Justin Bieber’s bodyguards checked his pulse in the middle of the night during his drug abuse phase

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Justin Bieber GQ May 2021

Justin Bieber reflected on his struggles with substance abuse in the past wherein he used to be constantly monitored by his bodyguards.

In a rare confessional interview, the Canadian singer touched upon his past drug use in GQโ€˜s May issue.

The 27-year-old pop star battled with substance abuse after he rose to fame as a teenager because he wanted to numb the โ€œemptinessโ€ he felt, despite his global success and things got so bad, his staff feared heโ€™d lose his life.

He detailed his reliance on drugs became so extreme that his bodyguards used to check his pulse in the middle of the night to make sure he is alive.

Justin Bieber GQ May 2021
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In a new interview, the pop star โ€“ who credits his Christian faith and wife Hailey Bieber, 24, with saving him โ€“ told the May issue of GQ magazine โ€œThere was a sense of still yearning for more,โ€ Bieber recalled.

โ€œIt was like I had all this success and it was still like: โ€˜Iโ€™m still sad, and Iโ€™m still in pain. And I still have these unresolved issues.โ€™ And I thought all the success was going to make everything good. And so for me, the drugs were a numbing agent to just continue to get through.โ€

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He proceeded to add how he lost focus on his career. โ€œI just lost control of my vision for my career. Thereโ€™s all these opinions. And in this industry, youโ€™ve got people that unfortunately prey on peopleโ€™s insecurities and use that to their benefit.

โ€œAnd so when that happens, obviously that makes you angry. And then youโ€™re this young angry person who had these big dreams, and then the world just jades you and makes you into this person that you donโ€™t want to be.

Justin Bieber GQ May 2021
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โ€œAnd then you wake up one day and your relationships are [expletive] up and youโ€™re unhappy and you have all this success in the world, but youโ€™re just like: Well, what is this worth if Iโ€™m still feeling empty inside?โ€ the pop star continued.

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Read the full story โ€œThe Redemption of Justin Bieber,โ€ by Zach Baron on GQ.com and in GQโ€™s May issue.

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