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Pink recently opened up in an interview with “60 Minutes” about how she nearly died from a drug overdose as a teenager. \u201cI grew up in a house where every day my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things. They hated each other,\u201d Pink told Cecilia Vega. She described herself at the time saying, \u201cI was a punk. I had a mouth. I had a chip on my shoulder.\u201d She revealed that she began using and selling drugs, eventually getting kicked out of her house and dropping out of high school. \u201cI was off the rails,\u201d she said. Pink shared details of the day saying the overdose took place on Thanksgiving day in 1995. \u00a0\u201cI was at a rave and I overdosed,” said the singer. She revealed that she had taken many different hard drugs that day including \u201cecstasy, angel dust, crystal \u2013 all kinds of things. Then I was out. Done. Too much.\u201d She explained that her near-death experience was a turning point in her life. She stopped using drugs and just weeks later she landed her first record deal with her R&B girl group, Choice.<\/p>\n

Pink has been vocal about her past drug use, speaking about it in an interview with Shape Magazine in 2021 were she revealed that she wasn’t hospitalized from her overdose, but it served as the wake-up call she needed to turn her life around. \u201cI remember getting up off the floor in the morning \u2013 and that was the last time I ever touched a drug again,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cIt was also the day a DJ offered to let me sing on hip-hop night. His only caveat was that I couldn\u2019t do drugs, so I didn\u2019t,\u201d Pink added. \u201cThat\u2019s the thing with me \u2013 once I make up my mind, I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n

After her first record deal, Pink’s success skyrocketed making her a household name. She said in her interview with “60 Minutes” that she plans to continue her career until she no longer can. \u201cI keep demanding more and more and more from myself physically, emotionally, spiritually, vocally. I want to raise the bar all the time,\u201d Pink said. \u201cWhen they say a woman has to slow down, become smaller, take up less space, calm down \u2013 no. Absolutely not. Why can\u2019t we ride it till the wheels fall off? \u201cThat\u2019s what I plan on doing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pink recently opened up in an interview with “60 Minutes” about how she nearly died from a drug overdose as a teenager. \u201cI grew up in a house where every day my parents were screaming at each other, throwing things. They hated each other,\u201d Pink told Cecilia Vega. 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