Demi Lovato depicted scenes before and after her near-fatal overdose in July 2018 in a new music for her single,”Dancing with the Devil.”

The video comes after amid the release of her YouTube documentary of the same name.

At the very start of the 5-minute long video, a message to viewers reads: “This video contains content depicting addiction, drug use, trauma, and sexual abuse which may be triggering for some.”

What is California sober? Demi Lovato’s recovery plan explained

Now in recovery, she was asked by CBS Sunday Morning whether she was trying moderation — still drinking and “smoking a little bit of weed” — and Lovato agreed that was the case.

“Telling myself I can never have a drink or smoke marijuana is setting myself up for failure because I am such a black-and-white thinker,” she said . “I had it drilled into my head for so many years that one drink was equivalent to a crack pipe.”

Continued use of alcohol and marijuana is “nowhere near sober,” Seeley warned, adding he was worried people could potentially overdose and die thinking that they’re California sober.

Marier didn’t have any opinions or judgment about anyone’s recovery journey, agreeing there’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. But she was concerned about the potential for problems.

“There’s a term I’ve used when counseling somebody: It’s like switching seats on the Titanic — it’s not going to save you; you’re still going down.”

For most of his patients, that means full abstinence, but “it is possible to be in remission from a substance use disorder and not fully abstain from all intoxicants,” he said.

Each person has to determine that themselves, Marier said. Hurley agreed, noting that sobriety isn’t a medical term, so people have all kinds of understandings about what it means for them. That’s why he uses the term remission rather than sobriety.

The American Society of Addiction Medicine doesn’t “demand some threshold for abstinence” in order for somebody to count as a sober, Hurley noted.

“I think that people can get better with treatment even if they don’t necessarily stop using all substances.”

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People with alcohol use disorder and homelessness were able to cut back on drinking through a harm reduction approach. “We found participants didn’t have to stop drinking to start recovery,” said lead author Susan Collins, PhD, of Washington State University, in a statement. ( The Lancet Psychiatry )

Brief behavioral therapy of eight to 12 weekly 45-minute sessions delivered in pediatric clinics by master’s-level therapists was a cost-effective option for treating youth with anxiety and depression . ( JAMA Network Open )

People with schizophrenia might find help quitting smoking with the aid of high-strength electronic cigarettes , a new study found. ( Nicotine & Tobacco Research )

Kristen Monaco is a staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and dermatology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company for nearly five years.