Ozzy Osbourne issued a statement apologizing to his family, friends and fans for having returned to booze and drug use during the past year and a half, calling the period a return to '...a very dark place', and admitting the substance abuse made him '...an asshole to the people I love most: my family.'  He says he has been back on the wagon for more than a month and added that, contrary to reports, he and his wife, Sharon, are not splitting up as a result of his behavior, which he called 'insane' during the stretch off the wagon.

Black Sabbath puts out its first album since '78 with Ozzy out front on June 10.
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