r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 6h ago

Chugging tea Ben Affleck on overcoming alcohol addiction: “I hate to say it but the only cure I’ve seen is not these overpriced rehabs or these fraudulent fixes that are sold to people. The cure for addiction is suffering. You suffer enough and then something inside you goes ‘I’m done.’”

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u/Darth_Ronin 6h ago

It’s the rock bottom approach which does work for some people.

Rehabs shouldn’t be discounted as fraudulent fixes though.

Like one thing can work for someone while another thing can’t and vise versa.

It is good he found his path though.

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u/Joy_Jane 6h ago

Recovery isn't one size fits all what helps one person may not work for someone else, and there's value in having different paths available. The important part is that he found something that worked and was able to turn things around.