Demi Lovato in rehab following drug overdose
Demi Lovato has left the hospital following her harrowing drug overdose and gone straight to rehab.
The “Confident” singer was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Saturday and took a private plane to a rehabilitation center outside of California, TMZ reports.
The rehab center has not been named, but the site reports it’s “one of the nation’s leading facilities for addiction.”
When Lovato, now 25, first went to rehab in 2011, she was treated at Timberline Knolls for her struggles with bulimia, self-harm, alcohol abuse and drug addiction.
It was at Timberline Knolls that Lovato was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Lovato struggled with her sobriety since but was clean for six years before revealing she relapsed in June.
Lovato’s assistant found her unconscious in her bed on July 24 after the singer allegedly was partying with friends for 12 straight hours.
After overdosing, Lovato remained hospitalized for more than a week, suffering “complications” including a fever and nausea.
It’s unclear what drugs Lovato was using at the time of her overdose, though reports suggested meth may have been a factor.
An insider told The Sun that Lovato had planned on going to rehab away from Los Angeles to recover from her overdose and get her sobriety back on track.
“The decision has been made for Demi to be taken away from LA to get better,” a source said. “Demi will need several weeks of detox work and intense therapy. The focus now is to reconnect her to her sober network before she can even think about getting back to LA, where she ended up falling back in with the wrong crowd.”
On Sunday, Lovato confirmed that she’s doing well and is determined to stay sober.
“I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction,” Lovato said in a statement. “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 … I look forward to the day where I can say I came out on the other side.”
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