THE TREE OF LIFE –
August 3, 2023 – Brad Pitt quit drinking and found a support system in Alcoholics Anonymous, a group he attended for a year and a half post his divorce. “You had all these men sitting around being open and honest in a way I have never heard.”
In a 2022 GQ interview, the Oscar winner revealed that he wasn’t initially on board with the idea of a support group because of the videos he saw online. The “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” star also acknowledged that he quit smoking cigarettes when he realized he couldn’t strike a balance without overindulging. When Bradley Cooper presented Pitt with the Best Supporting Actor award at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, Pitt credited Cooper with helping him get sober.
Speaking to CNN in 2019, Pitt shared how getting sober forced him to confront terrifying emotions he had been running from. His newfound perspective on dealing with them is: “I don’t want to be running from anything. I wanna sit in it. I wanna feel it. I wanna get through the rough night.” He added, “You come out of it, on the other side, with a more profound understanding of yourself and a greater gratefulness for those in your life.” Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie infamously got into an ugly fight on a private plane with their kids present. Pitt had been drinking heavily throughout the flight and their disagreement supposedly began because he believed she was attempting to distance his children from him. Although the topic was brought up during takeoff, things got heated when Pitt called Jolie into the bathroom, yelled at her, and pushed her into the wall.
