Demi Lovato is here to pass along a very important message.
The singer, who recently celebrated three years sobriety, told Today in a new interview that the world needs to talk more openly about mental illness.
“I’ve been very open about my story just because I know the more honest and open I am, the more people I’m going to be able to reach,” said Lovato.
She went on to tell Savannah Guthrie that she wishes "more people can understand from a point where it’s not a choice to have an addiction."
Lovato attended rehab toward the end of 2010 and has admitted in the past she had an eating disorder.
She has also said she started cutting herself at the age of 11. Very sad stuff.
"With bipolar disorder," says Lovato, "It’s a chemical imbalance, and it’s something that you have to figure out your own treatment with your own team."
These days, though, Lovato might be engaged to Wilmer Valderrama and she hopes to serve as a role model to her fellow females.
“I’m finally in a great place where I can say recovery is possible.”
