Did Frankie Jonas contemplate suicide? Musician says he’s ‘grateful’ to be alive after struggle with drugs, alcohol
Frankie Jonas recently got really frank about his difficult past when he was a drug addict and also wanted to kill himself. On Monday, March 22, he shared a video on his TikTok account @frankiejonastherapist in response to a fan’s question about his experience with addiction. The 20-year-old said, “This is by no means the eloquent explanation I hope to give on a much more serious mode than this. However from a very young age, I struggled with drinking and drugging as an escape because I hated life, and I didn't want to be here. I eventually, after many years of trying to kill myself accidentally, came to a point where I was going to do it for real.”
The former child actor continued, “Something intervened, and my life was saved. I went to treatment, and it saved me. I couldn't be more grateful for the fact that I'm alive today because my world has changed so beautifully and so astronomically, and I am not that person anymore. I couldn't be more grateful that I'm alive and happy.”
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Earlier, Frankie, who is the brother of Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas, called himself a “sober drug addict” when a fan asked him if he ever had an experience of imposter syndrome. He explained, “I am a sober drug addict who goes to Columbia University now. I don't belong there! It's okay that I feel that, but it doesn't make me less than anyone else, it doesn't make me more than anyone else. It's also good to understand that imposter syndrome can sometimes lead to a messiah complex, and that's not good either. But it's okay to be in the middle.”
“It doesn't matter if I get A's or F's — I f**king made it. Like, the middle of the pack is a great place to be as long as I'm comfortable with myself. My mental health, stability and love of life is the priority. If I can use that while learning, then let's get it,” he added.
The ‘Camp Rock 2’ star revealed last week that his life’s “most valuable" lesson is it's "okay not to be okay." He stated: “There was a point in my life a little over a year and a half ago where after many, many years of struggles where I thought it wasn't okay to not be okay, it was between me or the ledge and someone asked me, point blank — before I made the worst mistake of my life — if I was actually okay. They asked me to stop lying, and I said, 'No.' It saved my life. I couldn't be more grateful to the universe for putting that person and those words in front of me to understand that it's okay to not be okay because I wasn't. I needed help.”
“The first step is acceptance,” Frankie said on March 10, “And if it's really something you want, you know, right now AA and NA and all those sorts of programs are all online, so you can kind of do whatever. Just look up Intergroup or those sorts of resources to find Zoom meetings. It's easy. You just have to accept that you need help and that there's other people who can help you. So, hopefully that helps. All the love in the world.”