From Champ to Drug and Sex Addict: Mike Tyson Tells All

Published October 30, 2013

From champ to drug and sex addict: Mike Tyson tells all
Tyson's therapist finally persuaded him to check into rehab, but it wasn't till his third attempt that he began a true withdrawal from drugs. The pain, he writes, was worse than anything he experienced in the ring. "The coke and the liquor were like …
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