In 2013, Bennington performed at the MAP Fund benefit concert, whose aim was to aid addiction treatment. Born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona, to a nurse and a police detective, Bennington recounted being abused in his childhood, molested by an older friend over the course of several years starting when he was seven or eight. In a 2008 interview with , he said, "It destroyed my self-confidence [...] Like most people, I was too afraid to say anything. I didn't want people to think I was  or that I was lying. It was a horrible experience." In an interview with in 2009, he said, "I don't have a problem with people knowing that I had a drinking problem. That's who I am, and I'm kind of lucky in a lot of ways because I get to do something about it." Of the band's Grammy-winning song Crawling, Bennington said the song was "about feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of  and alcohol."
In 2013, Bennington performed at the MAP Fund benefit concert, whose aim was to aid addiction treatment. Born on March 20, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona, to a nurse and a police detective, Bennington recounted being abused in his childhood, molested by an older friend over the course of several years starting when he was seven or eight. In a 2008 interview with , he said, "It destroyed my self-confidence [...] Like most people, I was too afraid to say anything. I didn't want people to think I was gay or that I was lying. It was a horrible experience." In an interview with in 2009, he said, "I don't have a problem with people knowing that I had a drinking problem. That's who I am, and I'm kind of lucky in a lot of ways because I get to do something about it." Of the band's Grammy-winning song Crawling, Bennington said the song was "about feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of drugs and alcohol."
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