“I drank again”: Brad Pitt makes confession about alcohol addiction

Brad Pitt gave the magazine an intimate interview Esquire where he made several confessions about his personal life. The 62 - year - old actor spoke openly about one of the problems faced, alcohol addiction, and mental health. 

After seven years, Brad Pitt is no longer sober

Brad went through a complicated phase at family level when he was still married to Angelina Jolie and even became part of Alcoholics Anonymous to treat alcohol addiction. It was Bradley Cooper, your friend, who helped you in this process but these days the artist admits he's no longer sober.

“ I was sober for seven years. And then I drank again”He confessed. Pitt explained that he consumes alcohol “more moderately” but that he has already crossed the line. “I was too confident sometimes and thought: “No, that’s not good for me,” he said, explaining that he can’t even drink “great quantities”. 

“I cannot exaggerate. I need to be professional about this”, explained.

The actor of “Combat Club” stopped drinking in 2016, after separating from the 51-year-old ex-wife Angelina Jolie, with whom he has six children. The artist filed for the divorce of Pitt days after an alleged discussion between the two during a flight from France to Los Angeles on the couple's private plane. Angelina even accused the actor of being violent. 

Brad Pitt talks about mental health

Brad Pitt has no relationship with the children he had with Angelina Jolie: Vivienne and Knox, 17, Shiloh, 19, Pax, 22, Maddox, 24, and Zahara, 21. 

The actor confessed that although he never had suicidal tendencies, there was a moment when he felt he could “understand suicide” while going through a turbulent phase involving “family issues”.

“ I've never had suicidal tendencies at all. That's just not in my nature. [...] Anyway, I've never had suicidal tendencies, except for a brief period. And in this brief period, I just thought... I couldn't... I just couldn't see a way out. The pain was so suffocating that... I was not going to do anything, but I could feel — I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it seemed like a relief,” he explained, attributing these problems to “family things”. 

It is recalled that recently four of its children have asked to withdraw their father's name legally. Shiloh's request was granted in August 2024. Zahara and Maddox's requests are still pending, Zahara's hearing is scheduled for September 28 and Maddox's for September 14 according to the documents obtained by PEOPLE.