Demi Lovato made headlines when the troubled pop princess admitted that she was back to her addictions on the shocking single “Sober” — which she released just hours after The National ENQUIRER’s bombshell scoop that she was off the wagon! It was the second time that Demi had gone public over a scandal exposed by The ENQUIRER, but her confessional pop song didn’t begin to reveal all of the secrets of her renewed reliance on illicit substances. Now insiders reveal how Demi started the summer of 2018 reverting to her worst habits, once again joining the ranks of tragic former child stars before being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on July 24…
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Demi — who found fame on the Disney Channel alongside
the Jonas Brothers in "Camp Rock" movies — had been spotted partying at the drug-fueled music festival Coachella in April. Then, said concerned insiders,
the troubled “Sorry Not Sorry” singer began to skip recovery meetings. “Demi relapsed about two months ago,” said a source, “because she stopped the accountability portion of her recovery.”
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Insiders claimed Demi, 25, had soon slipped back the same out-of-control behavior that first drove her to rehab nearly eight years ago! “No one can get her attention,” dished a pal. “Her team tried to hire a sober coach, and she went nuts!” Demi had also been acting bizarrely, according to sources — and was no longer pictured on the website of CAST Centers, the West Hollywood rehab facility where she received treatment.
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During her recent concert tour, Demi provided time before each of her shows to promote CAST and have a guest speaker outline their addiction hardships and how they overcame them. CAST founder Mike Bayer, however, revealed to The ENQUIRER that Demi's rap sessions were really intended to help their star client!
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“I was trying to create an experience for her in every city where she would be able to get self-help,” Bayer said — but he didn't return calls asking why Demi has vanished from the center’s site. Tragically,
Demi has been battling her demons since her teens, when she admitted to suffering from depression while feuding with her family and even injuring herself with deep cuts to the wrist.
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The petite performer, who appeared on “Barney and Friends” as a child, previously confessed to sneaking vodka in Sprite bottles. She also claimed to have fed her coke addiction with hourly doses of the deadly drug. But that was before Demi was forced into rehab in 2010 after cold-cocking one of her backup dancers on a flight while touring with the Jonas Brothers.
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“Everyone around her just hopes that she will get help before something tragic happens,” a source had told The ENQUIRER — and now the pop star has bravely come forward to reveal her continuing struggle. “Demi reached out to some of sober friends this weekend,”
a source close to Lovato told
RADAR Online, “but she hasn’t made any set plans to sober up just yet.”
Demi — who found fame on the Disney Channel alongside
the Jonas Brothers in "Camp Rock" movies — had been spotted partying at the drug-fueled music festival Coachella in April. Then, said concerned insiders,
the troubled “Sorry Not Sorry” singer began to skip recovery meetings. “Demi relapsed about two months ago,” said a source, “because she stopped the accountability portion of her recovery.”
Insiders claimed Demi, 25, had soon slipped back the same out-of-control behavior that first drove her to rehab nearly eight years ago! “No one can get her attention,” dished a pal. “Her team tried to hire a sober coach, and she went nuts!” Demi had also been acting bizarrely, according to sources — and was no longer pictured on the website of CAST Centers, the West Hollywood rehab facility where she received treatment.
During her recent concert tour, Demi provided time before each of her shows to promote CAST and have a guest speaker outline their addiction hardships and how they overcame them. CAST founder Mike Bayer, however, revealed to The ENQUIRER that Demi's rap sessions were really intended to help their star client!
“I was trying to create an experience for her in every city where she would be able to get self-help,” Bayer said — but he didn't return calls asking why Demi has vanished from the center’s site. Tragically,
Demi has been battling her demons since her teens, when she admitted to suffering from depression while feuding with her family and even injuring herself with deep cuts to the wrist.
The petite performer, who appeared on “Barney and Friends” as a child, previously confessed to sneaking vodka in Sprite bottles. She also claimed to have fed her coke addiction with hourly doses of the deadly drug. But that was before Demi was forced into rehab in 2010 after cold-cocking one of her backup dancers on a flight while touring with the Jonas Brothers.
“Everyone around her just hopes that she will get help before something tragic happens,” a source had told The ENQUIRER — and now the pop star has bravely come forward to reveal her continuing struggle. “Demi reached out to some of sober friends this weekend,”
a source close to Lovato told
RADAR Online, “but she hasn’t made any set plans to sober up just yet.”
