Singer shares message with fans weeks after an apparent drug overdose
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FILE – In this Saturday, March 24, 2018, file photo, Demi Lovato performs “Skyscraper” during the “March for Our Lives” rally in support of gun control in Washington. Lovato says in her first public comments since an overdose put her into the hospital that she remains committed to overcoming addiction. In a post on Instagram, Lovato thanked her fans, family, team and staff at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. She reportedly overdosed on drugs on July 24. less
FILE – In this Saturday, March 24, 2018, file photo, Demi Lovato performs “Skyscraper” during the “March for Our Lives” rally in support of gun control in Washington. Lovato says in her first public comments … more
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FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, Demi Lovato arrives at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Lovato has been an open book since she announced in 2010 that she was checking into a rehabilitation center to deal with an eating disorder, self-mutilation and other issues. Her representative said Tuesday that the 25-year-old was awake and recovering with her family after the singer was reportedly hospitalized for an overdose. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) less
FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, Demi Lovato arrives at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Lovato has been an open book since she announced in 2010 that she was checking into a rehabilitation … more
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Demi Lovato’s first public comment since her overdose.
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Demi Lovato says her ‘journey with addiction’ is ‘not yet done’
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Demi Lovato on Sunday posted a message to fans just weeks after she was hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose to be “transparent about my journey with addiction.”
“What I’ve learned is that this illness is not something that disappears or fades with time,” she wrote on her Instagram account. “It is something I must continue to overcome and have not yet done.”
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