He played the song for the first time in front of high school children in New Jersey as part of the Ocean County Drug Overdose Forum - an event to raise awareness of painkiller and heroin abuse among youngsters.

Sambora, who is now drug-free, says: "I got firsthand experience. I never did heroin, but obviously I did other stuff. We can't be scared silent. Together we can make a difference because this epidemic has to stop.