nydailynews Reports:

Elton John says he's been helping Eminem kick drugs.

"I've been helping Eminem over the last 18 months and he's doing brilliantly," John told BBC radio.

John didn't discuss any details, but in 2005 Eminem entered rehab for addiction to sleeping pills and then took a three-year hiatus.

"It's no secret I had a drug problem," he later told Vibe magazine.

"If I was to give you a number of Vicodin I would actually take in a day? Anywhere between 10 to 20. Valium, Ambien, the numbers got so high I don't even know what I was taking."

He also nearly overdosed on methadone, a heroin substitute.

Elton John also battled drugs and booze throughout his career but says he has been sober since the '80s.

The "Rocket Man" singer has counseled other celebrity addicts, including the late Michael Jackson, but says he doesn't force his advice on anyone.

"I'm there if people want my help," he said in the BBC interview that aired yesterday.

"If people ask for help you tell them where to go but there's no point advising people if they don't want to do it."