Shawn Michaels Talks About Why He Decided To Get Clean, The Most Trying Part Of Writing His Book

- Shawn Michaels recently spoke with WWE.com to promote his new "Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality and the Faith of a WWE Superstar" autobiography. Shawn talked about his "lost years" from 1998 until 2002 when he was away from the ring. Shawn commented on when he finally decided it was time to get clean:

"The final moment was when my son was 2 years old and I was half-in-the-bag on the couch, and him thinking I was tired. I realized, 'My goodness, he's starting to notice. This isn't something you'll be able to hide from him.' It broke my heart. I just could not bear the thought of this innocent baby being ruined by something he had absolutely nothing to do with. I decided there needed to be a change ? and a drastic one."

Shawn also commented on the most trying part of writing this book and why it's a must-read for fans:

"It's a look at my faith and more of an autobiography on my second life. I can't say it was difficult [to write]. It was an opportunity to stay in that place where it's nice and away from the hustle and bustle of everything. Since 2002, [wrestling] was a great job, enjoyed doing it, worked hard doing it, and did it well, but my family and my faith were a much bigger part of my life from 2002 to 2010 when I left. It was nice to be able to focus on what really was the majority aspect of my life. It's a must-read for anybody who has the ability or is at that space when they're man or woman enough to say, "I need to make a change" and not to be afraid of it. There's no one of us that's perfect; there's no one of us that can't do just a little better. That's what I'm hoping this book will do."