In the new documentary "STANS," Eminem shares insights into his past overdose and battles with addiction.
A significant shift was brought about by Eminem's capacity to lose himself in his addiction. The "Mockingbird" rapper discussed his history of misusing prescription medications, such as Vicodin, Valium, Ambien, and Xanax, beginning in the late 1990s and continuing until about 2008, when he experienced a serious health scare, in his new documentary "Stans".
“I got into this vicious cycle of, ‘I’m depressed so I need more pills,’” According to Us Weekly, Eminem stated in the document. “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.”
When he got back home, the 52-year-old (actual name Marshall Mathers) said he felt as like he "needed something" and that if he did not change, he was "gonna die."
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In addition to the health issue, he was forced to battle his addiction after missing Hailie Jade the 29-year-old daughter of his and ex-Kim Scott's birthday celebration.
“I cried because it was like, ‘Oh my god, I missed that,’” Eminem went on. “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.’”
“I realized I’m never doing this again,” he recounted.
The rapper of "Lose Yourself," who has now been sober for 17 years, revealed that he had to "relearn how to walk, talk, and for the most part had to relearn how to rap again" at the start of his journey.
“My writing had gotten terrible,” He stated in the document. “When I started to get it back, it was exciting. Because I felt it. It would be conversations, just having conversations with people or the TV.”
"It was hitting me really fast, and I was writing songs really quickly," Eminem, who is also the father of Alaina, 32, and Stevie, 32, with Kim, revealed.
Additionally, he was empowered by his ability to overcome his addiction when recording his 2009 album Relapse, which chronicled his struggle with sobriety.
“It did something. It turned the light on,” Eminem clarified. “I realized I’m not embarrassed anymore about [sobriety]. I started treating sobriety like a superpower and I took pride in the fact that I was able to quit.”