Billie Holiday, whose real name is Eleanora Gough, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915. She grew up mostly in Baltimore and always loved jazz. Billie was born to very young parents. His mother was thirteen when he was born and his father only fifteen. (www.numberonestars.com, 2010) Her father earned his living as a jazz musician and later left Billie's mother. Billie was raised by her mother and grandparents. Billie was not a happy child and eventually left school at an early age. It was said that she had become a prostitute like her mother. (www.numberonestars.com, 2010) His relationship with his father was not loving. Clarence Holiday was almost never around. Sometimes Billie blackmailed him for money by threatening to tell his new girlfriend that she was his daughter. (www.numberonestars.com, 2010)Later, while living in Harlem and singing in clubs, Billie was discovered by John Hammond. He later recorded the song "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" around 1933. He also sang at the Apollo theater in 1934 and received recognition as a great live performer for the first time. Bobby Henderson was her lover at the time and played the piano during her performance. Billie continued to perform at other Manhattan clubs. (www.numberonestars.com, 2010) Later in her career Billie Holiday became one of the first black artists to work with white artists of her time. She was still subject to the racial barriers of her time, such as waiting in a dark room until it was time to perform and using the back entrances to perform. Billie was once quoted as saying, "I've lived songs like that." (www.numberonestars.com, 2010) Billie had a lot of heartbreaking emotions in her soul and stomach in both of her…middle of the paper…this will lead her to open up about the buried pain and anger. I think a lot of her anger is directed at her father because he abandoned her and was later afraid to acknowledge her as his daughter to her friends. So I would suggest both drug and alcohol rehab with therapy that discusses the cause of each. I would also like to provide some education on the effects of long-term drug and alcohol abuse. My hope was that as therapy and treatment continued, Billie's father would be willing to sit down with her in a session that would allow her to engage with him. Given Billie's continued failure as a father, I don't see this happening and therefore there is little hope that Billie's recovery journey will be successful. Additionally, I believe Billie would benefit from using antidepressants to deal with emotions and depression related to childhood trauma..