Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicEminem celebrated a significant moment in his longtime battle with addiction on Monday.
The rapper, 47, announced on Instagram that he’s 12 years sober, and shared a photo of his sobriety chip.
“Clean dozen, in the books!” he captioned the post. He also added, “I’m not afraid,” referencing his 2010 hit from the album Road to Recovery: Withdrawal.
Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers, has been outspoken throughout his career about his issues with drugs and alcohol, as well as about his steps to recovery. He also previously shared photos of sobriety chips for his 10 and 11-year celebrations.
He opened up about his addiction to painkillers and his 2007 overdose in a 2015 interview with Men’s Journal, revealing, “I overdosed on pills, and I went into the hospital. 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,” he added, before explaining that this led him to start running to get a “natural endorphin high.”
He spoke about his battle further in a 2011 interview with GQ, revealing, at one point, that he was taking 60 to 90 pills a day, “including Valium, Vicodin, Ambien, and Seroquel.”
He also told the outlet that sobriety has taught him more about the way he is “wired” and why his “thought process is so different.”
In an interview with The New York Times in 2010, the rapper also said being a father influenced his path to sobriety.
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