Nick Carter's deadly drug use



Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter claims his drugs use almost killed him.


(BANG) -

Nick Carter claims drugs almost killed him.

The Backstreet Boys star admits he only stopped taking illegal substances when he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a potentially fatal heart condition.

He said: "I realized I didn't want to die. I didn't want to be that person people read about and think, 'That's sad that he couldn't stop it and killed himself.' "

The 29-year-old singer says it took him 10 years to accept he had an alcohol and drug problem. Even being charged with driving under the influence (DUI), getting caught up in a bar brawl and his ballooning weight - which crept up to 224lbs - were not enough to make him stop.

He eventually sought help after experiencing chest pains and fatigue last spring.

Nick underwent tests with a Florida doctor, but embarked on a huge cocaine binge the evening before the results were due.

He said: "I went out and just went nuts. I drank so much and I did a bunch of blow. I felt like I was trying to kill myself - because I didn't want to get the results."

Nick eventually listened to the doctors and has quit drugs and lost 57lbs.

He now claims he is in the best shape he has ever been, adding life is "awesome".

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The Baby and The Brat, unfortunately, seem to really do share everything, destructive habits included.

Well shit, Guess I forgot how to draw attention to a thread in here:

clears throat

Britney broke a NAIL! (Like, OMG!)

Beyonce's wig is showing!

OMGZ Janet is FAT!




People gonna read my thread now?

What kind of drugs was Nick on? Coke? Pills? What? I knew he had an alcohol problem but damn...

Timmy84 said:

Publicly, coke and alcohol. But who knows if there was anything else?

I knew he and AJ pretty much share everything but damn it, why this too?

At least he's getting himself cleaned up though.

meow85 said:

That doesn't work here anymore. Here's one that will work though.....


EL DEBARGE IS IN THIS THREAD!!!!


you'll thank me later

meow85 said:

Wasn't AJ on crack?

bboy87 said:

for drawing attention to my thread.

Timmy84 said:

AJ was on everything. It's a matter of timeline, with him. When the announcement was first made that he was going to rehab, only alcohol and depression were publicly acknowledged by the Boys. Then after he got out he admitted to cocaine use too. Sooner or later it came out that he'd been into everyting, and had actually OD'd on more than one occasion, but chose to refuse medical help when they happened so as to keep everything quiet and not bugger things up publicly for the other Boys.

Good for him that he stopped his drug abuse, sometimes it takes something like this to open a person's eyes.

wildgoldenhoney said:

It's unfortunate that this is what it took, but headlines that he's stopped his drug use because of a health scare are infinitely better than headlines saying he's dead at 30.

He's looking a LOT better too, since cleaning up:

Before:


After:

meow85 said:

Wow, he look like two different people!

I'm so glad he's getting his life back on track!

he looks good now

Timmy84 said:

If it weren't for the tattoos, I almost wouldn't have recognized him.

The first time I saw the "new" Nick a few months ago, I did a double take. Who IS this buff young man? I could've sworn they'd hired a body double for him. Bot no, that's all Carter.

Sobriety -it does a body good.

thekidsgirl said:

Co-sign to both.


Let's hope he can keep himself on track. And while we're at it, good luck to AJ too, for the same thing.



Good luck, guys.

meow85 said:

It's amazing AJ still here, lol. I imagine all of them were drug addicts at one point or another.

meow85 said:

There's something weird about his face now. He has the whole fat-to-thin-too-quickly look

Timmy84 said:

Howie D. wasn't!

thekidsgirl said:

@ you knowing their names

thekidsgirl said:

Well excuse me for not being a boy band fan.

bboy87 said:

don't hate on BSB
back in 8th grade, their album was the 2nd cd I ever bought

Timmy84 said:

you know you love them
yo ass was crying when they last performed "Backstreet's Back"

thekidsgirl said:

PLEASE!
I was into R&B and hip-hop at this time. I didn't have time for no damn Backstreet.

meow85 said:

It's not our problem if you're stuck in 2000.

Timmy84 said:

Honestly, Brian or Howie using would be a surprise to me. But I can see Kevin knocking back a few illicits in his spare time.

thekidsgirl said:

Last performed? Shit, they still do it.

purplesweat said:

It's really adorable how you think the world music scene is dictated by American charts. They dropped off in popularity in the U.S., but as for the rest of us? They're working on a sold out world tour...

Unlike certain other boybands, they had the smarts NOT to focus on the States as a market. Did them good in the long run.

meow85 said:

lol well i'm australian and the last hit they had here was incomplete.

The majority of people have forgotten about them. They are done, trust me.

purplesweat said:

Incomplete came out a year and a half ago....

Unless Australians work on some whacky time frame the rest of us don't, Incomplete was only 2007, not 2000....

Get your years right before making fun, sunshine.