NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia is opening up about his battle with alcoholism.
As CBS2’s Steve Overmyer reported, Sabathia penned a new tell-all book with the hope of ending the stigma surrounding the disease.
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He came to New York with great fanfare in 2009 and immediately became a World Series champion, but CC Sabathia was hiding a secret.
“I was alcohol dependent from the first time I had a drink when I was 14 years old,” Sabathia said.