He apologized to fans in April when he admitted he'd spent 18 months drinking and taking drugs again. Now in an excerpt from Sharon's upcoming autobiography, entitled Unbreakable, she says the only thing that kept the couple from a permanent breakup was that Ozzy didn't like the idea of splitting their fortune.

"Something snapped. I thought 'I can't carry this sh*t any more. It's what I have always done � and I'm tired," She writes. "I said 'I want a divorce.' I was expecting him to be mortified, but his reply was something like a sneer. I said, 'I am serious. I want half of everything; that is my right. I also want �100,000 a month.'