Eminem celebrates 15 years of being Sober today.
On 4/20, It’s been 15 years since Eminem became sober. The Detroit rapper was once taking up to 60 Valium and 30 Vicodin pills a day during the peak of his drug addiction. Previously, Marshall Mathers has been celebrating sobriety by sharing his ‘Unity Service & Recovery‘ coin which is rewarded to Alcoholics Anonymous members & other 12-step program users after key points in their recovery.
Back in 2020, Eminem shared the 12th-anniversary coin and wrote, “Clean dozen, in the books! I’m not afraid.” In 2019, the rapper shared an 11th-anniversary post with the caption: “Still not Afraid.”
Clean dozen, in the books! I’m not afraid. pic.twitter.com/g5Ww2gKoqF
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) April 21, 2020
11 years – still not afraid. pic.twitter.com/A8TV0LsLfn
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) April 20, 2019
In 2015, the rapper revealed in an interview with Men’s Journal Magazine that he was over 200 pounds when he was admitted to the hospital in 2007. “In 2007, I overdosed on pills, and I went into the hospital,” said Eminem. “I was close to 230 pounds. I’m not sure how I got so big, but I have ideas. The Coating on the Vicodin and the Valium I’d been taking for years leaves a hole in your stomach, so to avoid a stomachache, I was constantly eating, and eating badly.”
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During Eminem’s recovery process, he used to run 17 miles a day on a treadmill. “I got an addict’s brain, and when it came to running, I think I got a little carried away. I became a f**king hamster,” said Eminem. “Seventeen miles a day on a treadmill. I would get up in the morning, and before I went to the studio, I would run eight and a half miles in about an hour. Then I’d come home and run another eight and a half. I started getting OCD about calories, making sure I burned 2,000 every day. In the end, I got down to about 149 pounds. I ran to the point where I started to get injured. All the constant pounding from the running began to tear up my hip flexors.”
Eminem said the following in the film How To Make Money Selling Drugs: “I don’t know at what point exactly it started to be a problem. I just remember liking it more and more.” “People tried to tell me that I had a problem. I would say, ‘Get that f***ing person outta here’. “I’m not out there shooting heroin. I’m not out there f***ing putting coke up my nose. I’m not smoking crack.”
The “Lose Yourself” rapper also revealed that Elton John helped him get sober. “He usually calls me once a week to check on me, just to make sure I’m on the up-and-up,” said Em about Elton John. “He was actually one of the first people I called when I wanted to get clean.”
