OZZY OSBOURNE On Wife SHARON: 'I Still Love And Adore Her So Much'

Sun Online recently conducted an exclusive interview with Ozzy Osbourne. Several excerpts from the chat follow:

On being married to Sharon for more than two decades:

"All couples have their arguments, fights and break-ups, but when I was drinking heavily everything was a problem, because I was so messed up all the time. I was always rowing with Sharon and moaning about her. Then my counsellor summed it all up for me. He said: 'Mr. Osbourne, I want you to imagine yourself as the straight one and your wife being the alcoholic drug addict. You come home every day and you find your wife lying on the floor covered in her own puke and piss. Do you think that you would last 25 f***ing years?'"

"To be perfectly honest with you, I've been a very, very lucky guy. I'd go out drinking regularly and if the doctor told me my liver was in flames and I had to knock off the booze for a couple of weeks I'd smoke pot instead. It really saddened me when I heard the news about George [Best] — there but for the grace of God go I. People have said: 'I used to feel sorry for George but I don't now because he had a liver transplant.' But they aren't really aware that alcoholism is a disease. It is very difficult to explain. An alcoholic will say to himself: 'I'm not that bad, Everybody else in the pub was drinking more than me.' But if you have one drink and it f***s you up or 25 drinks and it f***s you up – you're still f***ed up."

On paying tribute on the sleevenotes of his new album "Under Cover" to guest guitarist Leslie West as "the first guy to get me snow blind," a reference to being introduced to cocaine:

"Leslie is a good friend of mine and when I was in BLACK SABBATH we toured America with his band MOUNTAIN. I went over there and I was drinking and smoking a bit of pot, but when I was offered cocaine and heroin I was like ‘oh no, that's the bad stuff.' Then I tried it – and from that point you could not f***ing hold me back! But you know what, the thought of doing that s**t today, I'd rather poke a hot needle in my eye. It's awful. I just don't want to know."

On his wife Sharon:

"I still love and adore her so much. To think that just a few years ago I thought I was going to be a widower. She has such a determination, when Sharon gets onto something she will always succeed. Forget the awards and everything else, the award I have is that Sharon's still alive, still beautiful and still my wife."

On "The Osbournes":

"To this day I still don't understand what happened with that show. I went to bed one guy and woke up another. People would come up to me and go: 'You're a good role-model for a father.' I'd reply: 'Do you really think so? Then you must be f***ing mad!'"