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  • Demi Lovato Is Reportedly Out Of Rehab

    Demi Lovato Is Reportedly Out Of Rehab

    A source claims the pop star is spending time at a sober living facility in Los Angeles.

    Singer Demi Lovato is reportedly out of rehab, having achieved 90 days of sobriety following her near-fatal overdose in July. 

    “She just got back to LA a couple days ago,” a source told PEOPLE. “She seems to be doing well so far.”

    The singer was spotted over the weekend out and about in Los Angeles. On Saturday she was seen at Matsuhisa restaurant in Bev Hills with clothing designer Henry Levy.

    TMZ reports that the pair were smiling and happy, holding hands within the restaurant. 

    According to E! News, a source says that Lovato is “also spending time at a sober living facility, where she has a great support system.”

    The source adds that the singer is “taking it slowly and getting back to life one day at a time. She’s not rushing to figure out where she’s going to live permanently.”

    On July 24, Lovato was found unresponsive in her home, reportedly following a night with her dealer taking “aftermarket” pills. She spend two weeks in the hospital before heading to inpatient treatment at an undisclosed facility.

    Last week, the 26-year-old singer’s mother, Dianna De La Garza, said that Lovato had reached a recovery milestone.

    “She has 90 days,” De La Garza said. “I couldn’t be more thankful or more proud of her because addiction being a disease, it’s work. It’s very hard. It’s not easy, and there are no shortcuts.”

    During the same interview, De La Garza revealed that she knew her daughter’s sobriety was slipping even before she learned about the overdose. 

    “I knew that she wasn’t sober. I didn’t know what she was doing because she doesn’t live with me and she’s 26,” she said. On the day that Lovato was hospitalized, De La Garzo said she received an alarming text that said “I just saw on TMZ and I’m sorry.”

    “Before I could get to TMZ, I got the phone call from her assistant and she said, ‘We’re at the hospital.’ So then I knew, OK, she’s not gone. She’s here,” De La Garzo recalled. “And I said, ‘What’s going on?’ And the words that I heard are just a nightmare for any parent: ‘Demi overdosed.’” 

    Lovato has been open about her struggles with mental illness and substance abuse in the past. However, her social media accounts have been quiet since she posted in August, about her relapse. 

    “I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction,” she wrote. “What I’ve learned is that this illness is not something that disappears or fades with time. It is something I must continue to overcome and have not done yet.”  

    She continued, “I now need time to heal and focus on my sobriety and road to recovery. The love you have all shown me will never be forgotten and I look forward to the day where I can say I came out on the other side. I will keep fighting.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Demi Lovato’s Mom Says Singer Is 90 Days Sober

    Demi Lovato’s Mom Says Singer Is 90 Days Sober

    Lovato’s mother, Dianna De La Garza, discussed the singer’s early recovery in a recent interview.

    Demi Lovato has been very open with the public about her struggles with sobriety and mental health, and on July 24, she raised serious concern among her fans when she was taken to the hospital for a suspected overdose.

    Now, Lovato’s mother, Dianna De La Garza, has announced that her daughter has been sober for 90 days.

    As De La Garza said on Maria Menounos’ Sirius XM show, “She has 90 days. I couldn’t be more thankful or more proud of her because addiction being a disease, it’s work. It’s very hard. It’s not easy, and there are no shortcuts.”

    Menounos asked De La Garza if she knew what triggered her daughter’s relapse. She said, “I can’t really say for sure. I really don’t know. It can be any number of reasons.”

    Before her overdose, Lovato released the single “Sober” in June, where she apologized for falling off the wagon. De La Garza admitted, “I knew that she wasn’t sober. I didn’t know what she was doing because she doesn’t live with me and she’s 26.”

    De La Garza found out about her daughter’s overdose when she received a text that said, “I just saw on TMZ and I’m sorry.”

    “Before I could get to TMZ, I got the phone call from her assistant and she said, ‘We’re at the hospital.’ So then I knew, OK, she’s not gone. She’s here. And I said, ‘What’s going on?’ And the words that I heard are just a nightmare for any parent: ‘Demi overdosed.’”

    When she got a call from her daughter’s assistant confirming the news, “I said, ‘Is she okay?’ And she stopped for a second and said, ‘She’s conscious, but she’s not talking.’ I knew at that point that we were in trouble,” De La Garza told Newsmax TV.

    On August 5, 12 days after her overdose, Lovato released a statement on Instagram telling the public:

    “I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction. What I’ve learned is that this illness is not something that disappears or fades with time. It is something I must continue to overcome and have not done yet… I now need time to heal and focus on my sobriety and road to recovery. The love you have all shown me will never be forgotten and I look forward to the day where I can say that I came out on the other side. I will keep fighting.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Demi Lovato's Mother On Overdose: "We Didn't Know If She Was Going to Make It"

    Demi Lovato's Mother On Overdose: "We Didn't Know If She Was Going to Make It"

    “I literally start to shake a little bit when I start to remember what happened.”

    The mother of singer Demi Lovato spoke at length about her daughter’s drug overdose and recovery in an emotional interview for Newsmax TV.

    Dianna De La Garza said that she still finds it difficult to recall the events of the July overdose, which she learned about through phone texts. Though alarmed by her daughter’s condition, she said that her faith provided her with the strength to support Lovato through her hospitalization and subsequent rehabilitation.

    “I can honestly say today that she is doing really well,” she revealed.

    As TMZ reported, paramedics arrived at Lovato’s home in the Hollywood Hills in the early hours of July 24, and found the performer unconscious from an apparent drug overdose. She was treated with the overdose reversal drug Narcan before she was transported to a Los Angeles hospital, where she remained for 12 days before being released and taken to a rehab facility outside of California. 

    In an Instagram statement posted on August 5, the pop star thanked her family and the staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for getting her through the ordeal, as well as her many fans who had expressed their support during her hospitalization. “The love you have all shown me will never be forgotten and I look forward to the day where I can say I came out on the other side,” she wrote in her statement.

    In her interview with Newsmax TV, De La Garza said that she still struggles with recalling or talking about the events of July 24. “I literally start to shake a little bit when I start to remember what happened,” she said.

    She said that she found out about her daughter’s condition when texts from individuals expressing their concern began to flood her phone.

    Confused by the outpouring of support, De La Garza said that her mood quickly changed when she received a call from Lovato’s assistant.

    “She said Demi overdosed,” recalled De La Garza. “It was something I never, ever expected to hear as a parent about any of my kids. I said, ‘Is she okay?’ And she stopped for a second and said, ‘She’s conscious, but she’s not talking.’ I knew at that point that we were in trouble.”

    De La Garza said that Lovato was in “bad shape” when she saw her at the hospital, but needed her to know that her family was with her.

    “I said, ‘Demi, I’m here, I love you.’ At that point, she said back to me, ‘I love you too.’ From that point on, I never allowed myself to ever think that things were going to be okay.”

    While Lovato lingered in critical condition, De La Garza turned to her faith to help her dispel worries about Demi’s health.

    “We just didn’t know for two days if she was going to make it or not,” she recalled. But the singer pulled through with the help of the hospital staff and support from her many fans. “I just feel like the reason she is alive today is because of the millions and millions of prayers that went up every day,” said De La Garza.

    Today, as Lovato continues to work on her recovery while in rehabilitation, De La Garza said that her daughter is “doing really well. She’s happy, she’s healthy, she’s working on her sobriety, and she’s getting the help she needs.”

    View the original article at thefix.com