CC Sabathia says he realized in 2012 he was alcoholic

New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK — Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia says he first realized three years ago he was an alcoholic.

In his first remarks to media since seeking treatment, Sabathia told ABC in an interview broadcast Friday: "I was kind of battling it without any help."

Sabathia says "I would go a couple, you know, two, three months at a time sober, and then I would just relapse, and, you know, go on these weekends when I thought nobody was paying attention, and I would get in a hotel room and drink out of the minibar, pretty much…