Canadian pop singer, Justin Bieber has spoken candidly about his hard drug use and revealed the battle he fought to stop because he feared it would kill him.
Speaking in the latest episode of his YouTube docu-series Justin Bieber: Seasons, the singer said he moved on to harder drugs as he struggled with the pressure of being one of the world’s most famous musicians.
Bieber said the drugs were an “escape”, adding: “I was young, like everybody in the industry and people in the world who experiment and do normal, growing up things.
“But my experience was in front of cameras and I had a different level of exposure. I had a lot of money and a lot of things.”
He said he decided to get clean because he feared the drug use was about to kill him and admits members of his security team would check his pulse throughout the night to make sure he was still breathing.
“People don’t know how serious it got,” he said in the episode The Dark Season. “I was waking up in the morning and the first thing I was doing is popping pills and smoking a blunt and starting my day.”
Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber attend the premiere of YouTube Originals’ ‘Justin Bieber: Seasons’ at Regency Bruin Theatre on January 27, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Bieber infamously had several brushes with the law, including allegations of vandalism, assault and driving under the influence
In the documentary series, Bieber blamed his behaviour on his upbringing.
“I started valuing the wrong things in this business, because there was things dangling in front of me,”
Bieber faults parents
“I never had that security in a family. I never had that consistency. I never had the reliability and the accountability.” Bieber added: “My parents never gave me those tools to be a good team player.”
Last year, the 25-year-old Canadian took a break from music to repair some of the deep-rooted issues, but announced before Christmas he will return in 2020 with a new album and US tour.
The feature also showed how the star uses an oxygen chamber to help relieve stress, anxiety and depression, and how he works closely with a brain disorder specialist.