“I am grateful to be sitting here today.”
In an interview with CBS Sunday MorningLovato reflected on what was going on in his mind when he performed again after his overdose in 2018.
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Lovato returned to the stage in January 2020 at the Grammy to play “Anyone” – his first time since recovering from an overdose.
“I didn’t know if I would step on the stage again,” she said. “When I woke up in the hospital, I thought, I don’t know the full extent of the damage that was done. I haven’t tried to sing yet ”.
Lovato also opened up about how to survive a near-fatal overdose, from which she suffered brain damage and, at one point, doctors said she had “another five to ten minutes” to live.
“If no one had found me, I wouldn’t be here,” she said. “I am grateful to be sitting here today, yes.”
“For the first time in my life, [I] essentially had to die to wake up. “
During the interview, Lovato also spoke more about the recent revelation that she is not completely sober: “I think the term I most identify with is ‘California Sober’,” she explained.
“I really don’t feel comfortable explaining the perimeters of my recovery to people,” she continued, “because I don’t want anyone to look at my security perimeters and think this is what works for them, because it may not work. “
“I am careful to say that, just as I feel that the method of complete abstinence is not a single solution for everyone. I don’t think that this moderation journey is a single solution for everyone. Solution for everyone too.”
Let’s see what more Lovato discusses when Dancing with the Devil debuts later this week.
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