Brad Pitt revealed he broke his sobriety after seven years.
âI was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon,â Pitt said with a laugh in an Esquire interview published on Monday.
âIn a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times, went, Yep, nope, not good for me,â he explained. âNot in big quantities.â
Pittâs sobriety came up after he offered wine to the interviewer for their sit-down at the actorâs $12 million Los Angeles home.
After revealing heâs no longer sober, Pitt explained he âcan have a fewâ glasses of wine, but he âcanât have a lot.â
âI have to be professional about it,â he told the reporter.
Elsewhere in the interview, Pitt â who split from ex-wife Angelina Jolie in 2016 â revealed he felt âsuicidalâ while navigating âone little periodâ of âfamily stuff.â
âThe pain was so oppressive that â I wasnât going to act on this, but I could feel â I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it felt like relief,â the âFight Clubâ actor said.
Pitt quit drinking after an alleged 2016 drunken plane incident which is said to have contributed to the downfall of his and Jolieâs marriage.
Jolie, 51, claimed in court documents that her then-husband physically harmed her and one of their six kids â Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 18.
The âMr. and Mrs. Smithâ co-stars were declared legally single in 2019 and settled their divorce last year.
Pitt â who is allegedly estranged from his eldest children â first revealed he was sober and joined a 12-step program in a 2019 New York Times interview.
âI had taken things as far as I could take it, so I removed my drinking privilege,â he said at the time.
Last year, Pitt detailed his âamazingâ first AA meeting on Dax Shephardâs âArmchair Expertâ podcast, recalling being âpretty much on [his] kneesâ and needing âto wake the fâk up in some areas.â
He explained, âI was trying anything and everything, anything anyone threw at me. ⊠It was a difficult time. I needed rebooting.â
The âF1â star also admitted that while it felt daunting as his turn was âcoming aroundâ the circle, he felt inspired after watching âeveryone [being] so open.â
He remembered, âIt gives you permission to go, âOK, Iâm gonna step out on this edge and see what happens.â And then I really grew to love it.â
If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSAâs National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).Â
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