Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy
Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor
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Wondering if science could explain how he survived his 40-year avalanche of drugs and alcohol, Ozzy Osbourne became one of a handful of people in the world to have his entire DNA mapped in 2010. It was a highly complex, $65,000 process, but the results were conclusive: Ozzy is a genetic anomaly. The "Full Ozzy Genome" contained variants that scientists had never before encountered and the findings were presented at the prestigious TEDMED Conference in San Diego-making headlines around the world. The procedure was in part sponsored by The Sunday Times of London, which had already caused an international fururoe by appointing Ozzy Osbourne its star health advice columnist. The newpaper argued that Ozzy's mutliple near-death experiences, 40-year history of drug abuse, and extreme hypocondria qualified him more than any other for the job. The column was an overnight hit, being quickly picked up by Rolling Stone to give it a global audience of millions.
In Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy, Ozzy answers reader's questions with his outrageous wit and surprising wisdom, digging deep into his past to tell the memoir-style survival stories never published before-and offer guidance that no sane human being should follow. Part humor, part memoir, and part bad advice, Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy will include some of the best material from his published columns, answers to celebrities' medical questions, charts, sidebars, and more.
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This highly entertaining and often enlightening (really!) collection of the best q&as from Osbourne's (I Am Ozzy) popular weekly advice column in the Sunday Times (and sometimes in Rolling Stone) is based on Ozzy's notoriously excessive lifestyle as lead singer of metal legend Black Sabbath the book's disclaimer reads: "Dr. Ozzy's memory of events between 1968 and the present are not entirely reliable." But Ozzy writes like the charming, avuncular Muppet-style goofball he displayed in his 2002 2005 reality show The Osbournes. Half of the book features wacky medical questions ("I crushed my finger between two heavy steel pipes: now it's swollen and black. Do you think it's broken?") and equally wacky answers ("This question isn't as stupid as it sounds, 'cos I once broke my tibia my shinbone and I didn't realize it... because I was off my nut and fell down a flight of stairs"). But the book's other half obviously showcasing the knowledge of co-writer Ayres gives sound and sensitive advice, especially to questions in the areas of drug abuse and mental health. (Q: "I can't control my anger." A: "There's got to be an underlying cause something in your past, or maybe even just anxiety. Anger is a symptom.") Who knew that Ozzy really meant it way back in 1971 when he wrote in "Children of the Grave" that people must "Show the world that love is still the life you must embrace."
