Nivea Opens Up About Former Cocaine Addiction: “I Wanted To Be Alone. It Was A Personal Drug”

BET recently premiered their new series “Finding,” which focuses on the stories of former stars of the 90’s and early 2000’s. Singer Nivea shared her story on the first episode and instantly became the talk of the internet.

Now, in a new interview with the M+M+M Show, the Georgia songstress is revealing her battle with a cocaine addiction. 

“I smoke weed here and there,” she said. “Never no needles, no crack. I’ve done coke. But no pills. That’s it.”

According to Nivea, who also revealed that her family had a history of drug addiction, she never used cocaine socially because it was far more personal for her. 

“I had a different reaction than most people,” she said. “I wanted to be alone. It was a personal drug. I wanted to write, play Sudoku, it put me in my head.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Nivea went on to discuss how she recovered from her addiction, despite once being very enveloped in it. 

“The struggle is real,” she said. I was really caught up with the cocaine situation. It was pretty bad. I pulled myself up out of it, though. In the midst though, I knew that was something I was allowing to happen, which was dangerous and reckless, but I knew I was going to come out of it somehow.”

Nivea credits her four children for being saving graces when it came to her sobriety. 

“I was about to give the kids up, which I think helped me,” she said. “Because without them, I would have died… I can’t live without all of them. I need them for air.”