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Allen Iverson on why he quit drinking as he marks six months sober

Allen Iverson on why he quit drinking as he marks six months sober

Allen Iverson says his biggest accomplishment wasn’t on the basketball court. During an interview with “CBS Mornings,” the Basketball Hall of Famer commemorated six months of sobriety on Tuesday while discussing the challenges that came with fame. “One of my best decisions that I ever made in my life was to stop drinking,” Iverson told CBS’s Maurice DuBois, adding that …

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A new ‘Answer’: Iverson discusses lowest point in life, sobriety

A new ‘Answer’: Iverson discusses lowest point in life, sobriety

Allen Iverson, talking about his new memoir “Misunderstood” on ESPN’s “First Take,” discussed the lowest point of his life — and it didn’t involve anything that happened on a basketball court. “It was self-inflicted,” Iverson told host Stephen A. Smith. “But it was when Tawanna divorced me.” Allen Iverson has a new book, “Misunderstood,” that details the NBA superstar’s meteoric …

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