The Backstreet Boy says he hit rock bottom after years of alcohol and drug abuse but has made a dramatic turnaround in his struggle with addiction, even as he continues to work on painful family relationships and cope with the death of his sister last year.
Carter, in an exclusive interview with Dr. Phil, gets candid about his demons, saying he started using marijuana when he was just 15 and then began taking Vicodin and Ecstasy. But in 2008, he was diagnosed with a heart condition, promptly stopping him in his tracks and spurring him to face his problems.
“I made that choice right there and said, ‘I do not want to be this person anymore,'” Carter, 33, told Dr. Phil in an episode that aired Monday. “You have to find that moment in your life – that moment of clarity – and say, ‘Is this who you want to be the rest of your life, or do you deserve more?’ I decided I deserved better.”
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