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Cara Delevingne Details Teen Drug Spiral, Daily GHB Use and Seizure at Burning Man

Her new podcast interview ties years of escalating substance use to a seizure that led her to enter a 12‑step program and to her current sobriety.

Overview

  • Delevingne said she began experimenting with drugs around age 14 and sold substances as a teenager to fund her use.
  • She described escalating use of ketamine and daily LSD in adolescence that produced terrifying hallucinations and a mental breakdown with suicidal thoughts.
  • Delevingne told Alex Cooper on Call Her Daddy that by 2022 she was taking GHB nightly to knock herself out and cocaine to wake up, a pattern that created physical dependence.
  • She said she began having seizures while trying to stop GHB use, and that the widely shared Van Nuys airport photos were taken right after a seizure at Burning Man.
  • Delevingne says she checked into a 12‑step treatment program in 2022, credits the community with sustaining her recovery, and is now sober while resuming creative work.