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Eminem, now out on bail, faces charges of carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a deadly weapon in those incidents.

“The guy just doesn’t know how to deal with reality,” says Williams. “When I was around, it was a lot of drugs, and he just wasn’t making choices for himself.”

Disgruntled Employee? If Williams, 30, sounds like a disgruntled ex-employee, that’s because he is. He claims Eminem still owes him $6,000. The singer’s manager, Paul Rosenberg, has denied that charge in the press. Rosenberg failed to return three calls to respond to comments in Williams’ book.

“It started out as a revenge thing,” Williams admits. In December, he says he confronted the rapper at his mother-in-law’s home. The situation nearly got violent, and authorities ordered him to keep away.

“But now I just want to set the record straight and let people know what that life is like,” Williams says. “I’ve moved on. I think my book is a tale of warning for anyone who wants to live the life.”

Williams said when he guarded the rapper, the pressures of instant success and a failing marriage were getting to him.

“I never liked him using the drugs, because I didn’t want the responsibility of notifying the next of kin if he OD’d,” Williams writes.

“Slim had all the symptoms of an abuser. It’s no secret. I can recall one day during the Warped Tour where he took 14 different drugs. It started with ecstasy, then liquor, Vicodin, Valium, shrooms, marijuana, Tylenol 3, Whippets, and a host of other over-the-counter drugs.

“He was scared to go to sleep that night. Then there were times when he would be selective and claim he was cutting back. ‘Today I’m only doing ecstacy!’ Slim would say. That would last 12 hours.”

A Gangsta’s Hell

As Eminem climbed the charts last year, Williams says he was surrounded by fans fawning over him, offering drugs and sex. “One of my jobs was to keep Polaroids of all the ladies who were coming backstage, taking off their clothes and wanting to have sex with him,” Williams says.