Eminem Celebrates 18 Years of Sobriety With Pic of Sobriety Coin
The coin featured the legend "to thine own self be true."
Black News 
Eminem marked a very special milestone on Monday (April 20) when he celebrated his 18th year of sobriety. The 53-year-old MC posted an image on Instagram in which he held up his gold 18-year coin, which reads “to thing own self be true” across the top in black letters, with “unity, service and recovery” inscribed around a golden triangle with the number 18 etched inside in Roman numerals.
He captioned the post: “XVIII????.”
The Detroit-bred rapper born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, wore a special vintage T-shirt to mark the special day, paying tribute to fellow rhymer D-Nice’s 1991 To Tha Rescue album, the former Boogie Down Productions member’s second and final solo studio LP.
Em got plenty of love from friends and fans on the milestone day, including podcaster/comedian Theo Von, who commented, “Amen,” half brother Nathan “Nate” Mathers, who posted a pair of prayer hands and the message “proud of you big bro” and Roots drummer and director Questlove, who added “Awesome. Keep Goin [clapping hands emoji].”
Back in 2022, Eminem told his longtime manager Paul Rosenberg that it “took a long time for my brain to start working again” after a near-fatal overdose in 2007. “Didn’t you ask the doctors when I first started rapping again and sent it to you, didn’t you say, ‘I just wanna make sure he doesn’t have brain damage’?” Shady asked Rosenberg, who said he was definitely concerned at the time about Em’s ability to rap again. At the peak of his addiction, Em said he was taking 75-80 Valium a night, a potentially lethal amount.
Marshall has had a lot to celebrate lately, including becoming a grandpa recently when his eldest daughter, Alaina Scott — whom he adopted in the early 2000s — gave birth to a baby girl last week. Scott and husband Matt Moeller revealed that they welcomed a baby girl, Scottie Marie Moeller, on April 14. The child’s first name is a tribute to the last name of her birth mother, Dawn Scott, the sister of Eminem’s ex-wife, Kim Scott. It was the second time the rapper reached grand status, after his biological daughter, Hailie Jade, gave birth to a baby boy last March.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse or addiction, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 800-662-HELP (4357) is available 24/7.
Check out Eminem’s post below.
