It seems like a week ago, but Almost exactly one month ago, C.C. Sabathia announced that he was skipping the 2015 MLB Playoffs and checking himself into a rehab facility to deal with an alcohol issue.
His announcement shook up the sports and baseball world.
Today, Sabathia appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his stint in rehab. He says that he first realized he had a problem with alcohol back in 2012 and that he finally decided to get help for it last month after binge-drinking in his hotel room during a road trip to Baltimore.
“I feel like I was just tired of hiding,” he said. “I just feel such a relief that everybody knows now.”
Sabathia also spoke with the New York Daily News about his struggles, saying he function well as an alcoholic.
“I kind of admitted that I was an alcoholic,” he said. “I would put two or three months together being sober, but I would get on the road and when nobody was looking, I would isolate myself and just start drinking. Kind of binge-drinking where I was going on for a whole weekend.”
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