Eminem Not Just Exhausted After All...

Friday, August 19, 2005

Eminem being treated for pill dependency, publicist says

A few days ago, I posted about Eminem cutting his tour short because of "exhaustion," and I noted that a throwaway line about his 'exhaustion' being 'complicated by other medical issues' that was curious because it was oddly vague.

Now we know what those 'other medical issues' were: he has an addiction to sleeping pills. He's checked into a facility for rehab, and I hope he has more luck staying clean after rehab than most of his celebrity colleagues who wind up checking into rehab...

I'll at least give him credit for taking the first step, but I'll reserve judgment on his ability to kick the habit for a while after he undergoes treatment. I wonder if all those people who came down so hard on Rush Limbaugh for his pill addiction, and said so many hateful things about him are going to be so hard on Eminem for his? If not ,they're as guilty of even more hypocrisy than they claimed Rush was guilty of. An addict is an addict whether you like his politics or not and whether you're a musician or not...

Addiction kills, whether you're a celebrity or not, so let's hope that Eminem has the willpower to stay clean for the rest of his life and not just while he's locked away in a luxurious rehab clinic...