Justin Bieber’s security had to ‘check his pulse’ every night while he slept before he made life-changing decision

Warning: This article contains discussion of addiction which some readers may find distressing.

Justin Bieber opened up about how his security guards had to check his pulse at night after he made a life-changing decision.

The singer has previously spoken about his struggles with addiction, and made the choice to get sober from drugs.

Speaking on the docuseries Justin Bieber: Seasons, the Peaches singer spoke openly about how his life had been before he decided to get clean.

One part was that his security staff would do checks on him as he slept at night.

This involved coming into his room while he slept to take his pulse, and if there was a problem they could take action.

The singer shared: "My security and stuff were coming into the room at night to check my pulse - like people don't know how serious it got, like it was legit crazy scary."

Bieber, 30, managed to get sober, after which he met his wife Hailey, with whom he has a child.

Bieber opened up about getting sober (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Sharing how Bieber had been since she met him, Hailey said: "Justin and I were never really in each other's lives until he chose to get sober and was trying to come off of the drugs, almost kind of himself."

Bieber recalled how things 'just got scary', and that he made a conscious decision to get himself clean.

The singer recalled: "I basically said to myself, 'God, if you're real, you get me through this season of stopping these pills and stuff, and if you do, I'll do the rest of the work', and then I did that, and then I was good from there."

Bieber opened up about his struggle (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Bieber admitted that despite managing to get himself off drugs he 'never did the actual work' of unpacking why he had started taking them.

He said: "I got off the pills, but I never went to the root of everything."

Bieber also previously opened up about what he felt had been the cause of his problem in an interview with Vogue.

He told the magazine: "Drugs put a screen between me and what I was doing.

"It got pretty dark. I think there were times when my security was coming in late at night to check my pulse and see if I was still breathing."

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