He posted a photo of himself holding a recovery chip with the caption, "Unity, service and recovery." According to Rolling Stone, he had an addiction to Valium and other drugs. The rapper looked back on his near-fatal drug overdose in 2007, where he was taking 75 or 80 Valium a night, and said he wasn't sure how he survived. He released his sixth studio album, "Relapse," a year after he got clean. Making "Relapse" was the first time in a long time that he had fun recording, though he had to relearn how to rap. minem had threatened a track directed at Lions OC Ben Johnson.
He wrote "Clean dozen, in the books!" in April 2020 when he was 12 years sober. "I probably did it subliminally, so I could come back a brand new me," he raps. Don't use my music on the campaign trail.
Music manager Paul Rosenberg wrote "So proud of you", when he commented on the latest post by the rapper. Nathan Mathers, the brother of Eminem, said that he is the greatest influence and mentor. Dr. Dre said that the singer is working on a new album, which is coming out this year.