Ozzy Osbourne admits he is back on the weed – but only behind wife Sharon’s back.
The former singer, 75, says he is also tempted to return to stronger drugs because of health woes. , who is struggling with Parkinson’s, neck and back problems, says: “I am happier but I am not completely sober. I use a bit of marijuana from time to time.”
The one-time Prince of Darkness has battled alcohol and drug addiction most of his life but praises wife , 71, for making sure he doesn’t go back to his bad old ways. “I am lucky my wife kicks my butt all the time and she would make life so difficult,” he said. "Even with marijuana she will f***ing find it and get rid of it.”
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Cannabis is legal in Los Angeles where they live. Speaking on his Madhouse Chronicles podcast, Ozzy also tells how he tried ketamine after being offered the medical sleep drug at a surgery.
“I went to a doctor recently and started to have this ketamine,” he explains. “He put a tiny bit in me but that was enough to spark me. “That thing came back and weighted my brain.” He says he has stopped attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings but now questions that decision.
“If you are out there and you are using dope and you want to get off, there is plenty of help,” he says. “AA is a 12-step programme. It got me sorted out to a certain degree. I do not go to meetings myself anymore. Maybe I should do, I don’t know.”
Ozzy, who has spoken openly about his addiction issues, feels that many rock stars and musicians that use the California approach of “micro dosing” drugs are risking their lives. He said micro dosing would not work for him.
“They do not make smack light. The thing is for me, that is lighting the fuse. The old saying in the program (Narcotics Anonymous) is one is too many and ten is not enough. That is it in a nutshell. I watched a programme years ago where once a month a guy used heroin to get loaded - I do not understand that. It starts off as a little bit, but I can guarantee at the end of the f***ing night there would be none left.”
The 75-year-old regrets wasting his life away at the height of his fame in the 1970s.
“I was the king of the , a rock star and I had the biggest party ever. The thing is I never thought I could do a f***ing thing of creativity (if I was sober).”
The metal legend makes a rare public appearance at his Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inauguration in Cleveland on October 19.
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