He came to New York with great fanfare in 2009 and immediately became a World Series champion, but CC Sabathia was hiding a secret.
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. 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. The retired pitcher, who is six years sober, joined our colleagues on the set of “CBS This Morning” to promote his new memoir, “Till the End.” His book sets a revealing tone with the first line, “I was a weird alcoholic.
