In a recent interview, Nicki Minaj talked candidly about her struggles with a Percocet addiction.

She shared that she was administered the drug to treat the pain she experienced while having her periods and how she rapidly got addicted.

She said, “No one told me that this was a narcotic and this was addictive. Luckily, I was able to ground myself. But — once an addict, always an addict.”

She continued, “I feel like if you’ve ever experienced addiction to anything, which I have, you always have to think twice and three times about the choices that you make.”

She added, “Look at some of our biggest celebrities. They eventually either get laughed out of wanting to go outside anymore, like Michael Jackson, or criticized, like Whitney Houston, or they fight silent battles, like Prince.”

She continued, “These are some of the greatest of all time. And one day they decided, ‘You know what? I’d rather self-medicate and be in my own world.'”

How do you self-medicate?