With CM Punk scheduled to make his UFC return this coming Saturday at UFC 225 in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, he has been making a number of media rounds this week.
In a new interview with Dan Gelston of the Associated Press, CM Punk spoke about his frustration in WWE and how it grew as time went on years ago.
Below is what CM Punk said:

“I was crying out for help.” “I wasn’t finding it. I really needed to focus on me. Some people want to say it’s dramatic, but I watched friends in wrestling turn to drugs and alcohol and eventually die because they can’t get the help that they need.”
CM Punk continued by saying the following:
“I had to force myself to do it and step back. I’m not the one to generally ask for help. So when I finally was doing it, that should have alarmed a lot of people .. but it didn’t. I was just one of the cattle.”
Additionally, Punk spoke about talking with UFC President Dana White following his first UFC fight and loss against Mickey Gall at UFC 203 almost two years ago.

Below is what CM Punk said about speaking with Dana White:
“I talked to him [the] day after and was just like, ‘If you cut me, you cut me. I get it. Just know that I’m going to fight somewhere else.’ That was neither a threat or anything [else]. I was just like, ‘Hey, I get it. Whatever your decision is, it’s cool with me.’”
You can check out the entire interview of CM Punk at APNews.com.