Was "Lose Yourself" a sober piece?

[Blu]

It would be highly impressive if it was. I've read on this forums that Eminem was mostly sober during the shooting of the film, so I figured he would be sober during the writing process as well. Anyone have any clues on this'?

[DanWS]

He actually said he was taking certain pills at the time to get him to sleep and up early. I think it was the VIBE interview he did after his comeback, he said he was taking something in the mornings so he could run like a maniac on the treadmill.

[Fleka]

Interesting question. I have no idea.

[EG.]

"It probably started to become a problem around the 8 Mile movie. We were doing 16 hours on the set of 8 Mile, and you had a certain window where you had to sleep. One day somebody gave me an Ambien, and it knocked me the f**k out. I was like, 'I need this all the time." - Eminem

He said this in Rolling Stone in 2010. So him being sober while writing Lose Yourself is rather improbable, but not impossible, idk.

[AbramIsaac]

I don't think I would consider his early use of Ambien a mind altering experience. He seemed to have been using it as it was meant to be used. I think the other pills were changing him the most, and that seems to have been later on.