Drug dependence

His group-mate Proof from D12 stated that Mathers "sobered up" in 2002 from drug and alcohol dependence.^[80] However, he did turn to Zolpidem sleeping pills for relief from sleeping troubles. This caused Mathers to cancel the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in August 2005 and eventually go into rehab for treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".^[45][81] In a 2009 interview with British talk-show host Jonathan Ross, Mathers admitted that at the height of his addiction, he considered suicide, saying that "I just wasn't taking care of myself, at times I wanted to just give it up."^[82] He also confirmed that he is now sober, commenting that "rap was my drug... Then I had to resort to other things to make me feel that. Now rap's getting me high again."^[83]