Ozzy Osbourne enlisted to write advice column

Rolling Stone magazine has employed the Prince of Darkness as their new resident agony aunt.

The rocker of Black Sabbath fame hit the headlines earlier this year when he started offering medical advice to Sunday Times readers in the UK and now he's offering American fans the wisdom of his hellraising life in music magazine Rolling Stone's new Ask Dr. Ozzy column.

In his first piece, published in the new issue of the publication, Osbourne offers tips to a Hawaiian desperate to give up beer and lose weight and a Los Angeles fan who has just found out her teenage son is surfing for pornography online. Ozzy also weighs in on a Turkish reader's vertigo issues, suggesting he "go to bed, drink only water, then get up and walk around in circles for a bit. If you're still dizzy, let me know." He adds, "I thought I had vertigo... I went to the doctor, and he said, 'Mr. Osbourne, the problem - as far as I can tell - is simply that you're very, very drunk."

Other gems of wisdom including his advice regarding how to discuss the dangers of drugs with your kids: “The only time I ever talked to my kids about drugs, it was to ask, ‘Can you give me some?” Another concerned reader wrote in complaining that his girlfriend is too tired for sex. Ozzy replied, “As I’ve always said to Sharon, there are 24 hours in a day, so it shouldn’t be hard to make sure you spend at least one of them together".

"Go on a date. Have dinner together. Or put on a wig and a false beard, check into a B&B and fuck the shit out of each other, like you’re having an affair . . . maybe she just wants more excitement in her life.”