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When I Was Doing Drugs And Alcohol, I Thought I'll Have A Drink And A Line Of This And I'll Smoke This. I Didn't Go, 'then I'm Going To Go Out And Get Drunk, Come Back Strangle My Wife And Wake Up In Jail On Charges Of Attempted Murder,' But That's What Happened. I'm Not Telling People What To Do. If They Can Enjoy Doing It And They Get On With It And They Can Handle It Fine, But Don't Involve Me. I'm Lucky To Be Alive; You're Playing With Russian Roulette.

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Ozzy Osbourne

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When I Was Doing Drugs And Alcohol, I Thought I'll Have A Drink And A Line Of This And I'll Smoke This. I Didn't Go, 'then I'm Going To Go Out And Get Drunk, Come Back Strangle My Wife And Wake Up In Jail On Charges Of Attempted Murder,' But That's What Happened. I'm Not Telling People What To Do. If They Can Enjoy Doing It And They Get On With It And They Can Handle It Fine, But Don't Involve Me. I'm Lucky To Be Alive; You're Playing With Russian Roulette.

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