Originally appeared on E! Online

Eminem ’s ability to lose himself in his addiction prompted a major change.

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In his new documentary "Stans," the “Mockingbird” rapper reflected on his past habit of abusing prescription pills — including Vicodin, Valium, Ambien and Xanax — starting in the late ‘90s until around 2008, resulting in a dangerous health scare.

“I got into this vicious cycle of, ‘I’m depressed so I need more pills,’” Eminem said in the doc, per Us Weekly . “Then your tolerance gets so high that you end up overdosing. I woke up in the hospital and I didn’t know what happened. I woke up in the hospital with tubes in me and s--- and I couldn’t get up, I wanted to move.”

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