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18 years after a near fatal overdose on methadone, Eminem is releasing a new documentary called STANS that divulges more details about his sobriety journey and what led him to recovery.
Available for streaming on August 26, the raw film offers an intimate and revealing journey across the “Lose Yourself” rapper’s career. It features archival footage and dramatic recreations, as well as an original interview with Eminem himself.
Vicious Cycle of Addiction
Before winding up unconscious in a hospital bed in 2007, Eminem admits that he was trapped in a “vicious cycle” of depression and pill addiction, a dual diagnosis. He recalls the nightmare of falling asleep and waking up suddenly connected to tubes, unable to move.
Reflecting on his darkest moment, the 52-year-old icon also known as Slim Shady says: “After the overdose, I came home going, ‘Yo, bro, I need something….I’m going to die if I don’t do something.’”
Following his near death experience, the artist who gave us “Houdini” describes having to relearn how to rap again before the release of Relapse in 2009.
Doing Something Different
But even in the aftermath of his life-threatening overdose, the rapper wasn’t yet ready to commit to recovery. It was the lukewarm reception of Relapse that changed everything.
Eminem recalls that the album’s tepid reception, combined with the lingering memory of his recent brush with death, “turned the lights on.” These transformative events prompted the rap legend to realize that he had to do “something different.”
He decided it was time to try embracing sobriety. These days, he says he has come to treat “sobriety like a superpower.” He adds, “I was proud of the fact that I could quit.”
During a 2022 appearance on the Paul Pod podcast, Eminem describes the act of making music as a “‘whole different experience” without “substances in your body.”
Sobriety as a Superpower
Eminem came to realize that if he wanted to live, he had no choice but to make a major life change. Now, he is celebrating 17 years sober. He came back from his near fatal overdose stronger than ever, proving there is always hope of recovery.
It’s never too late to do something different. You, too, can make sobriety your superpower.
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