Demi Lovato Comes Clean

When Demi Lovato entered a treatment center in late 2010 to deal with “personal issues,” fans and media speculated about just what those problems might be. In a new exclusive interview with Seventeen magazine, the teen singer sheds some light.

“I'm not going to lie,” Demi told the mag. “I was self-medicating. I was doing things like drinking and using [drugs], like a lot of teens do to numb their pain.”

Now, barely a year later, the songstress is singing a much different tune.

“I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I don't throw up after my meals, I don't starve myself,” Lovato says. “There's nothing that I do that I feel ashamed of.”

Instead, she says she spends her Friday nights hanging out with friends or staying in, watching movies and hanging in the hot tub. “I have more fun doing that than I did making the stupid decisions that I did back in the day,” she says, adding, “I think sober is sexy.”

She’s not just sharing this new attitude in print, though. In December 2011, Lovato paid a visit to the treatment center where she spent time a year earlier.

"Wow, what an inspiring day,” the 19-year-old wrote in a series of messages. "Today I went back to the treatment center I went to last year, to speak to the beautiful women fighting their inner demons," she said, adding, “To be able to share my story and let them know that it gets easier. Life is beautiful.... You are worthy of it."

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