Aaron Was “Savable”, An Addiction Counselor Says
As Aaron Carter began to show signs of falling off the wagon, his manager Taylor Helgeson proposed a custom-built, challenging, and intensive treatment program to help him heal.
Regrettably, the singer and rapper refused the plan in the weeks leading up to his death. He was found unresponsive in the bath at his home in Lancaster, California, on the morning of 5th November, Saturday.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, his PR aid Holly Davidson revealed that before entering treatment, the pop star wanted to focus on settling the long-running custody battle with his on-and-off girlfriend Melanie Martin—the mother of his 11-month old-son, Prince.
‘I want to be better, and I am trying to be better, but I cannot do it now,’ he told Holly Davidson from ITC PR.
The star “set his priorities as trying to deal with the courts over his son, the new music and life,”— in that order, the aid said. She went on to say, “then he wanted to go to rehab.”
Addiction counselor and expert Brender Borrowman, co-founder of Reboot, a Utah drug treatment center, said he believed that the star was ‘savable’—with the right treatment. However, according to Kelly Springer, the singer-turned-rapper wouldn’t connect with Borrowman even though he agreed to the treatment plan he had proposed.
Borrowman wanted the troubled star to go fully off-grid— without access to phones, friends, or the Internet. His prepared plan, which uses “time-proven military behavioral science to promote positive behavior and self-worth”, would include an assessment of his brain health, followed by a one-on-one ‘no bullshit” life coach.
He said that Aaron was charismatic, sweet, kind, and loving and seemed fine when they spoke. He also said that addicts are great at covering it up, which explains why we don’t see a cause for concern until it blows up into a major problem.
So, when he saw something alarming on Instagram, he tried to connect with the pop star, only to be met with no response. According to his fans, he was seen puffing on computer dust and smoking marijuana—after claiming he had stopped using the drug. Carter’s addiction, according to Borrowman, was “not a choice, but a mental illness”—one that could have been addressed with the right treatment.
Holle Davidson and her colleague, Kelly Springer, who were both close friends with the pop star, said they were devastated when they learned of his passing.
“We lost our breath when we heard the news through a phone call,’ Springer told the Daily Mail. ‘It’s something we had all tried to avoid. This hits close to home for us.’
“The last few weeks were hard,” Springer continued. “He had been white-knuckling his diseases. He was doing the best job. It wasn’t his fault at all. The thing about this rehab is that you have to be isolated with no phones at a facility. That is where we had to come up with something creative where Aaron would be able to deal with that scenario and be successful with it.”
The duo is now speaking out in the hope that others facing similar challenges like Carter will seek professional help.
