'I'm fine, I'm fine...I can handle it' - says every alcoholic since forever. Brad Pitt is drinking again after 7-years of sobriety.
Brad Pitt, hot off the 2 longest stretches of work in his career...highly successful F1, a new man-and-his-dog film coming out this fall, another new movie written by the problematic Quentin Terantino, and he wrapped another film that sees him reprising his Cliff Booth role...seems like a perfect time for a cocktail! (every person in recovery reading this is either saying 'oh boy...' or in the middle of an intense head-shaking workout)
After offering wine to the shocked Esquire reporter who questioned it, Brad practiced 'Rigorous Honesty' and said, 'No, I got—I was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon. In a more restrained manner. I got overconfident a couple times, went, Yep, nope, not good for me. Not in big quantities.”
If you stopped and listened carefully, you could hear his sponsor yelling 'FUCK YOU BRAD' down Benedict Canyon.
"I can have a few. But I can’t have a lot. I have to be professional about it.”
I predict their divoce will last until the year 2130
In 2016 his drinking contributed to the never-ending divorce between him and Angelia Jolie. Seriously, like I expect my grandchildren telling their grandchildren '...and they still haven't settled who owns the winery'.
Brad joined a 12-step recovery program and thanked Bradley Cooper at the 2020 National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala for helping him get sober. "I got sober because of this guy and every day has been happier ever since. I love you, and I thank you".
Watching someone 'talk themselves back to being a drunk' is not funny. Some can experience bouts of destructive drinking and 'pull it back' and Brad may be one. But more often than not, they talk themselves into a slow roll back to where they were and, oftentimes, their drinking gets worse.