Demi Lovato Just Released a Song About Relapsing: 'I'm Not Sober Anymore'
In March, Demi Lovato celebrated six years of sobriety, a journey she’s been very transparent about with her fans. “So grateful for another year of joy, health and happiness,” she wrote at the time. “It is possible.”
And now, Lovato’s talking about substance abuse—relapsing, specifically—again in a new song called “Sober.” “I got no excuses for all of these goodbyes. Call me when it’s over ’cause I’m dying inside,” Lovato sings in the song. “Wake me when the shakes are gone and the cold sweats disappear. Call me when it’s over and myself has reappeared. I don’t know why, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know why. I do it every, every, every time. It’s only when I’m lonely. Sometimes I just want to cave and I don’t want to fight.”
She continues, “I’m sorry for the fans I lost, who watched me fall again. I want to be a role model, but I’m only human.”
Listen to it for yourself, below:
The song pretty much speaks for itself. “Momma, I’m so sorry. I’m not sober anymore. Daddy, please forgive me, for the drinks spilled on the floor,” she sings at one point. Lovato further drove home the message by posting a link to the song on Twitter and captioning it, “My truth.”
Lovato candidly discussed her past experiences with sobriety in her 2017 YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated. In the film, she explained how she hoped being open about her struggles would help de-stigmatize them, especially for young women. “There weren’t a lot of young pop stars…talking about their issues, and I wanted [to be] someone that my little sister could look up to,” she said. “I wanted to be the role model that I needed growing up.”
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