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Rapper Eminem is celebrating 12 years of sobriety with a promise to grow stronger in his fight against addiction and says he is not afraid about the road ahead.
The rapper took to social media on Monday to show off a chip he received after staying sober for 12 years after past battles with addiction. He posted a shot of a black coin with the inscription, “One day at a time … Unity Service Recovery”.
“Clean dozen, in the books! I’m not afraid,” the 47-year-old star wrote as a caption.
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The Grammy-winning rapper’s real name is Marshall Mathers. He has used his work to express his relationship with various drugs. He stopped consuming narcotics including Vicodin, Ambien and Valium in 2008, a year after he had a methadone overdose.
In a past interview with Vibe, Eminem opened up about how bad things were due to his addiction. He estimated that he consumed “anywhere between 10 to 20” Vicodin daily in addition to massive doses of Valium, Ambien and other substances.
“The numbers got so high. I don’t even know what I was taking,” he said.