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"Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has said that his drug abuse and health issues over the course of his life should have left him dead by now. Tyler, who serves as one of the judges on this year&amp;#039;s American Idol series, claimed that without the support of his family and several stints in rehabilitation facilities, he would not be alive today. &amp;quot;Left to my own devices I probably would have been dead several times over,&amp;quot; Tyler admitted to People. Tyler said that it wasn&amp;#039;t until his eighth stint in rehab in 2009 that he realised he needed to be sober for good, after a heartfelt plea from one of his children. &amp;quot;When my son looked me in the eye, crying, and said, &amp;#039;Dad you were so high last night and I was afraid&amp;#039;, I needed that,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;My best thinking got me back into rehab, so I gotta keep my thinking in check and keep going to meetings.&amp;quot; Tyler said that his problems stem from often putting Aerosmith and his music career before the needs of his family and he now realises this was a big mistake. &amp;quot;I thought my band was my family, but the lesson of the last couple of years was I really need to nurture the family I got,&amp;quot; he added. The rocker revealed that he couldn&amp;#039;t be happier to be part of the revamped judging panel for American Idol, and hopes that he can begin to set a good example from now on. American Idol continues on May 5. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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