Mike Tyson Update!
Monday, May 5 2008
By Lisa Scott
Since Mike Tyson’s felony arrest for drug possession in December 2006, he spent the remainder of 2007 in rehab and has reportedly been clean and sober ever since. He is currently under court mandated sobriety with monthly drug and alcohol testing. Regarding his newfound life of sobriety, a hefty looking Tyson told ESPN’s ‘E:60': “It’s a struggle. I want to take drugs everyday. I want to drink everyday. But I don’t because I made the commitment not to. I take things day by day now and I am adjusting to it. I don’t hang out with the people that I normally acquainted myself with in the past because I’m not that type of person anymore.” Tyson, who turns 42 years old next month, also went on to say: “I don’t want to get involved with my old lifestyle. I just want a different life now. I saw what that life got me, so I’m trying to build a new life that’s functional now. I wake up. Make my bed. Watch television. Then, I call my accountant to hear him say “no,” he’s not going to give me any money. Controlling my spending habits is a part of the change I guess.”
In reflecting upon his days as ruler of the heavyweight division and the pandemonium that surrounded him, Tyson stated: “Maybe I was addicted to chaos. And that was the only way I knew how to function at that time. When I look back at the things I’ve done in my life, I realize that I brought them upon myself and now I have to deal with the responsibility - and I don’t like that. That’s what I have a problem dealing with.” Regarding his 1st round KO win over Michael Spinks in 1988, Tyson stated: “I really couldn’t enjoy that victory because I had so much chaos going on in my life at that time. I had my wife fighting with my managers and I had three girlfriends in the audience. It was just a mess. I wish things didn’t turn out like they did, with my career and everything. But I gave it a hell of a fight. I didn’t lay down and I didn’t give up. I kept in there and gave it a good fight... and I’m still fighting.” Rumors of Tyson getting back into the ring again have been emphatically denied by his manager Harlan Werner.
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