Posted on 12/26/2013 9:05:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The 19-year-old daughter of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio admitted in a YouTube video released on Christmas Eve that she sought treatment for alcohol and drug addiction after years of also battling depression. Chiara de Blasio said in the nearly five-minute video that she'd been suffering from clinical depression since her adolescence and used alcohol to cope with her sadness and anxiety. She said she hopes that by sharing her story, she will inspire others to get help.
De Blasio said she thought her problems would be solved by leaving home and going to California for college, 3,000 miles away. But, she says, she still felt an insecurity that inhibited her ability to connect with her fellow students and to curb her addictive behavior.
"I just kept reasoning and using this really fake rationale that was so justified to me that I could keep doing this stuff and be like, 'Oh, I won't drink,' and then I would just smoke weed, and then I'd be like, 'Oh, I'm not going to smoke weed,' and then I'd just drink," de Blasio said. "It was kind of just bartering for equally bad outcomes."
After years of struggling, de Blasio said her therapist recommended an outpatient treatment program in New York City.
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Me too. Anyone who thinks that substance abuse is limited by age, gender, or political philosophy is a moron.
“VICTIMOLOGY”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As long as she doesn’t drink more than 17 oz of soda at one time, she’ll be OK
Shame he spent all those years working for a Sandinista Revolution and not raising his kid...
Her mother was living the lesbian life before she gave it up for Bill, the avowed communist. They honeymooned in Havana.
I do feel very sorry for the offspring of the Leftie/Marxists. David Horowitz tells the tale well. I wonder how many cookies mommy baked and were there were warm affectionate moments reading Little Red Riding Hood. Would love to see some Leftie/Conservative comparison stats on children/adolescents needing mental health help. Lots of good kids get screwed up when they hit the indoctrination centers aka govt. schools. So, it isn’t always the parents’ fault.
If this young woman is telling the truth that she has been a drunk “for years” and she’s only 19 now, methinks she has suffered some serious parental neglect.
Imagine the media reaction if her last name was ‘Palin.’
That’s a very bold statement. Please back it up with multiple, random examples. Thanks.
Yeh, right! They only “battle it” when they get caught.
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