Ozzy Osbourne, Darkness, and the Deep Ache No Fame Can Heal
What the “Prince of Darkness” reveals about the human soul, and where real healing is found. Ozzy Osbourne has built an entire empire out of darkness. From biting the head off a bat onstage to drowning his pain in substances and shrieking through stadiums, his life has been anything but quiet. But peel back the heavy metal and mascara, and you’ll see something painfully familiar: a man looking for peace in all the wrong places. And if we’re honest, aren’t we all? Haunted by Fame, Not Healed by It Ozzy once admitted in an interview that despite all the noise, “I was just numb.” That word stuck with me. Numb. Not happy. Not fulfilled. Not even angry. Just numb. That’s what unchecked pain does. It doesn’t go away. It just buries itself under distractions until it begins to rot. Over the years, Ozzy’s battled addiction, depression, bipolar disorder, and most recently, Parkinson’s disease. In one interview, he said: “I’m not afraid of dying... I just don’t want to feel like this anymo...