Natalia Niemien she started her career in the 1990s. In 1998, her solo album “Na opak” was released, which was very popular. Niemen also became known as a poet, sculptor and painter, but over time her media career began to slow down. She gave birth to two sons and a daughter and focused largely on her family. In the latest interview for Żurnalist, Natalia Niemen admitted that although she dreamed of… childrenat some point she started to feel lost. She tried to “deal with” her problems with alcohol.
Natalia Niemen on alcoholism. Talks about “looking for relief”
Natalia Niemen admitted that the problems began when her father, Czesław Niemen, passed away. The legendary musician died in 2004. – My father died, I became a mother, which is what I always dreamed of. After one son, another was born, she said. The singer admitted that she couldn't find someone who could give her emotional support. – I cry every day that I treat my sons badly. It seems to me that there is nothing in front of me, no one understands me. I was looking for relief. That's how I tried to cope – she confessed.
Niemen said that she managed to overcome her alcohol problem without anyone's help. As she admitted, when she fell ill with the flu, the epileptic episodes she had experienced as a child reappeared. – I was very scared – she reported. She was alone at home with her two children, who called a neighbor, and the woman called an ambulance. – I thought I was dying – says Niemen. During the examination, the doctor told her that if she was drinking, she should definitely stop. She took it as a sign.
Natalia Niemen stopped drinking due to health problems
In an interview with Journalist, the singer she addedthat shortly after this situation she became pregnant and for this reason it did not even occur to her to drink alcohol. However, the problem returned again. – After several years my body was still searching for relief. And for two, Three I drank for years, she confessed. Niemen admitted that health problems then surfaced again, which forced her to completely give up alcohol. – I have to thank my body because some revelations started happening with my heart. And I got scared. So really I haven't drank since 2022 – she concluded.
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