Jack Osbourne has admitted he tried to commit suicide when his mother was diagnosed with
cancer.
The 23-year-old star couldn’t handle the fact that Sharon Osbourne discovered she had colon
cancer in 2002, and took a cocktail of prescription drugs including
OxyContin and Valium.
"I started getting suicidal. I was just doing loads of drugs and
drinking. I was miserable."
Jack claims from that point, things just kept going downhill. Luckily, he was able to realize he needed help.
"I disappeared for the long weekend. When
I came back, I knew I needed help. I was like, ‘OK, I will do this.’ "
Jack’s father rocker Ozzy Osbourne – who has previously battled alcohol and
drug addictions – eventually convinced his son to seek help.
Jack spent a period in Malibu’s Visions Adolescent Treatment Center and
claims it was the best decision he has ever made.
"A year passed and then two and then three and now it’s nearly six.
I don’t have a plan, I’m just going to keep doing what I’ve been doing and
hopefully not drink. I don’t ever want to come back to rehab again."
Wow! Let’s not forget Kelly Osbourne placed herself in rehab a few months ago as well. This poor family has a lot of demons.
Good for him. Glad to hear he’s continued to take care of himself.
he deserves a great respect for such honest words… really good to him!
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You’re right – this family really faces a lot of deamons. It’s so sad that what carried from their parents carried on to them.
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Um this is PRECISELY why people who have history of mental illness and addiction should not have kids. You just put your children behind he 8 ball (literally) its quite devestating and very selfish of the parents. My parents did this to us and passed on all their addictions, it fuckin sucks and I would never be so selfish as to pass it onto someone else. More people need to be educated on addiction and how its passed on. Addiction is a disease it is NEVER cured.
I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but I have an history of addictions in the family and that’s not a reason to copycat. It’s a reason to do the opposite.
Even though the Osbournes are unconventional, you can tell they are such a loving, close family. And just because you come from a family of addiction doesn’t mean you will “inherit” it ~ my mom was a pill-popper my whole life and to this day you can barely get me to even take an aspirin! And my best friend’s mother was an alcoholic ~ and my friend to this day never, ever drinks. So that argument isn’t always true in every case …
Ummm..They are spoiled brats & Sharon seems like a controlling witch….Its not like Jack & Kelly have had bad lives or anything…They are just too rich & too bored. The only one I can tolerate is Ozzy.