Mike Tyson has revealed he is on the verge of dying from ongoing drug and alcohol problems, after years of lying about being sober.
The former heavyweight champion made the startling revelation while at a press conference to promote ESPN's Friday Night Fights at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York on Friday.
'I'm a bad guy sometimes,' he said. 'I did a lot of bad things, and I want to be forgiven. I wanna change my life, I wanna live a different life now. I wanna live my sober life. 'I don't wanna die. I'm on the verge of dying, because I'm a vicious alcoholic.'
The 47-year-old admitted to being a continual substance abuser but was hopeful he was finally becoming clean.
"I haven't drank or taken drugs in six days, and for me that's a miracle," he revealed. "I've been lying to everybody else that think I was sober, but I'm not. This is my sixth day. I'm never gonna use again," he said.
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