Brad Pitt Reveals ‘Sweetheart’ Actor Who Ended His Alcohol Addiction!

Brad Pitt once seemed like a man who had everything he could want. A gorgeous wife in actress Angelina Jolie, beautiful children, starring roles in box office hit movies like “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.” But behind that handsome exterior, Brad secretly struggled for years with an addiction to alcohol.

And now Pitt feels ready to share about his struggles to stop drinking. In addition, the actor revealed which popular actor helped him kick the habit. Find out below!

Brad Pitt – Admits ‘Boozing Daily Since College’!

Forget terms like casual drinking or weekend drinker. Brad Pitt confessed that he drank some sort of alcohol daily since college. And when he found himself in a bitter divorce with Angelina Jolie, his alcoholism got even worse. But then Pitt managed to turn his life around.

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As a result of getting sober, Brad has decided to become honest about his addiction battles, reported Best Life. “I can’t remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn’t boozing or had a spliff, or something. Something,” confessed the actor. However, Pitt did stop abusing drugs when he became a dad. But his war with alcohol continued.

“Truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka,” admitted the actor. And calling himself a “professional” drinker, Brad summed up, “I was good.” But then came what alcoholics term “rock bottom.” And for Pitt, that took place in a highly publicized scene involving Angelina Jolie and their children in 2016. 

Brad Pitt – From ‘Rock Bottom’ To Getting Help From This Star!

In the wake of that 2016 scene, Angelina filed for divorce. And as child protective services (CPS) entered the picture, Brad realized something needed to change. But that change needed to occur within himself. And it involved several steps.

First, Pitt needed to admit that he used alcohol to escape his emotions. “I think that’s part of the human challenge: You either deny [your feelings] all of your life or you answer them and evolve,” pointed out the actor. “The fact is, we all carry pain, grief and loss. We spend most of our time hiding it,” added Brad. 

Brad Pitt opens up about his divorce, and alcoholism: “What I realized is that I was running to things to avoid tough feelings, painful feelings.”

“I just didn't know how to deal with them – anything I found that I used for escape.” pic.twitter.com/hfoH3gG19y

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) September 18, 2019

And that realization led to the second step about hiding his feelings. “But [your feelings are] there, it’s in you. So you open up those boxes,” pointed out Pitt. However, to achieve true sobriety, Brad also took a third step. And he recognized he needed help.

That third step involved a very special star. And Pitt opened up about how Bradley Cooper changed his life during his award acceptance speech at the National Board of Review. Cooper spoke prior to Brad taking the stage.

“Thank you, Bradley,” stated Pitt. “Bradley just put his daughter to bed and then rushed over to do this—he’s a sweetheart. I got sober because of this guy and every day has been happier since.”

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