Brad Pitt Admits He Went To Alcoholics Anonymous After Angelina Filed For Divorce

Brad, 55, and Angelina, 44, reportedly split after a fight about his drinking while they were aboard a private plane.

“I had taken things as far as I could take it, so I removed my drinking privileges,” the Ad Astra actor told the New York Times about his decision to become sober.

Once the Maleficent actress filed for divorce, he started going to AA. He attended meetings for a year and a half.

Brad’s group was composed entirely on men. “You had all these men sitting around being open and honest in a way I have never heard,” he explained about the experience. “It was this safe space where there was little judgment, and therefore little judgment of yourself.”

“It was actually really freeing just to expose the ugly sides of yourself,” Brad said about sharing his stories in the group. “There’s great value in that.”

But the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood star was otherwise tight-lipped in the interview about his family dynamics. He filmed Ad Astra months after Angelina filed for divorce, but would only say about that time, “I had family stuff going on. We’ll leave it at that.”

Brad and Angelina have six kids: Maddox, 18, Pax, 15, Zahara, 14, Shiloh, 13 and 11-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Brad and his eldest son are reportedly estranged. Maddox, who just started college in South Korea, apparently doesn’t consider himself Brad’s son.