Nick Carter confesses that he almost died from drug addiction

BY Rosie Leblanc on February 6, 2009 | 5 comments
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Nick told People magazine that he spent nearly a decade abusing alcohol and cocaine. At one point his weight ballooned to 224 pounds and his big wake up call was last spring while on tour and he experienced chest pains and fatigue.  His cardiologist told him that he was suffering cardiomyopathy, which is a weakening of the heart muscle that can lead to death if it continued to be abused. Thank goodness he got the wake up call, he’s now a healthy 167 pounds and doing great!

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  • http://rantsthoughtsmerde.blogspot.com NativeNYker

    I dont want to make lite of the declaration but, seriously, WTF! Why must he come clean now? Cuz the career is in the toilet? Have some balls man… say you had the time of your life & miss it… This is way punk ass bitch.

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  • cher

    pics surfaced today of him drinking it up on his birthday (last week). I guess you can have problems with drinking/drugs on the days you want and really not have a problem all the time.Who knew?! Sad

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  • Anonymous

     The common phrase of “cocaine addict” is the normal phrase related to
    someone who can not control their desire for more cocaine (more high). 
    To be politically correct the substance abuse community has replaced
    “addiction” with “dependence”.  They base this change on the basis of
    conditions diagnosed mostly on the basis of behavior and not the bodies
    craving of the drug.  Although definitions vary widely, most include the
    core criteria of dependence to be the continued use of a drug despite
    the negative consequences of the user’s health.