The former heavyweight boxing champion admitted on ESPN's Friday Night Fights that he has been lying about being sober.
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"I want to live my sober life. I don't want to die. I'm on the verge of dying because I'm a vicious alcoholic," the 47-year-old confessed.
"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 thinks I was sober, but I'm not. This is my sixth day. I'm never going to use again."
He added: "I'm a bad guy sometimes. 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 want to change my life, I want to live a different life now."
Tyson has moved into acting in recent years, appearing in the likes of The Hangover and How I Met Your Mother.
It was announced in May that he would voice a cartoon version of himself in a new animated comedy series for Adult Swim called Mike Tyson Mysteries.
Watch Mike Tyson discuss his substance abuse issues below:
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