Demi Lovato has revealed she was “legally blind” after her near-fatal overdose.
In 2018, the singer was hospitalised and “minutes from death” after she overdosed at her LA home.
The 28-year-old suffered three stokes and a heart attack, and admitted she was “lucky to be alive” after the incident.
In her upcoming YouTube Originals docuseries ‘Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil’, the former Disney Channel star recalled waking up in the hospital and being physically unable to see her younger sister Madison.
“I don’t think people realise how bad I actually was,” she admitted. “I had three strokes, I had a heart attack, I suffered brain damages from three strokes.”
“I can’t drive anymore and I have blind spots in my vision, so sometimes when I go to pour a glass of water, I’ll like, totally miss the cup because I can’t see it anymore. I also had pneumonia ’cause I asphyxiated and multiple organ failure.”
“I was legally blind when I woke up and my little sister was at my bedside and I was so blind I couldn’t see who she was. She just started sobbing because she thought from then on I wouldn’t be able to see.”
“I wish I could say that the last night I ever touched heroin was the night of my overdose, but it wasn’t,” Demi admitted, after revealing she became “physically dependant” on the drug.
The songstress revealed she called her dealer the same night she got home from “a week-long intensive trauma retreat”.
“I ended up getting high. I thought, how did I pick up the same drugs that put me in the hospital? I was mortified at my decisions.”
Demi revealed that while she’s “done with the stuff I know is going to kill me”, she has been “smoking weed and drinking in moderation”.
“Recovery isn’t a one size fits all solution. I’ve learned that shutting the doors on things makes me want to open the door even more.”
Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil premieres March 23 on YouTube.
