© 2026 ABC News

He admitted to \"doing pretty heavy drugs at 19\" and pushing away all his closest relationships.

\"Luckily god blessed me with extraordinary people who love me for me,\" he continued. \"Now I am navigating the best season of my life 'MARRIAGE'!!\"

Bieber, who tied the knot with Hailey Baldwin last year, concluded with a message of hope to anyone who might be going through a tough time.

\"All this to say even when the odds are against you keep fighting,\" he shared. \"Jesus loves you.\"

His post was met with support from many other celebrities who praised him for his honesty. Last week, he posted about singing in church for the first time and how God is pulling him \"through a hard season.\"

\"Whatever pain you are going through just keep telling yourself THIS WONT LAST,\" he wrote.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/justin-bieber-shares-instagram-post-terrible-decisions-struggles/story?id=65358235","legacySlug":"/culture/story/justin-bieber-shares-instagram-post-terrible-decisions-struggles-65358235","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"16:29","publishDate":"09-03-2019","updatedTime":"09:20","updatedDate":"09-04-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Justin Bieber out in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019.","credit":"Broadimage/Rex/Shutterstock","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/justin-bieber-sh-ps-190903_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"9/3/2019 16:29:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":65358235,"headline":"Justin Bieber opens up on being a child star","mediaAssetTitle":"Bieber Post","description":"The singer opened up about the \"terrible decisions\" he made in his past.","duration":"6:11","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/09/190904_ntl_justin_bieber2_0353_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["61597751","65292342","61960739"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"March 11, 2019","headline":"Justin Bieber asks fans to 'pray for me,' reveals he has been 'struggling a lot'","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/justin-bieber-asks-fans-pray-reveals-struggling-lot-61597751","id":61597751,"image":{"alt":"Justin Bieber asks fans to 'pray for me,' reveals he has been 'struggling a lot'","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/bieber-1-gty-er-190310_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"BG015/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"August 30, 2019","headline":"Justin Bieber shares video of himself singing in church ","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/justin-bieber-shares-video-singing-church-65292342","id":65292342,"image":{"alt":"Justin Bieber shares video of himself singing in church ","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/justin-beiber-01-as-gty-190830_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Mat Hayward/Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"March 26, 2019","headline":"Bieber calls out trolls who claim he got married to get back at ex Selena Gomez","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/justin-bieber-hits-back-immature-sick-trolls-claim-61960739","id":61960739,"image":{"alt":"Bieber calls out trolls who claim he got married to get back at ex Selena Gomez","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/hailey-baldwin-justin-bieber-gty-ml-190130_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto via Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Justin Bieber opens up on being a child star","description":"The singer opened up about the \"terrible decisions\" he made in his past.","duration":"6:11","uploadDate":"09-03-2019","publication":"09-03-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/09/190904_ntl_justin_bieber2_0353_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/09/190904_ntl_justin_bieber2_0353_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/justin-bieber-shares-instagram-post-terrible-decisions-struggles-65358235"}},"playlist":[{"id":"128515117","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"128451314","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"128207776","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"128203462","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"128102923","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"128032688","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"128001704","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127063410","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127260346","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127257759","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127212565","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127212571","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127017804","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"127031824","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"126940730","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"126712652","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"126681696","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"126625470","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"125634740","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"125483613","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Justin Bieber opens up on being a child star","pubTime":"12:29","pubDate":"09-03-2019","modTime":"05:20","modDate":"09-04-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":65358235,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Justin Bieber opens up on being a child star","mediaAssetTitle":"Bieber Post","videoId":65358235,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/justin-bieber-shares-instagram-post-terrible-decisions-struggles-65358235"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/65358235","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/65358235","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};