Brad Pitt spent a year and a half at Alcoholics Anonymous following his 2016 split from Angelina Jolie, a new profile in The New York Times reveals.
"I had taken things as far as I could take it, so I removed my drinking privileges," Pitt toldthat an argument between the couple on a private jet was the final straw before the breakup. The details were conflicting—some reports said Pitt was drunk, some said he got into an argument with one of his kids—but the former spouses never publicly addressed the rumors.about that time in his life is,"I had family stuff going on. We’ll leave it at that.
He added,"It was actually really freeing just to expose the ugly sides of yourself. There’s great value in that."."The fact is, we all carry pain, grief and loss," he said."We spend most of our time hiding it, but it’s there, it’s in you. So you open up those boxes."Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
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