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Eminem Is ‘Still Not Afraid’ As He Celebrates 11 Years Of Sobriety, ‘8 Mile’ Co-Star Congratulates

By Brent Furdyk.

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Eminem has cause for celebration this weekend, and it has nothing to do with either Easter or Passover.

Instead, the “Lose Yourself” rapper is celebrating a major milestone in his life — the 11th anniversary of becoming sober.

On Saturday, the 46-year-old rapper took to Twitter to share a photo of the medallion he received, stamped with the Roman numeal for the number 11 along with the words “Unity,” “Service” and “Recovery.”

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“11 years – still not afraid,” he wrote in the caption.

The rapper’s “8 Mile” co-star Taryn Manning shared her congratulations in a comment to his post, reports Us Weekly.

“Rad dude! Teach me your ways. The most admiration. You did it! And can still write like a fkn beast! Proud!” wrote Manning, currently seen as Pennsatucky in Netflix hit “Orange Is the New Black”

Last year, Eminem was in between headlining sets at Coachella when he shared a photo of his coin for attaining 10 years of sobriety.

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In a 2010 interview with the New York Times Magazine, Eminem — at that point two years sober — discussed the title of his album, Recovery, and explained exactly he was recovering from.

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“Vicodin, Valium and Ambien, and toward the end, which caused my overdose, methadone,” he said. “I didn’t know it was methadone. I used to get pills wherever I could. I was just taking anything that anybody was giving to me.”

 

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