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When Demi Lovato overdosed in 2018, she almost died, and the near-fatal overdose has had a longterm impact on the singer’s overall health. In a new YouTube documentary series, Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil, Lovato opens up about the time leading up to her overdose and what happened after. follows Lovato’s life and career. According to the trailer for the series, which was released on Feb. 17, the four episodes feature plenty of eye-opening interviews from her family, friends, and Demi herself.
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In the trailer, Demi reveals that she suffered three strokes and a heart attack after her overdose. At one point, she was told that she did not have very long left. “My doctors said that I had five to 10 more minutes,” she recalls in one clip.
Although the documentary will not be released for another month, that does not mean we have to wait that long to learn more. In fact, Lovato has already started talking about the film and what it means to share her story. The same day the trailer was released, the singer spoke to the documentary's Television Critics Association panel about the overdose's impact on her physical and mental health.
"I was left with brain damage, and I still deal with the effects of that today. I don't drive a car, because I have blind spots on my vision," she explained. "And I also for a long time had a really hard time reading. It was a big deal when I was able to read out of a book, which was like two months later because my vision was so blurry."
The 28-year-old continued, "I dealt with a lot of the repercussions and I feel like they are still there to remind me of what could happen if I ever get into a dark place again. I'm grateful for those reminders, but I'm so grateful that I was someone that didn't have to do a lot of rehabbing. The rehabbing came on the emotional side."
During a People interview, Lovato explained that despite these challenges she does not "regret anything."
"Everything had to happen in order for me to learn the lessons that I learned," she said. "It was a painful journey, and I look back and sometimes I get sad when I think of the pain that I had to endure to overcome what I have, but I don't regret anything."
She also spoke about sobriety with reporters, explaining that sharing her story will help her stay on track.
"I am holding myself accountable. I learned a lot from my past. I was sober for six years and I learned so much from that journey. That's the main thing that I learned was coming forward and talking about my story held me accountable," the singer explained.
She continued, "That's a huge reason as to why I'm doing this, but I think that I was just so proud of the growth that I experienced and something inside of me was really excited to share that with people."
