Watch: Eminem's Daughter Hailie Jade Reveals How Parenthood Has Changed Her Understanding of Her DadEminem's ability to lose himself in his addiction prompted a major change. 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.