By Bentley Maddox, E! News | Eminem’s ability to lose himself in his addiction prompted a major change. In his new documentary Stans, the “Mockingbird” rapper reflected on his past habit of abusing prescription pills—including Vicodin, Valium, Ambien and Xanax—starting in the late ‘90s until around 2008, resulting in a dangerous health scare.
“I got into this vicious cycle of, ‘I’m depressed so I need more pills,’” Eminem said in the doc, per Us Weekly. “Then your tolerance gets so high that you end up overdosing. I woke up in the hospital and I didn’t know what happened. I woke up in the hospital with tubes in me and s–t and I couldn’t get up, I wanted to move.”
The 52-year-old (real name Marshall Mathers) noted that when returned home, he felt like he “needed something” and that he was “gonna die” if he didn’t make a change.
Beyond the health scare, he was compelled to fight back against his addiction after missing the birthday party of his and ex Kim Scott’s daughter Hailie Jade, now 29.
“I cried because it was like, ‘Oh my god, I missed that,’” Eminem continued. “I kept saying to myself, ‘Do you want to f–king miss this again? Do you want to miss everything? If you can’t do it for yourself, you f–king p—y, at least do it for them.’”
As a result, he recalled, “I realized I’m never doing this again.”
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