Elton John shares his struggles
PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY.<br/> <br />Elton John gets personal.<br/> <br />Fresh from speaking at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., the British singer talked about his past addiction to sex, alcohol and cocaine.<br/> <br />As John prepares to mark 22 years of sobriety, he is celebrating his first number one album in Britain in twenty years - something he knows he couldn't have accomplished as an addict.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Elton John, singer, saying (English)<br/> <br />"I wouldn't be here, I'd be dead. There are joyous things professionally and personally and I am content. I have nothing to complain."<br/> <br />The 65-year-old legend has penned a new book titled "Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS," which he says is about salvation.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Elton John, singer, saying (English)<br/> <br />"It's much better to share and to reach out. I learned that lesson. I wish I had that ability to be a bit more humble earlier on and to have a bit more humility but I'm afraid that's what addiction does to you. It doesn't register in that way. You think you know everything."<br/> <br />This year marks the 20th anniversary of Elton John AIDS Foundation, which has raised and donated $275 million U.S. dollars to fight the AIDS epidemic.<br/> <br />Alicia Powell, Reuters.
