Demi Lovato reveals struggles with vision and hearing impairment following 2018 overdose

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Demi Lovato has revealed that she struggles with both visual and hearing impairments, caused by an overdose in 2018.The pop star and former Disney Channel actress appeared on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live earlier this month, and opened up about her previous battle with addiction and the consequences it had on her health.Speaking with the host, Lovato confessed that while she is a strong believer in having no regrets, the “closest thing” she comes to regretting is the near-fatal overdose she had five years ago – which left her with various long-term issues.“I wouldn’t change my path because I don’t have any regrets… [But] the closest thing that I get to a regret is when I overdosed,” she began. “I wish somebody had told me, one, that I was beautiful, because I didn’t believe it, and two, I wish that someone would’ve told me that if you just sit with the pain, it passes.”“That overdose caused me a lot of – it actually caused a disability,” she explained. “I have vision impairment and hearing impairment to this day,” she added, later admitting that she doesn’t drive anymore due to “blind spots in [her] vision”.Later in the discussion, however, the 30-year-old singer shared her positive outlook on her health issues and said that she has begun to view the impairments as a “daily constant reminder” to continue her journey into sobriety.“Anytime I look at something – like, I have blind spots in my vision when I look at your face – it’s a constant reminder to stay on the right path, because I never want that to happen again,” she stated.This isn’t the first time that Lovato has opened up about her struggle with addiction, nor her near-fatal overdose in 2018.