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Justin Bieber.
Xny/Star Max/GC imagesJustin Bieber has been open when it comes to his struggles with drug use from the past.
In the docuseries of January 2020 Justin Bieber: SeasonsThe singer revealed that he started smoking Marijuana when he was “12 or 13.” When Bieber grew up in the spotlight, he later turned to ‘beautiful heavy drugs’, including Lean (a mixture of codeine -cough syrup, soft drinks and hard sweets), pills, MDMA, psychedelic mushrooms and more.
“I was young, just like everyone else in industry and people in the world who experiment and do normal, growing things,” he thought. “But my experience was for cameras and I had a different level of exposure. I had a lot of money and many things. ‘
Bieber ultimately sought therapy for his resource abuse and struggles in mental health care.
In February 2025, concern about the well -being of Justin online after fans noticed that he apparently no longer followed his wife, Hailey BieberOn Instagram. Justin later claimed that his account had been hacked.
During his career, Justin Bieber has been an open book with his dedicated Legion or Beliebers about his continuous struggles with his mental health. “Justin has become a recluse and a changed person. He is not interested in being a celebrity and an artist, “an insider told us close to the Grammy winner exclusively every week […]
He was also photographed that same month while he is without a shirt.
Rumors were swirling that Justin used drugs again, but the representative of the musician hit the “absolutely not real” speculation in a statement to TMZ. According to the representative, the discussion about the mental health of Justin shows that, despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful stories alive. “
Keep scrolling to see Justin’s honest quotes about his drug use from the past:
Take a snack
In February 2016, Justin shared that he was on Adderall, which is intended for the treatment of ADHD for at least a year.
‘I don’t get a soothing sleep, so I need it during the day [Adderall] To concentrate because I don’t get the right one [amount]”He said in an interview of Gq. “You know, when you sleep, your body creates endorphins, creates these things and when you don’t get that sleep …”
Justin confessed that he hoped to soon stop taking the medication because it felt like it gave him ‘fear’.
An unhealthy coping mechanism
In a joint Fashion Interview with Hailey opened Justin about how he turned to drugs such as Xanax to mitigate himself in the midst of his personal struggles.
“I noticed that I was doing things that I was so embarrassed, super promiscuous and so on, and I think I used Xanax because I was so embarrassed,” he told the outlet in February 2019. “My mother always said to treat women With women that was always in my head while I could never enjoy it.
Realize
Justin went to social media to share that he felt “overwhelmed” about his former struggles.
“I started doing quite heavy drugs at the age of 19 and abused all my relationships. I became resenting, disrespectful for women and angry, “he wrote through Instagram In September 2019. “I was far from everyone who loved me and I hid behind a shell of a person I had become. I felt that I could never turn it around. ‘
While Justin had a hard time, he admitted that he was concentrating on the future and became the best version of himself.
“It took me years to bounce back from all these terrible decisions, to resolve broken relationships and change promotional habits,” he continued. “Fortunately, God blessed me with extraordinary people who love me.”
Step in security
Justin confessed that his drug use once became so bad that his security team should check to ensure that he was still alive.
“My security and things would enter my room at night to check my wrist,” he remembered in his 2020 docuseries. “People don’t know how serious it has become. It was crazy scary. I woke up in the morning and the first thing I did was pop pills and smoke a blunt and start my day. It just got scary. “