Christina Huffington, the daughter of media mogul Arianna Huffington and former Republican congressman Michael Huffington, was a child of privilege who attended Yale University but for seven years she kept a dark secret that nearly destroyed her life. Huffington, 24, was addicted to cocaine and at times snorted it alone "six or seven times" a day. She wrote about her slow descent into addiction in an article for Glamour magazine and opened up about her struggle on NBC’s Today show Wednesday. "It was very much me by myself, in my apartment using drugs all day, from morning to night," Huffington said. "There was nothing fun about it. I wasn’t at fun parties. I was really depressed, I was scared, I was anxious. I sort of felt isolated and alone and I thought I would never get out of there." Huffington, who has been sober since March 4, 2012, said she decided to go public with her ordeal to paint a realistic portrayal about drug addiction, and how it affects people regardless of their economic and social status.
