Mike Tyson..."On the Verge of Dying"

Mike Tyson

Former Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson opened up about his continued battles with alcohol addiction at a press conference in New York.

"I'm a bad guy sometimes," 47-year-old Tyson told reporters." I did a lot of bad things, and I want to be forgiven. So in order for me to be forgiven, I hope they can forgive me. 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. Wow. God, this is some interesting stuff.

"I haven't drank or took drugs in six days, and for me that's a miracle. 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."