Ozzy Osbourne has spoken out about his son's battle with an addiction to the dangerous painkiller OxyContin. Ozzy admits that he has made parental mistakes and regrets giving his children so much freedom.
Ozzy said; "The mistake that Sharon and I both made, and we both agree on this, is we never set any boundaries. We never said, 'You must be in the house by a certain time.' We just let them have the freedom. Sharon and I are still learning. We're not the parents that say, 'We're always right,' because we're not."
Jack checked himself into Las Encinas Hospital in California earlier this year. The Food and Drug Administration has warned that the prescription medication can be as addictive as morphine and can be fatal when snorted or chewed.
Ozzy continued: "One thing I noticed is that he never cried. He never showed. He just locked it in, you know. I think what families should do more often is have family meetings and talk: get around the table and say, 'What's up? How you doing?' Every day I say to my family, 'I love you,' you know. And I do love my family. People forget to say 'I love you. I care for you. Are you OK? Is there anything you need?' "
Jack said: "There was the Jack Osbourne my parents knew, the Jack Osbourne my friends knew and the Jack Osbourne that the public knew. The one my parents knew was the funny, facetious, nice, loving son who's truly caring. To my friends I was a crazy, insane, drinking, drug using party animal who knew how to have a good time. And the public one was, well, the one they wanted to vote out of the house."