Elton John Helped Eminem Heal After Drug Addiction
Elton John recently made a few comments about Eminem, Eminem’s struggle with prescription painkiller addiction and the part he played in helping the rapper get through a difficult recovery.
About Eminem’s drug addiction, Elton John says: “I’ve been helping Eminem over the last 18 months and he’s doing brilliantly.”
Eminem’s History with Prescription Painkiller
A popular topic in his music before he retired a few years ago, Eminem made no secret of his abuse of a variety of drugs including prescription painkillers. When he decided to retire a few years ago, it was clear that it was his issue with drug addiction that was keeping him off the stage. He made a few comments to the press and didn’t try to hide his stint in rehab.
Eminem said in one interview: “If I was to give you a number of Vicodin I would actually take in a day? Anywhere between 10 to 20. Valium, Ambien, the numbers got so high I don’t even know what I was taking. I started looking around my house to see if I had a stash box of Vicodin. I’m ransacking my house, finally find something in the basement, in a little napkin, seven and a half Vicodin – the big extra-strength ones – and a few Valium. It never once hit me that drug addiction runs in my family. Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.”
Elton John and Celebrity Drug Addiction
According to the Daily Mail, Elton John is proud of Eminem’s progress and believes that he himself played a large part in helping the rapper go from active addict to recovering addict over the last couple of years. But this isn’t Elton John’s first rodeo. He has staged a number of interventions in the past and helped more than a few other celebrities with their battle with drug addiction. According to the interview, he attempted to help Michael Jackson before the pop star eventually succumbed to the disease last year, and he also tried to encourage George Michael to enter drug and alcohol rehab (although Michael apparently was none too pleased with John for his efforts).
Said Elton John to Danny Baker at Radio 5: “I’m there if people want my help. 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.”
Does Someone You Love Need Drug Rehab?
If you are watching a friend or family member struggle with drug and/ or alcohol addiction, an intervention may be the appropriate next step. If you are sure that this is addiction and a problem that is taking its toll on your loved one’s health, relationships, finances and future, then confronting them in a loving manner while surrounded by other loved ones is definitely the right next step. If you would like more advice on how to perform an intervention, a professional interventionist may be able to assist you. Contact Michael’s House today for more information.
