Everyone knew Demi Lovato had fallen off the wagon after the release of her telling track Sober.
We did not know how bad it had gotten.
As we reported on Tuesday, the Cool For The Summer singer was hospitalized after an alleged overdose following a party at her Hollywood Hills home.
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Thankfully it seems she’s going to be OK. But it could have been infinitely worse — we could have lost her forever.
That scary possibility was apparently not lost on Demi as a source tells ET she’s about to take her battle with addiction far more seriously:
“Demi opened up to her friends and family that she was no longer sober, but was working on her ongoing addiction. However, Demi lost control.
The overdose has been a wakeup call to Demi that she needs to get more serious about her sobriety and is telling friends and family she will do everything it takes to get back to the amazing place she was in before she slipped.
Demi feels like she has let a lot of people down, including herself, but she’s confident she won’t let her addiction win, she will come out on top.”
What about those reports her “six years” of sobriety wasn’t quite what we thought?
The source maintains Demi had been sober for years — so when things changed the people around her could tell:
“Demi has been honest with everyone about falling off the wagon with her song, ‘Sober.’ However, it’s been going on much longer than the recent release of the song. People close to Demi started to notice a shift in her personality months ago, and could tell she wasn’t being the sober Demi they’ve known for six years.”
Maybe this will be Demi’s rock bottom? We certainly hope so. We want to see her soar.
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