Elton John Helps Eminem Overcome Drug Addiction

Every once in a while, its nice to throw in a positive story into the mix! Elton John says he has been helping Eminem kick his drug habit for more than a year, who’s admitted publicly that he’s addicted to prescription pills – mostly Vicodin, Valium, and Ambien – and has taken as many as over 20 pills a day.

Per Guardian:

“I’ve been helping Eminem in the last 18 months and he is doing brilliantly,” he said, going on to refer to his own successful struggle with addiction. “When you give it up, you tend to think everybody else has given it up, but of course it is just as prevalent as it ever was. And nowadays pills, such as downers, are even more damaging.”

Eminem admitted in May right before the release of his album “Relpase” that he had been struggling with addiction. He went through rehab in 2005, but he almost died from a near-fatal overdose after an acquaintance gave several unidentified blue pills. A doctor later told Eminem those pills were actually methadone.

“[Elton] had a substance-abuse problem in the past. So when I first wanted to get sober, I called him, because he’s somebody in the business who can relate to the lifestyle and how hectic things can be,” Eminem told a Detroit newspaper last year. “He understands, like, the pressure and any other reasons that you wanna come up with for doing drugs.”

The two first met at the 2001 Grammys, becoming good friends despite several Eminem songs that had been criticized as homophobic. Elton also battled drugs and booze throughout his career but says he has been sober since the ’80s. He says he has counseled other celebrity addicts, including the late Michael Jackson, but says he doesn’t force his advice on anyone.

“I’m there if people want my help,” he said in the BBC interview that aired Saturday. “If people ask for help you tell them where to go but there’s no point advising people if they don’t want to do it.”

Glad to see that Eminem is getting his life together. No time for drugs when you have children depending on you. I have alot more respect for Elton John and the help that he’s giving him now. Think maybe someone should slip him Lindsay Lohan’s number?

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