Designer Donatella Versace spoke of her battle with drug addiction. In an interview to Contactmusic.com, the 49-year-old sister of murdered Gianni Versace, who checked into drug rehab in July, said her cocaine habit was “slow suicide.”

Donatella comments on her drug battle:

“I’ve started the long road. I know I will have to fight every day. But it’s important for me to start. I have the strength for this”

“Sometimes you think a chemical substance can help resolve your problems, making them seem less heavy or less strong.

“But the real enemy is that it ambushes you and instead of resolving your problems it makes them even bigger - until, in the end, it leads you to a slow suicide.

“My message to all the young people who suffer the same as me is that they must get help.”