Ex-Journey drummer admits abuse

"It's my truth, I have nothing to hide," he said. "I was a verbally abusive man. I was a physically abusive man."

He recounted details of what led up to his arrest on domestic violence charges in June. Domestic violence counseling is a component of his probation, and has taught him the 24-day methamphetamine binge leading up to his arrest is not to blame, he said.

"Domestic violence is really a choice, and it is calculated," he said. "The drugs and the alcohol exacerbated it immensely, but there's no excuse for what I did. I deal with it every day, and it's deeper than regret or remorse."

He apologized, discussed his ongoing domestic violence and drug abuse counseling, and then apologized again.

"I want to talk to my community, that's important," he said. "I have to live here. I've lived here all my life. My children have gone to school here. My children have friends here.

"They deserve to be apologized to. I've got to make it right now, no matter what it takes or what it costs."