Fame comes at a cost

Pop singer Justin Bieber has opened up about his personal torments since becoming a global star at 13. The 25-year-old singer has posted a lengthy note on how he tried to cope with fame and said that he became involved with “pretty heavy drugs” as a teenager.

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Posting on Instagram, Bieber wrote: “It’s hard to get out of bed in the morning with the right attitude when you are overwhelmed with your life, your past, job, responsibilities, emotions, your family, finances, your relationships. When it feels like there’s trouble after trouble after trouble. You start foreseeing the day through lenses of “dread” and anticipate another bad day.”

Bad times

Justin said he had to “battle suicidal thoughts” in the past. “I am fortunate to have people in my life who encourage me to keep going.” He then talked about how he had turned to drugs when in his late teens he tried to cope with the strains of fame.

“I started doing pretty heavy drugs at 19 and abused all of my relationships... ,” he wrote.

Bieber says it has taken him years to bounce back from all the “terrible decisions”. — IANS