Eminem celebrates reaching 12 years of sobriety

peoplemagazine.co.za:

Eminem celebrated reaching 12 years of sobriety on Monday by sharing a snap of his new chip on his Instagram page. The 47-year-old singer, who has never made a secret of his past drug issues, posted a picture of a black coin which featured the inscription: “One day at a time … Unity Service Recovery.” Alongside the image, Eminem referenced his song Not Afraid as he wrote: “Clean dozen, in the books!

I’m not afraid.” The Grammy-award winning rapper has been sober since 2008, when he quit taking drugs a year after he overdosed on methadone.

Reflecting on the near-death experience in an interview in 2011, Eminem said: “The doctors told me I’d done the equivalent of four bags of heroin.