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The Ellen Degeneres Show
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February 19
Us Magazine

Nick Carter opens up about his battle with drug and alcohol addiction in an episode of the Ellen DeGeneres Show that airs today.

"I would either go out at night or party [while on tour with the Backstreet Boys]," Carter says. "I didn't do a lot of morning drinking or anything of that sort. It would sort of be an occasional thing, but a lot of occasions that I would kind of make excuses to just go out to drink and party. It would be excessive."

Drugs "kind of came later in life," Carter continues. "Alcohol kind of kicked it off and then, once the alcohol kind of wasn't doing it for me, I would lean on other things."

Carter, 29, says he couldn't stop despite "rude awakenings, warning signs, DUIs.

"I got the DUI and I realized that it was wrong," he goes on. "I decided to go and sort of punish myself. I went to the classes, did the community service and did everything that I was required to do. Then I would end up in a situation where I was like, 'Ok well I'll stop for six months and then after that, I would feel like it's OK to get back into it.' And sort of fool myself in a way."

The singer credits a healthy lifestyle with helping turn his life around.

"Working out definitely helped my self esteem, and it definitely made it easier for me to kind of push it aside," he says. "I just started replacing drinking and the parties...with healthier things like sports, video games."

Carter -- who was diagnosed with a weakening of the heart muscle called cardiomyopathy -- is sober now.

"My goal in life is to be the best person that I can be and try as hard as I can," he says. "I make mistakes, but...I realize that I'm human and...I don't punish myself for those mistakes.

"[I] continuously try to be that better person," he adds.

By Rennie Dyball
February 19, 2009
People.

Speaking candidly about his 10-year struggle with substance abuse, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter says his road to recovery was rocky.

“I would make excuses to just go out to drink and party,” he says on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Thursday. “It was excessive … Alcohol kind of kicked it off and then once the alcohol wasn’t doing it for me I would lean on other things.”

As for when things changed, “I had a lot of rude awakenings, warning signs, DUIs,” Carter, 29, tells DeGeneres. “I realized that it was wrong, [but] I decided to go and sort of punish myself. I went to the classes, did everything I was required to do. Then I’d . . . get back into it. Sort of fool myself in a way.”

Being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a weakening of the heart muscle, last year helped him turn things around, he told PEOPLE.

Working out changed his focus, too. “It helped my self esteem and then other things started replacing drinking and parties, [like] sports,” he tells DeGeneres. “I am sober now. I realize that I’m human and my goal in life is to be the best person that I can be."

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Nick Carter - Interview with Musique Plus
Date: 04 February 2009
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Brian littrell and family at the airport
Date: 07 February 2009
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Nick Carter- Behind My Health & Weight Struggles
Date: 04 February 2009
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Nick Carter - Inside Edition
Date: 04 February 2009
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Nick Carter interview on E! Daily
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February 04, 2009
Contact Music

Former pop idol NICK CARTER faces a daily struggle staying sober after doctors warned the BACKSTREET BOY a booze binge could kill him. The 29-year-old sought medical help last year (08), after suffering from chest pains.

Doctors in Florida diagnosed him with cardiomyopathy; a build up of toxins that prevents the heart from pumping blood efficiently.

The condition was blamed on the years of binge drinking and drug taking that had caused Carter’s weight to balloon and his health to deteriorate - and medics warned him he’d end up dead if he didn’t stop.

He tells People magazine, “My doctors said, ‘You need to change your lifestyle.’

“I don’t want to die. I don’t want to be that person people read about and think, ‘That’s sad that he couldn’t stop it and killed himself.’”

Eight months on, the star has dropped all the extra pounds and cut drink, drugs and fatty foods out of his diet - but he admits he finds it hard to stay clean. He confesses he has lapsed and “started to drink a couple of glasses of wine, and I couldn’t control it” - but credits his doctor with helping him stay sober.

Specialist Dr. Richard Polakoff tells People, “Once you get this condition, it can get progressively worse until the heart is extremely weak. But if he abstains from alcohol and other substances, I think we can get his heart back to normal.”