Ben Affleckis opening up about a major lifelong battle.In a candid interview alongside hisTriple FrontiercostarCharlie Hunnamon Monday’sToday, Affleck toldHoda Kotb“being an alcoholic, it’s part of my life, it’s something that I deal with.”“It doesn’t have to subsume my whole identity and be everything but it is something that you have to work at,” continued Affleck, 46.“I had a problem and I really want to address it and I take some pride in that,” he added. “It’s about yourself, your life, your family…we encounter these kinds of hurdlesand we have to deal with them.”Affleck completed his most recent rehab stay in October. The actor previously entered rehab in 2001 and, years later, announced he had completed treatment for alcohol addiction in March 2017.Ben Affleck.TODAYIn October, the Oscar winner addressed his rehab stay, saying, “The support I have received from my family, colleagues and fans means more to me than I can say.”“It’s given me the strength and support to speak about my illness with others,”he wrote in the statement, posted to his Instagram. “Battling any addiction is a lifelong and difficult struggle. Because of that, one is never really in or out of treatment. It is a full-time commitment. I amfighting for myself and my family.”Triple Frontierstars Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal as a group of former Special Forces operatives who reunited to take on a dangerous heist int he multi-border zone of South America.The movie will open in select theaters nationwide Wednesday and begin streaming on Netflix March 13.
Ben Affleckis opening up about a major lifelong battle.
In a candid interview alongside hisTriple FrontiercostarCharlie Hunnamon Monday’sToday, Affleck toldHoda Kotb“being an alcoholic, it’s part of my life, it’s something that I deal with.”
“It doesn’t have to subsume my whole identity and be everything but it is something that you have to work at,” continued Affleck, 46.
“I had a problem and I really want to address it and I take some pride in that,” he added. “It’s about yourself, your life, your family…we encounter these kinds of hurdlesand we have to deal with them.”
Affleck completed his most recent rehab stay in October. The actor previously entered rehab in 2001 and, years later, announced he had completed treatment for alcohol addiction in March 2017.
Ben Affleck.TODAY
In October, the Oscar winner addressed his rehab stay, saying, “The support I have received from my family, colleagues and fans means more to me than I can say.”
“It’s given me the strength and support to speak about my illness with others,”he wrote in the statement, posted to his Instagram. “Battling any addiction is a lifelong and difficult struggle. Because of that, one is never really in or out of treatment. It is a full-time commitment. I amfighting for myself and my family.”
Triple Frontierstars Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal as a group of former Special Forces operatives who reunited to take on a dangerous heist int he multi-border zone of South America.
The movie will open in select theaters nationwide Wednesday and begin streaming on Netflix March 13.
source: people.com
