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Bieber, 25, has written on social media in the
past year about his struggles with depression, drugs and fame,
but he went into detail on camera for the first time in a
documentary series about his life.
Bieber said he started using marijuana when he was about 13, the
age at which he rose to fame as a baby-faced singer in Canada.
He soon moved onto other substances, including ecstasy,
psychedelic mushrooms, pills and alcohol.
"People don't know how serious it got. It was legit crazy scary.
I was waking up in the morning and the first thing I was doing
was popping pills and smoking a blunt and starting my day. It
just got scary," Bieber said in the latest episode of his
YouTube documentary, "Justin Bieber: Seasons," released on
Monday.
"I decided to stop because I was like, dying. My security and
stuff would come into my room at night to check my pulse," he
recalled.
Bieber said that like other young people, he was experimenting
and using drugs to escape. "But my experience was in front of
cameras and I had a different level of exposure. I had a lot of
money and a lot of things," he said.
The 10-part documentary chronicles the making of the Canadian
singer's first album in four years, as well as giving fans
glimpses of his private life with his new wife, model Hailey
Baldwin, and other family members. It follows a long period out
of the public eye after Bieber abruptly pulled out of his
"Purpose" world tour in 2017, citing the need for rest.
Bieber's new album, "Changes," will be released on Feb. 14,
followed by a North American tour starting in May.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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