It became a really dark, sad world for me: Amanda Bynes

Her drug abuse led her into a dark and Her drug abuse led her into a dark and  sad world, says actress Amanda  Bynes, who is now excited for the future and a return to acting.Bynes opened up about drug abuse in an interview for Paper Magazine’s cover story, according to The Hollywood Reporter.After stepping away from the spotlight, Bynes described herself as being someone who had ‘no purpose in life’ and spending her time being ‘stoned all day long.’ She also got into company comprising a ‘seedier crowd’.‘I got really into my drug usage and it became a really dark, sad world for me,’ she said.Now four years sober, she has credited her parents with ‘really helping me get back on track.’ Bynes said she is finally ‘back to normal’.‘I have no fear of the future. I’ve been through the worst and came out the other end and survived it, so I just feel like it’s only up from here,’ she added on a positive note.However, ‘ashamed and embarrassed with the things I said’, she added: ‘I can’t turn back time but if I could, I would.’She hopes to design a clothing line, and is currently enrolled at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising to receive her Associate’s of Art degree in Merchandise Product Development. But first she wants to ‘get back into acting’. (IANS)