Ozzy Osbourne has admitted that he has started using drugs again, but he hides it from his wife, Sharon.
The Black Sabbath star, 75, has reportedly resumed smoking marijuana and is “tempted to go back to using harder drugs” due to her health problems, which have recently prevented her from returning to the UK.
He is believed to be battling Parkinson’s disease, as well as recent neck and back problems.
Ozzy, who relies on a wheelchair and crutches, has previously battled drug and alcohol addiction and confessed he had returned to using ‘marijuana from time to time’.
he said in his Madhouse Chronicles Podcast: ‘I’m happier, but I’m not completely sober. I use a little marijuana from time to time.
Ozzy Osbourne has admitted that he is using drugs again, but hides it from his wife, Sharon (pictured in 2020)
The Black Sabbath star, 75, has reportedly resumed smoking marijuana and is “tempted to go back to using harder drugs” due to her health problems (pictured in 1983).
The Prince of Darkness praised his wife, 71, for being his constant motivation to keep him from returning to his old habits, but cannabis, which is legal in Los Angeles, has slowly returned to his life.
“I’m lucky that my wife kicks my butt all the time and makes my life so difficult,” he said. “Even with marijuana she will find it and get rid of it.”
On the podcast, Ozzy also revealed how he tried enough ketamine “to wake him up” after being offered the sleeping medication in surgery.
“I went to the doctor recently and started taking ketamine,” he explained.
‘It made me feel a little bit, but that was enough to wake me up. That thing came back and weighed on my brain.
He confessed that although he stopped attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, he now wonders if that was the right decision.
He said: ‘If you’re out there and you’re using drugs and you want to quit, there’s a lot of help.
‘AA is a 12-step program. It solved me to a certain extent. I don’t go to meetings anymore. Maybe I should, I don’t know.
He is believed to be struggling with his Parkinson’s disease, as well as recent neck and back problems.
Ozzy, who relies on a wheelchair and crutches to survive, has previously battled drug and alcohol addiction and confessed that he had returned to using ‘marijuana from time to time’ (LR Kelly, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne IN 2020 )
Ozzy, who has spoken openly about his addiction problems, feels that many rock stars and musicians who use the Californian approach to “microdosing” drugs are risking their lives. He said microdosing wouldn’t work for him.
The rock and roll legend admitted that during the height of his fame in the 1970s, he felt like he couldn’t “do anything creatively sober.”
‘I was the king of the world, a rock star and I had the biggest party ever. The thing is, I never thought I could do anything creative (if I was sober).’
Ozzy has previously admitted that he feels he should have died years earlier than some of his late ‘drinking buddies’ following a battle with alcohol and drugs.
He said he wonders why he’s still alive.
Ozzy opened up about how it feels to outlive his friends, including Motorhead star Lemmy and UFO bassist Pete Way, who he performed with in the 1980s.
He said: “I’ve been reflecting a lot while I’ve been in bed, and all my drinking buddies, I realized they’re all fucking dead.”
‘I should have died before many of them. Why am I the last man standing? Sometimes I look in the mirror and say, ‘Why the hell did you do that?’
Ozzy has previously admitted that he feels he should have died years earlier than some of his late ‘drinking buddies’ following a battle with alcohol and drugs.
He said he now wonders why he is still alive (pictured in 2018).
‘I should have died a thousand times. I’ve had my stomach pumped God knows how many times.
Ozzy, who has sold more than 100 million records throughout his illustrious career, announced his plans to retire from touring earlier this year.
The British musician was diagnosed with a mild form of Parkinson’s disease in 2003, however, he did not go public with the disease until 2020.
Ozzy has said his biggest struggles stem from a fall he suffered in 2019 that caused the metal rods in his back to come loose.
The rods were placed there after a quad bike accident at his Buckinghamshire home in 2003.
He told the UK’s Rolling Stone magazine: “The second surgery went drastically wrong and practically left me a cripple.”
‘I thought I’d be up and running after the second and third, but with the last one they put a bloody rod in my spine.
‘They found a tumor in one of the vertebrae, so they had to remove the whole thing too. It’s pretty tough, man, and my balance is screwed.
Ozzy opened up about how he feels about outliving his friends, including Motorhead star Lemmy and UFO bassist Pete Way, who he performed with in the 1980s.
Last year, Ozzy’s wife, Sharon She proudly accepted The Icon trophy of honor for her ailing husband at the UK Rolling Stone Awards at Camden Roundhouse in London.
Ozzy was too long away to travel to the star-studded ceremony where the ‘prince of darkness’ was honored for his 55 years in the music industry.
The rock and roll star rose to fame during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath and was due to give a speech at the ceremony.
A beaming Sharon gave a moving speech on behalf of her husband before presenting a video message from the man himself.
Sharon said: ‘At times I have felt so helpless and so bad for Ozzy. He has gone through all these operations and everything has seemed like a nightmare.
“He hasn’t lost his sense of humor, but I look at my husband and he’s here while everyone else is away.
“This is the longest he has ever worked. Being at home for so long feels very strange to him.
