'I had taken things as far as I could take it,' says Brad Pitt in a revealing new interview.
came as a shock to many when it was announced in 2016 that their eleven year relationship would come to an end. At the time, rumors circulated about why the two would split after over a decade together with six kids in the mix, but it was eventually reported that one catalyst for the divorce proceedings had something to do with Pitt's drinking. “I had taken things as far as I could take it, so I removed my drinking privileges,” the actor admitted.
When Jolie filed for divorce, Pitt entered Alcoholics Anonymous for a year and a half, with a group of men he had not known before. It was this group of men that brought him down to earth and helped him get in touch with his recovery process. “You had all these men sitting around being open and honest in a way I have never heard,” he told the. “It was this safe space where there was little judgment, and therefore little judgment of yourself.
After his year and a half in Alcoholics Anonymous, Pitt now appears to be refreshed, thanks to working through some of his issues in a group setting. He has already explained that slowly but surely, he will take a step back from appearing on screen when hethat he's keen on staying behind the camera with some producing, partially because “producing just means you don’t have to get up really early and put on makeup.
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