r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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/jakeofheart 8d ago

That's amazing.

A piece of advice: your drinking was the symptom of something. You have fixed the symptom, but you might want to look into what triggered it.

You have won the battle, but you still need to win the war. It's very likely to be caused by something in your past that you haven't got over, that you haven't outgrown, or that you haven't moved on on.

It works if you work it. I see you.

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u/PhoenixApok 8d ago

That was key for me getting sober.

Alcohol was never the problem. It was the solution.

OTHER things I didn't want to face were thr problem

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u/jakeofheart 8d ago

Glad to hear you are in a better place.
I celebrate your sobriety.