‘I Started Throwing Up’: Ailing Mike Tyson Opens Up About Overcoming His Opioids Addiction

Mike Tyson, 56, recently complained about sciatica. In fact, lately, the former heavyweight champion of the world left the Miami International Airport in a wheelchair. Tyson spoke about his expiration date and later reported his ailing health to the public. Luckily, sciatica is the only negative health condition Tyson has in his life. In the latest episode of Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, the champion spoke about his opioid addiction and how he overcame it.

He said, “In the middle 90s, I had a fit-in-all patch I used to put on my foot and hide it. Because I was hurt with a broken shoulder and it killed the pain. But once I took it off I started throwing up. It was like coming off of heroin. As soon as I took the patch off and then the pendant, it all started coming out. I was hooked on this stuff for a minute, and it stopped.”

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In his memoir, Undisputed Truth, Tyson explicitly talked about his addiction to drugs. According to the memoir, Tyson had his first share of cocaine when he was only an eleven-year-old. Here is what Mike Tyson revealed about how he escaped his opioid addiction.

Mike Tyson overcame his opioid addiction thanks to his good team

Opioids, according to Tyson, helped him deal with pain. He even wanted to use the substance during his fights. However, here is how he overcame opioid addiction:

“I had a good team. Had a good team and then I found that because I wanted to fight so I was asking the promoter ‘can I use the patch?’ He said ‘Mike that’s a narcotic.’ If I was through I was caught up with it. It’s just how it stopped. It wasn’t cool no more. They wouldn’t let me use it. So, I stopped using it. But was sparring with it, I didn’t feel any pain. I felt great with it.”

Tyson had taken drugs before the Andrew Golota and Lou Savarese fights. Fortunately, he overcame his addiction and is willing to live a better life. However, Tyson recently said sciatica caused him trouble speaking.

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