Eminem nearly lost his life to an overdose back in 2007, and that turning point has now led to 18 years of sobriety.
Eminem just hit the 18-year mark and marked the moment with an Instagram post on Monday afternoon. He shared a photo of a sobriety coin engraved with “to thine own self be true” alongside the Roman numeral XVIII.
Fans quickly flooded the comments with love and support for the rap legend. “Jeezus Marshall, I have no idea how many numbers that is but it looks like a lot. Congratulations to you …yo yo,” one fan joked. Another wrote: “Congratulations on staying sober and having the strength to continue to be sober!” while someone else added: “We’re all proud of you man! You’re an example and an inspiration to so many.”
In the background of the photo, Em was seen wearing a D-Nice shirt. D-Nice even jumped into the comments, writing: “Congrats my man! BTW, Nice t-shirt!”
The post follows Eminem opening up about his path to sobriety in his 2025 documentary, Stans. In it, he revisited the near-fatal overdose he suffered in 2007. “I got into this vicious cycle of, ‘I’m depressed so I need more pills,'” Eminem recalled. “And then your tolerance gets so high, you end up overdosing. I woke up in the hospital. And I didn’t know what the f**k happened. It seemed like I fell asleep. And I woke up with tubes in me and s**t. I wanted to get up. I couldn’t move. After the overdose, I came home going, ‘Yo, bro, I need something.'”
Following that experience, Eminem went on to name his 2009 album Relapse. “I realized I’m not embarrassed anymore about [sobriety]. I started treating sobriety like a superpower and I took pride in the fact that I was able to quit,” he said while reflecting on the project. A year later, he released his seventh studio album, Recovery. During his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Eminem credited music with having “basically saved my life.”
