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Demi Lovato Says She Wasn't Allowed to See Her Sister Until She Got Sober

Demi Lovato has been vocal about her struggles with mental health, body-image issues, and substance abuse, and now she’s opening up even more about the powerful reason she decided to get clean over five years ago. The defining moment: her parent’s ban on seeing her sister, Madison De La Garza, until she got sober.

According to Daily Mail, Lovato spoke about her struggles with addiction and her success with treatment during an interview on the U.K.’s Jonathan Ross Show this week. “I went through some tough times and went to treatment for some struggles that I had and now I’ve come out the other side, and I use my stories to help others and inspire them to get the help they need.”

Demi added: “There were a few [interventions by family and friends] but the final one, everyone was like, ‘We are no longer going to leave, we are leaving.’ That was the moment when I thought, ‘OK I really need to get help and get sober.'”

The fact that her mother and stepfather wouldn’t let her see her sister, though, was what truly motivated her to change her lifestyle.

“This time I knew… I had hit rock bottom and I just needed to do this for myself. I knew that I had a lot of life ahead of me but one of the main reasons of getting sober was so that I could be around my little sister because my [mom] and dad [said I couldn’t be around her] if I was doing stuff. So I got the help I needed and now I co-own a treatment center,” she said.

Lovato celebrated her fifth year anniversary of being sober back in March and has spoken about mental health at the DNC and opened up about her self-esteem issues and how she deals with them.

The 25-year-old was recognized this week for her work in promoting conversations around mental health by being named the mental health ambassador for Global Citizen, a social media initiative for social change.

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Why Princess Diana's Death Wasn't Immediately Addressed

Tomorrow marks 20 years since Princess Diana‘s untimely death at 36 years old. During the days following the fatal car crash, Queen Elizabeth II was criticized for appearing detached when she took Prince William, who was 15 at the time, and Prince Harry, who was 12, to a church in Scotland just hours after their father, Prince Charles, told them about their mother’s passing. The nation was also shocked she didn’t rush back to London or appear at any Diana tributes near Buckingham Palace.

Twenty years later, it’s still key to remember that, first, everyone copes with loss differently, and sometimes parents and grandparents need to appear strong to make it easier for the children affected. The queen’s first cousin and close friend Margaret Rhodes confirmed this was the case in an interview with CNN back in 2012, as per Popsugar.

“She was castigated . . . for staying up at Balmoral with the two little boys. She was being a proper granny. What was the point of bringing the boys down to sit in London with nothing to do but sit there feeling sad about mum. Personally, I think I would have behaved in exactly the same way.” So, her choice to come to her grandson’s sides rather than immediately turning to console the nation was rather an easy decision for any grandmother, Queen or not. She was concerned for the children who had just lost their mother.

When it did come time to address the nation about Princess Diana’s death five days later, she did so with, we imagine, the same poise and compassion she shared with her grandchildren. Watch her entire speech below:

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