Demi Lovato has been opening up this week about her previous battle with drugs admitting it was because of her love for her younger sister that she fought through her desperate struggle to get sober.
Back in 2010 The X Factor USA judge entered herself into rehab to overcome her drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorder and mental health issues where she recently admitted she even went as far as cutting herself.
But her shining light came in the form of her younger sister, Madison Le Garza, a star in her own right playing the daughter of Gabrille Soulis in Desperate Housewives for six years, who Demi has now said inspired her sobriety.
Relaying the moments she knew it was time to get sober in an interview with Access Hollywood, the ‘Heart Attack’ hitmaker revealed: “The last time that I had an intervention, it was my management, my entire team, manager, lawyers, everyone, and my parents coming into a room saying if you don’t get sober – my mom specifically said, ‘You know, we’re going to move back to Texas and you’re not going to be able to be around your little sister.”
Demi's mum Dianna Hart told the site she was determined to protect her youngest by getting her eldest back on the straight and narrow, insisting: “I had to set an example for Madison… I had to protect her and [Demi] knew that.
“So when I said, ‘I’m moving back to Texas,’ she knew that I finally meant it that time, and that’s when we all sat down with her and said, ‘This is it, you have to make a change or we’re all going our separate ways because if you don’t want this career, we’re not going to want it for you.”
What an inspiring family!
This week Demi shocked fans as she revealed the true extent of her addiction to fans, confessing to smuggling cocaine on planes, drinking spirits first thing in the morning and self-harming. But today she stands out as one of the greatest role models around, becoming a real inspiration for young girls across the globe.
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