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"I try real hard," Wilson tells The BoomBox. "First of all, I left alcohol and drugs behind me and that was one of the things that weighs a lot on your shoulders. It's been 18 years [of sobriety] for me, nothing but water. It allowed me for all these years to just focus on music.
In the wake of Whitney Houston's death, Wilson -- who knew the songstress -- opened up about his drug of choice.
"I loved cocaine. I did," he admits. "Any drug, doesn't matter what kind it is, because drugs don't care who you are. [Whether] you're the plumber or the president of the U.S., it doesn't matter. Drugs wants to grab a hold to you. I was homeless, and got up. [After the Gap Band] I ended up sleeping in cars, but when I got myself up I was like, 'Just let me do this one more time."







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