Justin Bieber Reveals The Scary Extent Of His Past Drug Use: 'I Was, Like, Dying'

Last week, Justin Bieber debuted the first four episodes of his YouTube docuseries, which centered mostly around his return to music and his relationship with his spouse, Hailey. It was a revealing look at the pop star's whirlwind life, nevertheless he digs even deeper in episode No. 5, which arrived on Monday (February 3).


Titled "The Dark Season," the episode shines a light on Bieber's health struggles and past drug use. It opens where the opening episode did: in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario, with the "Yummy" singer returning to the apartment he lived in as a kid. It was there, he tells the camera, that he smoked marijuana for the initial time as soon as he was just 12 or 13. And if he eventually quit soon after becoming "dependent" on it, he later struggled through much more serious addictions, like "popping pills" and "sipping lean."


"It was just an escape for me," Bieber mentioned. "I was young, like everybody in the industry, or in the world, who experiment. Although my experience was in front of cameras and I had a different level of exposure. I had a lot of cash along with a lot of things, so then you have all these people around me hanging on and wanting stuff from me, knowing I was living this lifestyle that they also wanted to live."


The episode features interviews with Hailey and with Bieber's longtime manager, Scooter Braun, who recalled the "turbulent times" and "dark period" that the singer faced as a young superstar who was constantly in the tabloids for his arrests and bad behavior. Eventually, Bieber mentioned, he determined to get sober whenever he realized how serious his situation had gotten.


"I determined to stop because... I was like, dying," he mentioned. "My security were coming into the room at night to check my pulse. People don't know how serious it got. It was legit crazy-scary."


In 2019, Bieber underwent a series of medical tests and was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr, or mono, and Lyme Infection, a disease caused by germs commonly carried by ticks. It was tough news, Bieber recalled, nevertheless it was also relieving to know why he was feeling so sick. The rest of the episode follows the singer into his doctor's appointments as he reassures fans that he's totally trying to get better.


"I've abused my body in the past and right now I'm just in the recovery process," he mentioned. "I'm devoted to getting better because I know ultimately being the perfect me is going to aid me be the hubby, the father, the perfect friend I can possibly be. And for all of the fans that wish to like the music that I make. I can't do it if I'm not healthy, and I haven't been healthy for a long time."


Thankfully, things seem to be looking up for JB. His fifth studio album, Changes, is set for release on February 14, and the new Seasons episode ends with him speaking about the emotional title track. It has an eas message, Bieber said: "Life is worth living. And if you're not going to give up, and then the only thing to do is to push forward."


the opening five episodes of Justin Bieber: Seasons are right now obtainable on YouTube Premium.