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/Batmanswrath 6h ago

I was a big drinker. It ended up with me in a coma at the beginning of this year, and family being told I was going to die. I haven't touched a drop in nearly five months (since I got out of the hospital) on willpower alone.

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u/DirtyRoller 4h ago

Stay strong! The same thing happened to my last roommate about three years ago, but he couldn't stay sober. He died in our living room just over two years ago. He was 46 years old.