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===Health=== Springsteen has avoided hard drugs his entire life.<ref name="drugs">{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Landon |date=December 6, 2012 |title=Springsteen's fitness: Reason to believe |language=en-US |work=[[Orange County Register]] |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/12/06/springsteens-fitness-reason-to-believe/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727054728/https://www.ocregister.com/2012/12/06/springsteens-fitness-reason-to-believe/ |archive-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> Van Zandt said in 2012, "[Springsteen is] the only guy I know—I think the only guy I know at all—who never did drugs."<ref name="drugs" /> He has spoken about his struggles with [[Clinical depression|depression]], which he began to address in his 30s after years of denial.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2016 |title=Bruce Springsteen says years of depression left him 'crushed' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/07/bruce-springsteen-depression-crushed-born-to-run |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218230438/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/07/bruce-springsteen-depression-crushed-born-to-run |archive-date=December 18, 2016 |access-date=December 18, 2016 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> During this time, he also became frustrated with being an underweight "fast food junkie" who had to be helped off the stage after a show due to his poor health. He later began following a mostly [[vegetarian]] diet while running up to six miles on a treadmill and lifting weights three times a week.<ref name="drugs" /> A 2019 ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' article celebrating his 70th birthday revealed that he still maintains this routine and diet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2019 |title=Bruce Springsteen works out at $9.99 a month New Jersey gym |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/09/bruce-springsteen-workout-routine-look-like-boss/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207050628/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/09/bruce-springsteen-workout-routine-look-like-boss/ |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> In September 2023, Springsteen announced the postponement of all his concerts in the US beginning in that month and through December, due to his ongoing treatment for [[peptic ulcer disease]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|title=Bruce Springsteen postpones US tour dates due to peptic ulcer treatment|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/07/bruce-springsteen-postpones-us-tour-dates-due-to-peptic-ulcer|access-date=September 7, 2023|work=The Guardian|date=September 7, 2023|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907085133/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/07/bruce-springsteen-postpones-us-tour-dates-due-to-peptic-ulcer|url-status=live}}</ref>
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