Eminem marks 16 years of sobriety with recovery chip: ‘So proud of you’

Eminem is celebrating a milestone in his sobriety journey.

The “Without Me” rapper, 51, shared on Instagram that he has been sober for 16 years. He celebrated the anniversary without comment, posting a photo of himself with a recovery chip with the caption “Unity, service and recovery.”

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has been sober since April 2008. Between 2002 and 2008, he struggled with addiction to Ambien, Valium and Vicodin, according to Rolling Stone.

On the 2022 podcast “Paul Pod: Curtain Call 2,” the rapper reflected on his near-fatal drug overdose in 2007, a time when he was taking “75 (or) 80 Valium a night,” and said that’s not him. sure how he survived. The year after he got clean, he released his sixth studio album, ‘Relapse’.

On the podcast, Eminem shared that he felt “very happy” after the drugs left his system. Making “Relapse,” he added, was the first time “in a long time that I had enjoyed recording,” even though he had to learn how to rap again.

“It took a long time for my brain to start working again,” he said.

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Eminem has commemorated his sobriety milestones on social media over the years. In April 2020, he celebrated 12 years of sobriety, to write, “Clean dozen, in the books!” He added, “I’m not afraid,” referring to his song “Not Afraid.”

“It was my decision to get clean,” Eminem raps on the 2010 song. “I did it for myself. Granted, I probably did it subconsciously for you so I could come back a whole new me.”

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Eminem received many supportive comments on his latest sobriety post, in which music manager Paul Rosenberg wrote, “Sweet 16. So proud of you.” Nathan Mathers, Eminem’s brother, also noted that he is the “biggest influence and mentor,” while chef Andrew Zimmern said, “I love it, my brother. Stay awesome.”

Eminem’s most recent studio album, “Music to Be Murdered By,” was released in 2020. On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in March, Dr. teased Dre that the “Real Slim Shady” singer is working on a new album, “to be released this year.”

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