Now in recovery, she was asked by CBS Sunday Morning whether she was trying moderation — still drinking and "smoking a little bit of weed" — and Lovato agreed that was the case.
"Telling myself I can never have a drink or smoke marijuana is setting myself up for failure because I am such a black-and-white thinker," she said . "I had it drilled into my head for so many years that one drink was equivalent to a crack pipe."
Continued use of alcohol and marijuana is "nowhere near sober," Seeley warned, adding he was worried people could potentially overdose and die thinking that they're California sober.
Marier didn't have any opinions or judgment about anyone's recovery journey, agreeing there's not a one-size-fits-all approach. But she was concerned about the potential for problems.
"There's a term I've used when counseling somebody: It's like switching seats on the Titanic — it's not going to save you; you're still going down."
For most of his patients, that means full abstinence, but "it is possible to be in remission from a substance use disorder and not fully abstain from all intoxicants," he said.
Each person has to determine that themselves, Marier said. Hurley agreed, noting that sobriety isn't a medical term, so people have all kinds of understandings about what it means for them. That's why he uses the term remission rather than sobriety.
The American Society of Addiction Medicine doesn't "demand some threshold for abstinence" in order for somebody to count as a sober, Hurley noted.
"I think that people can get better with treatment even if they don't necessarily stop using all substances."
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People with alcohol use disorder and homelessness were able to cut back on drinking through a harm reduction approach. "We found participants didn't have to stop drinking to start recovery," said lead author Susan Collins, PhD, of Washington State University, in a statement. ( The Lancet Psychiatry )
Brief behavioral therapy of eight to 12 weekly 45-minute sessions delivered in pediatric clinics by master's-level therapists was a cost-effective option for treating youth with anxiety and depression . ( JAMA Network Open )
People with schizophrenia might find help quitting smoking with the aid of high-strength electronic cigarettes , a new study found. ( Nicotine & Tobacco Research )
Kristen Monaco is a staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and dermatology news. Based out of the New York City office, she's worked at the company for nearly five years.
Demi Lovato opens up about 'how queer I really am' - Los Angeles Times
Almost three years after her overdose, Demi Lovato cannot drive. With tinnitus, she can't hear properly all the time. And when she looks at a person's eyes, she can't see their nose or mouth.
These are a few of the revelations from the singer and actress from her new cover story for Glamour's March issue.
In making that decision, she said she consulted her recovery case manager. She talked to him about how on one side, regarding her eating disorder, she was telling herself anything was legal. On the other, her sobriety journey, she was "following a program that's telling me if I slip up, I'm going to die."
"I hooked up with a girl and was like, 'I like this a lot more.' It felt better. It felt right," Lovato said. "Some of the guys I was hanging out with — when it would come time to be sexual or intimate, I would have this kind of visceral reaction. Like, 'I just don't want to put my mouth there.' It wasn't even based on the person it was with.
"I just found myself really appreciating the friendships of those people more than the romance, and I didn't want the romance from anybody of the opposite sex."
Christie D'Zurilla covers breaking entertainment news. A USC graduate, she joined the Los Angeles Times in 2003 and has 30 years of journalism experience in Southern California.
Demi Lovato talks new album, says she's 'stronger than ever before'
"She'll never have the opportunity to experience her 28th birthday," Lovato tells USA TODAY. "I knew how important it was to give back on my birthday, I knew that I wanted to help, and I just really connected with her because as a young female, I can't imagine being in her position. She was asleep in her bed, and I'm going to do everything I can to fight for justice for her."
Lovato talks to USA TODAY about the making of "I Love Me," body acceptance, new music and her recent engagement to "The Young and the Restless" actor Max Ehrich.
Question: The first time you were nominated in the "message" category in 2012, you won for "Skyscraper." Looking back, what does that song mean to you now?
Lovato: I wanted to make an anthem that is all about self-love, erasing that negative self-talk and trying to re-frame your thinking about yourself. Hannah Lux Davis, who's the director of the video, came to me with an awesome idea and I really let her take the reins of the video. We put in little Easter eggs that my fans will recognize. It was really cool and it's really personal to me.
Q: The message of "I Love Me" is so important right now, especially as many people spend more time alone than usual in lockdown. How has your own relationship with self-love evolved these past five months?
Lovato: My relationship with self-love has grown so much, just because I realize that we all go through periods of time where things are difficult. It ebbs and flows and it's not always going to be perfect. But when we work on ourselves, you can really learn how to strengthen that muscle of self-love. When you do things daily like meditating, journaling or doing yoga, it's little things like that that will help strengthen that muscle. So I've been working on that basically this whole quarantine.
Q: I really appreciated what you told Ashley Graham on her podcast about body acceptance vs. body positivity. How you can practice being grateful for your health and accepting where you're at, even when you don't always love everything about yourself. Why is that an important distinction?
Lovato: It's an important distinction to make because when you're talking about self-love, you have to be realistic. The common misconception is that even when you start working on yourself a little bit, you're fixed and it's better. But that's not necessarily true. It's a work in progress and you have to keep working at it. Body positivity kind of puts a label on it that makes you think it's always going to be happy-go-lucky, and it's not.
Q: For all the positive strides that have been made against bullying, you still see artists like Adele, Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey make headlines for their weight. How can the media do better?
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