up,” she says. Which wasn’t a difficult thing to do, according to the singer. “Promoters gave me drugs and alcohol in restaurants or clubs,” she reveals. Surrounded by enablers, Demi is thankful to the few who forced her into rehab two years ago. “Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says ‘no’,” she said. Lovato, who has a history of being bullied, has also suffered an eating disorder. She said she isn’t over her body image issues, and said she wasn’t ready to start acting again. “I need to be secure in my body before I go back in front of the camera. Anyone in recovery from an eating disorder would find that triggering, and I’m not ready,” she said.
