Getting sober has definitely been a journey for both Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt, but they’ve had some support along the way.
Getting sober has definitely been a journey for both 47-year-old Ben Affleck and 56-year-old Brad Pitt, but they’ve had some support along the way.
Both Hollywood leading men have been incredibly open about getting sober after acknowledging that their addictions have gotten the best of them over the years. Most recently, it’s been Affleck as he promotes his latest film, The Way Back, in which he plays a basketball coach who struggles with alcoholism. Affleck has been candidly discussing his own longtime battle with the disease, and in an interview with The New York Times last month, he specifically cited Bradley Cooper and Robert Downey Jr. as two friends who have helped him with his sobriety.
“[These are] guys who have been very supportive and to whom I feel a great sense of gratitude,” he said. “One of the things about recovery that I think people sometimes overlook is the fact that it inculcates certain values. Be honest. Be accountable. Help other people. Apologize when you’re wrong.”
He again mentioned 45-year-old Cooper and 54-year-old Downey Jr. in a later interview with Diane Sawyer for Good Morning America.
