I’m Regular Sober — Here’s How I Feel About Demi Lovato Being 'California Sober'

“I’m not willing to risk my sobriety, because I don’t know what might awaken that monster that kept me from my kids.”

In 2008, I’d popped in to see a friend at a table read (that’s where the cast of a play, TV show, or film sits around a table and reads the entire script out loud) and was invited to sit in until the star of the show arrived. Moments later, an effervescent 16-year-old stunner strode into the conference room, wearing a black leather jacket and biker boots.   I didn’t know who they were then, but the moment they smiled and said hello, I felt the molecules in the room change.  The show was a Disney pilot called “Sonny With a Chance.” That star was Demi Lovato.