United Kingdom, Sept. 1 -- Ronnie Wood believes he came through his "druggy, drinking years pretty unscathed".

The 78-year-old Rolling Stones rocker spent years abusing drugs including cocaine and heroin as well as drinking too much alcohol but he's been sober since 2010 and believes he made it through his addiction issues without too much serious damage because he's still able to play music and paint.

He told The Times newspaper: "I came through all the druggy, drinking years pretty unscathed as far as the quality of my music and art goes.

"I'm really lucky that I didn't have splurgy images and off-key songs and stuff."

Ronnie went on to compare his issues to his former Los Angeles neighbour Sly Stone - who died in June aged 82 - adm...