In a series of tweets on Twitter on Monday (Sept. 10), the rapper revealed his own battle with lean addiction and the struggle to get sober.

Bow Wow revealed he was high off lean when he recorded his hit 2007 record with Omarion Face Off. “I was high off lean every day,” he admitted. “When yall saw me on BET going off on torae i was high off lean. My attitude everything changed. My fans started to…Turn on me my family too.”

He revealed his drug use continued and even increased when he went on the UCP Tour with Chris Brown, using “at least seven times a day.” It only stopped after was sent to the hospital in Cincinnati. “I came off stg and passed out woke up in the hospital i was having withdraws,” he recalled. “I never felt a pain like that ever. It was summer but i was walking round with 3 hoodies on because i was so cold. I missed the Chicago show of that tour Baltimore show BECAUSE I WAS F**KING HIGH AND SICK!!!! that s**t is not cool and i was doing it to be cool!”

To the youth- Stop with these dumb ass drugs. Im going to let something out. When me and omarion worked on FACE OFF album. I was high off lean everyday! When yall saw me on BET going off on torae i was high off lean. My attitude everything changed. My fans started to…

— Bow Wow (@smoss) September 10, 2018

Turn on me my family too. I never promoted lean in my songs. The whole time i was on the UCP tour with chris I WAS SIPPING 4’s atleast 7 times a day. I was addicted until our show in Cincinnati.. i came off stg and passed out woke up in the hospital i was having withdraws

— Bow Wow (@smoss) September 10, 2018

I never felt a pain like that ever. It was summer but i was walking round with 3 hoodies on because i was so cold. I missed the chicago show of that tour baltimore show BECAUSE I WAS FUCKING HIGH AND SICK!!!! that shit is not cool and i was doing it to be cool!

— Bow Wow (@smoss) September 10, 2018