Eminem's Drug Addiction Was as Bad as Michael Jackson's

December 04, 2009

by:

Ani Esmailian

Eminem fell off the radar for a few years before finally resurfacing earlier this year. He's talked about his addiction to prescription drugs before, but we never knew to what extent it had gotten to--until now.

Em says he "100 percent" identities with the late Michael Jackson, who died of acute Propofol intoxication, because he could only function or sleep if he had taken prescription medication.

He said: “When you read things about Michael Jackson it's hard to decipher what the f**k is true, but there's the story of how he woke up at whatever time and he needed something to go back to sleep because he had this or that and it didn't work. That's exactly what used to happen to me: I would take a couple of pills and I would be up an hour later and I'd want more."

“Then I'd take more and that would be enough to maybe get me back to sleep for two more hours. Then I'd be wide awake again. So I definitely can relate, and it's a shame if he didn't have anybody there to just say, ‘Michael, you're an addict, you need help.’ ”

It really is a shame that more people didn't try to help Michael. His family said they tried to stage an intervention "once," but they should have tried every single day because they knew how bad his addiction had gotten.

He added to Complex magazine: “I feel better. I feel like a human being again. There was one point in time where I felt like plastic. “I think I looked plastic. My face was like fat plastic. I was eating, but the Vicodin made me hungry because it eats up your stomach lining, so you want to fill your stomach back up, but then it stops you up so you can't s**t. That's why I was gaining so much weight, I was just so f***ing bloated.”

We may have lost Michael, but hopefully his story will be a wake up call to others who have spiraled out of control in regards to prescription medication.

Eminem , Michael Jackson , Drugs

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8:15PM 12/12/09 nanaama

he looks the horrible here..


6:04AM 12/12/09 nanaama

oh mine


9:49AM 12/05/09 myholly787

Oh, EM!


5:12AM 12/05/09 KurtCOBAIN

Here's how it goes, you and me up and down,but maybe this time we'll get it right, we'll get it right. 'Cause love is something you can shape when it breaks. If you feel like leaving I'm not gonna beg you to stay 'Cause soon you'll be finding You can run, you can hide But you can't escape my love. And in the end just our love matters. You can run, you can hide But you can't escape my love (x30)


11:39PM 12/04/09 Jay6385

Excuse me ani but there is no information that Michael had anything to do with dependence on pills or whatever else (diprivan, et cetera) in all of the recent time. And the pattern eminem describes has nothing to do with Jackson, too.


7:39PM 12/04/09 Nivcharah

I agree. He's very talented. I'm glad he got help.


1:02PM 12/04/09 maxie

Too bad they lyrics to his just leaked song once again proves he's homophobic.


0:29PM 12/04/09 notropis

He's right. Once does not an intervention make. Glad he's feeling better.


9:00AM 12/04/09 potu

I LOVE this man!! He is the ONLY celebrity to HAPPILY talk about and admit his addiction rather than try to lie about it!


8:25AM 12/04/09 Audaz

Good thing he got help before he became another statistic. I hope he comes back strong.


7:58AM 12/04/09 Ella27

I'm glad he's doing better. He's a funny and very intelligent guy. I hope he gets his act together.
