off the wagon
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It became a "darker show" after that, he said, as Sharon was diagnosed with cancer and Ozzy "fell off the wagon" with drugs and alcohol.
From BBC
There were periods when he appeared to have kicked his addictions - but he often fell off the wagon.
From BBC
"I was a fitness fanatic. I went to the gym practically every day. I don't know what happened, why I fell off the wagon."
From BBC
Within a couple of days, though, he was back off the wagon, tweeting: “You either die a Kennedy with a hole in the brain or live long enough to become a Kennedy with a hole in the brain.”
From Slate
She started smoking when she was 13; when I first visited her Jersey City, N.J., studio last April, she was trying not to fall off the wagon.
From New York Times
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