London(ANI):
Rap
star
Eminem
has
compared
his
prescription
drug
problem
to
Michael
Jackson's,
confessing
that
he
popped
between
60-90
pills
a
day
during
the
height
of
his
addiction.
He
claimed
he
built
up
such
a
tolerance
to
tranquilisers
and
prescription
drugs
he
was
taking
them
every
few
minutes
just
to
stay
"normal".
The
38-year-old
-
real
name
Marshall
Bruce
Mathers
III
-
said
he
was
"f*****
up
every
day" on
his
2005
Anger
Management
tour.
"I
was
taking
so
many
pills
that
I
wasn't
even
taking
them
to
get
high
any
more.
I
was
taking
them
to
get
normal.
In
a
day
I
could
consume
anywhere
from
40
to
60
Valium.
And
Vicodin?
Maybe
20,
30,"
the
Sun
quoted
Eminem
as
saying.
"My
everyday
regimen
would
be
wake
up
and
take
an
extra
strength
Vicodin
-
and
it'd
be
Vicodin
throughout
the
day.
As
the
evening
crept
up
I'd
start
with
Valium.
Every
hour
on
the
hour,
I'd
pop
four
or
five
more.
The
Ambien
would
put
me
over
the
top
to
go
to
sleep,"
he
said.
Jacko
died
aged
50
in
June
2009
after
an
overdose
of
Propofol
-
meant
to
help
him
sleep.
"Towards
the
end
I
don't
think
the
s***
would
put
me
to
sleep
more
than
two
hours.
It's
very
similar
to
what
I've
read
about
Michael.
I
read
he
kept
getting
up
in
the
night
asking
for
more.
That's
what
I
did,"
Eminem
told
US
magazine
Rolling
Stone.
He
also
claimed
doctors
said
he
was
two
hours
from
dying
after
a
methadone
overdose
in
December
2007
-
admitting:
"I'd
done
the
equivalent
of
four
bags
of
heroin.
I
knew
I
had
to
change
my
life.
I
was
a
terrible
person."
He
took
help
from
pop
pal
Elton
John
to
help
him
kick
the
habit.
He
admitted
Elton
was
his
"sober
coach",
adding:
"He
usually
calls
me
once
a
week
to
check
on
me."
The
rapper
"honestly"
believes
he
will
never
use
drugs
again.
"This
is
the
time
in
your
life
where
you
stop
doing
that
stuff.
Time
to
grow
up,"
he
said.