Cara Delevingne pulled back the curtain on one of the darkest periods of her life.During a candid appearance on Alex Cooper's "Call Her Daddy" podcast, the actress revealed she was taking the drug GHB daily before suffering seizures that ultimately became a wake-up call in her recovery journey.Delevingne, 33, shared some of her most detailed comments yet about the drug spiral that nearly derailed her life despite the model's enormous professional success.While many fans associate Delevingne's recovery story with the viral paparazzi photos from Burning Man that sparked concern in 2022, she told Cooper the reality behind the scenes was far more severe.
At the time, she was using GHB to "effectively knock yourself out" and then cocaine to keep herself awake.Delevingne revealed that she had planned to get sober after a blowout 30th birthday celebration after years of drug use, believing she could simply stop on her own.Instead, she learned how physically dependent she had become.JESSICA SIMPSON DETAILS THE DARK SIDE OF ALCOHOL THAT NEARLY DERAILED HER DREAMSCara Delevingne revealed that she used GHB daily before suffering seizures that forced her to confront her addiction.
( Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)"I didn't know how addictive that stuff was," she said, referring to the drug."I just thought I took it every day.
I didn't know that you really had to like medically detox from it.And I started having seizures and that's literally, [the 2022] photos were taken right after I'd had a seizure at Burning Man."Delevingne admitted her substance use initially offered relief from years of emotional turmoil stemming from childhood trauma, struggles with her mother's illness and longstanding mental health challenges."When I first started doing drugs, it was that seeking connection," she told Cooper.
"And I felt like I found myself, you know? I was fun.And I loved music.
And I loved dancing.And I was like, 'Oh, this is someone I really like.
This is really cool.'""It was at a...