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Oscar De La Hoya on Coping With Alcohol Use, Depression: 'It's All Balance'


Us Weekly and the harris project's 'The Missing Issue' dives into how Oscar De La Hoya's addiction and depressions struggles go hand-in-hand

Launched in 2013, the harris project is a nonprofit dedicated to the prevention and treatment of co-occurring disorders (COD) — the combination of mental health challenges and substance use issues. But the boxer known as “The Golden Boy” said in a 2011 interview with Univision that the one-two punch of addiction and depression was “the biggest fight of [his] life,” one that left him contemplating suicide. De La Hoya’s family tree is nothing if not complicated: though he began dating Shanna Moakler in 1997, he first became a father when ex-girlfriend Toni Alvarado gave birth to their […]

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