Eminem Celebrates 18 Years of Sobriety After Near-Fatal Overdose in 2007
Eminem Celebrates 18 Years of Sobriety After Near-Fatal Overdose in 2007
Latoya GayleTue, April 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTC
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Eminem; rapper shares coin marking 18 years of sobrietyCredit: Eminem/Instagram -
Eminem marked 18 years of sobriety by sharing an Instagram post featuring a new sobriety coin
The rapper's milestone comes after he experienced a near-fatal overdose in 2007 following an addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol
“After the overdose, I came home going, 'Yo, bro, I need something... I'm going to die if I don't do something,' ” Eminem said in the 2025 documentary STANS
Eminem is celebrating 18 years of sobriety.
On Monday, April 20, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 53, shared a photo on Instagram of himself wearing a 90s-inspired D-Nice To tha Rescue T-shirt while holding a new coin to mark the special milestone.
The words “to thine own self be true” had been inscribed on the coin’s outer edge and “unity, service, recovery” was written around a triangle with the number 18 etched in Roman numerals inside.
“XVIII🏅,” Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, captioned the post.
The “Without Me” rapper was previously addicted to prescription medication and alcohol. He was downing as many as 20 Vicodin, Ambien and Valium in a day at the peak of his addiction, PEOPLE previously reported.
After his first stint in rehab in 2005, an acquaintance gave him unidentified blue pills, which he later learned were methadone.
EminemCredit: Kevin Sabitus/Getty
“My doctor told me the amount of methadone I’d taken was equivalent to shooting up four bags of heroin,” Eminem recalled to VIBE magazine in 2009, noting that had he known, “I probably wouldn’t have taken it. But as bad as I was back then, I can’t even say 100 percent for sure.”
The rapper woke up in the hospital following the near-fatal overdose.
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Eminem is pictured in 2006Credit: Mychal Watts/WireImage
He reflected on how it led him to embrace sobriety in the 2025 documentary STANS.
“After the overdose, I came home going, 'Yo, bro, I need something... I'm going to die if I don't do something,' ” Eminem said of his overdose in the documentary.
Eminem is pictured in 2006Credit: Ke.Mazur/WireImage
"I didn’t know what the f--- happened,” he continued. “It seemed like I fell asleep, and I woke up with tubes in me and s---. I wanted to get up. I couldn't move.”
After the overdose, Eminem went into recovery and made his 2009 album Relapse in the process.
"I remember when I first got sober and all the s--- was out of my system, I remember just being, like, really happy and everything was f---ing new to me again," he said during an episode of Paul Rosenberg's Paul Pod podcast in 2022.
"It was the first album and the first time that I had fun recording in a long time," Eminem said.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
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