Demi Lovato: Stay Strong
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | Davi Russo |
| Starring | Demi Lovato |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Original network | MTV |
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Demi Lovato: Stay Strong is a 2012 documentary film about American singer Demi Lovato which follows her recovery after leaving rehab and her return to the music industry after abrubtly cancelling her tour with the Jonas Brothers, putting her career on a hiatus in order to seek treatment. It premiered on March 6, 2012 on MTV. The documentary depicts her reflecting on her road to recovery, addressing several of her emotional and physical issues, celebrating Thanksgiving with her family in 2011 and returning for the very first time to the treatment facility she retreated to back in 2010.
Lovato had suffered from depression, an eating disorder, self-harm and being bullied before she went into rehab at the age of 18. On November 1, 2010, she left the Jonas Brothers Live in Concert World Tour, entering a treatment facility for "physical and emotional issues". She decided to enter treatment after punching female dancer Alex Welch; her management and family confronted her in a formal intervention after this incident to convince her she needed help. Lovato agreed to seek help and took "full responsibility" for the incident.
On January 28, 2011, Lovato completed inpatient treatment at Timberline Knolls and returned home. She acknowledged that she had suffered from anorexia and bulimia, had harmed herself, and had been "self-medicating" with drugs and alcohol "like a lot of teens do to numb their pain". In addition, Lovato said that she "basically had a nervous breakdown" and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during her treatment. Lovato later added that she had used cocaine several times a day and smuggled cocaine onto airplanes. After finishing her treatment, Lovato returned to work on her third album in February 2011. In April 2011, Lovato announced she was leaving Sonny with a Chance, where she portrayed the main character Sonny Munroe, because she wanted to focus on her music career rather than acting.
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