Current:Home > reviewsPink reflects on near-fatal drug overdose in her teens: 'I was off the rails' -FutureFinance
Pink reflects on near-fatal drug overdose in her teens: 'I was off the rails'
View
Date:2025-04-18 18:07:44
Pink is opening up about a harrowing episode of drug use from her teen years that nearly cost the pop star her life.
The "Trustfall" singer looked back on her turbulent adolescence, including a near-fatal drug overdose at 16, during an interview on "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday.
Pink (real name: Alecia Moore) said her drug use came in the midst of her parents' crumbling marriage. "I grew up in a house where every day my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things. (They) hated each other," she said.
"And then I got into drugs," Pink said, describing her teen self as a "punk." "I was selling drugs, and then I was kicked out of the house. I dropped out of high school. I was off the rails."
The "Get the Party Started" songstress said her relationship with drugs reached a dangerous climax when she took multiple substances at a rave on Thanksgiving Day in 1995.
"I was at a rave, and I overdosed," Pink said. "I was on ecstasy, angel dust, crystal – all kinds of things – and then I was out, done. Too much."
Pink added the incident was the last time she used "hard drugs."
Pink interview:Pink explores grief, marriage, the meaning of 'Trustfall': 'I will not be the villain in your story'
The Grammy-winning singer previously discussed the breaking point she reached with drug use after her teen overdose.
"It wasn't to the point of going to the hospital, but I remember getting up off the floor in the morning, and that was the last time I ever touched a drug again," Pink told Shape magazine in 2012, per Digital Spy.
She also told the magazine that an opportunity to further her music career at the time gave an added incentive to commit to recovery.
"It was also the day a DJ offered to let me sing on hip-hop night," Pink said. "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."
Pink's Summer Carnival tour set list:All the songs fans can expect to hear
veryGood! (8)
Related
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Let Me Spell It Out
- Olympians Are Putting Cardboard Beds to the Ultimate Test—But It's Not What You Think
- Wayne Brady Shares He Privately Welcomed a Son With His Ex-Girlfriend
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- In Northeast Ohio, Hello to Solar and Storage; Goodbye to Coal
- Blake Lively Crashes Ryan Reynolds’ Interview in the Most Hilarious Way
- Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man from prison after overturned conviction
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Jacksonville Jaguars reveal new white alternate helmet for 2024 season
Ranking
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Kamala Harris' first campaign ad features Beyoncé's song 'Freedom': 'We choose freedom'
- It’s a college football player’s paradise, where dreams and reality meet in new EA Sports video game
- Wife who pled guilty to killing UConn professor found dead hours before sentencing: Police
- Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
- Steph Curry talks Kamala Harris' US presidential campaign: 'It's a big deal'
- Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr.’s Iconic Reunion Really Is All That
- Blake Lively Crashes Ryan Reynolds’ Interview in the Most Hilarious Way
Recommendation
Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
She's a basketball star. She wears a hijab. So she's barred from France's Olympics team
Texas woman gets 15 years for stealing nearly $109M from Army to buy mansions, cars
Billy Ray Cyrus says he was at his 'wit's end' amid leaked audio berating Firerose, Tish
Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
A woman is killed and a man is injured when their upstate New York house explodes
Rural Nevada judge suspended with pay after indictment on federal fraud charges
USA vs. France takeaways: What Americans' loss in Paris Olympics opener taught us