Pink Recalls Overdose That Nearly Killed Her
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Pink is a three-time Grammy Award winner known for hits like, "What About Us," "So What," and "Just Give Me a Reason." The singer has also made a name for herself through performing high-flying aerial stunts during concerts and running her own vineyard, Two Wolves Wine.
However, what fans might not know about the pop star is she nearly died as a teenager because of a drug overdose. During a recent sit-down for 60 Minutes, Pink opened up about her troubled teen years and the near-death experience.
"I was a punk. I had a mouth. I had a chip on my shoulder," she said. "Basically, I grew up in a house where every day, my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things, hated each other. And then I got into drugs, I was selling drugs—and then I was kicked out of the house, I dropped out of high school. I was off the rails."
On Thanksgiving 1995, Pink was just 16 when she overdosed at a rave.
"I was on, oh boy...ecstasy, angel dust, crystal, all kinds of things," she explained. "And then I was out. Done. Too much."
"You almost died?" host Cecilia Vega clarified, to which Pink confirmed, "Yeah."
That overdose was the "end of hard drugs" for Pink. Weeks later, she snagged her first record deal as the lead singer in an R&B girl group before embarking on a solo career.
Previously, the singer has touched on her wild teenage years. “I was a hardcore partier from 12 to 15,” she told Entertainment Weekly in 2012. “I was like a candy raver and I was on all the club drugs."
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That same year, she told Shape magazine that although she wasn't hospitalized after overdosing, the incident prompted her to make serious changes.
“I remember getting up off the floor in the morning–and that was the last time I ever touched a drug again,” she told the magazine. “It was also the day a DJ offered to let me sing on hip-hop night. His only caveat was that I couldn’t do drugs, so I didn’t. That’s the thing with me — once I make up my mind, I’m done.”
If you or a loved one are struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues and need outside help, a great place to start is the website and National Helpline for SAMHSA.
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