Ben Affleck Says His Alcoholism Ruined His Marriage

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Ben Affleck Says His Alcoholism Ruined His Marriage

Actor Ben Affleck, whose grandmother, aunt and father fought alcoholism,  is opening about about his own long-standing fight with alcohol and depression.

Speaking with Diane Sawyer, the Oscar Award-winner revealed at one point, “I started to drink more, and more, and more. And it was really hard for me to accept that that meant that I was an alcoholic. I was like, ‘I could just go back. I was fine before. You know, I just need to take a break. I just need to slow down.'”

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Before checking himself into rehab in 2018, Affleck shared that he “started to drink every day.” He says, I mean, I’d come home from work and I’d start to drink. And then I’d just sit there and drink till I passed out on the couch.”

During the interview, he evens touches on his marriage and divorce from fellow actor Jennifer Garner, with whom he had three kids, Violet (14), Seraphina Rose (11), and Samuel (7).

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Affleck said, “I never thought I was going to get divorced. “I didn’t want to get divorced, I didn’t want to be a divorced person. I really didn’t want to be a split family with my children. It upset me because it meant I wasn’t who I thought I was and that was so painful and so disappointing … In myself. I really don’t want my children to pay for my sins or to be afraid for me. “

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