Former 11-time NBA All-Star and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Allen Iverson on Tuesday announced that he has been sober for six months. <\/p>\n
Iverson, 50, revealed the personal news during an interview on CBS Mornings with Maurice DuBois, an appearance ahead of the release of his new book titled, Misunderstood: A Memoir. <\/p>\n
“One of my best decisions that I ever made in my life was to stop drinking,” Iverson told DuBois<\/a>. <\/p>\n “Better than I did when I was doing it,” Iverson said when asked how he’s feeling. “When you get drunk, you’re not how you usually are. The more and more I see it on other people, the more and more it made me happy about the decision. And the more and more I see the people around me appreciate it. I love it.” <\/p>\n SIGN UP NOW. SI NBA Newsletter. Get SI’s FREE NBA Newsletter. dark<\/p>\n Iverson had a tough childhood growing up in Hampton, Va., a significant part of which was spent without his bioligical father in his life. His rise to stardom, from high school sports star to Georgetown Hoya to No. 1 pick in the 1996 NBA draft to league MVP, was filled with hardships, challenges and off-court issues. <\/p>\n But Iverson, as he explained in a Wednesday interview with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s First Take, says the “lowest point” of his life was when his then-wife Tawanna Turner, whom he married in 2001, divorced him in 2013. <\/p>\n “That’s when I knew I’d hit my lowest point and it was time for deep self-reevaluation…” Iverson said<\/a>. <\/p>\n “When I’m sitting in that courtroom\u2014And I used to watch Sixers vs. Sixers in a scrimmage, or Georgetown vs. Georgetown. I’m sitting there and them tears hitting the page [the divorce papers] when I looked down and I saw Iverson vs. Iverson.”<\/p>\n