Brad Pitt Reveals He's No Longer Sober, Opens Up About Being Suicidal Amid 'Family Stuff' | Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip

Brad Pitt revealed he is no longer sober.

The 62-year-old Oscar winning actor sat down with Esquire, where he also spoke about having suicidal thoughts during a period of “family stuff.” While Brad did not elaborate further, he’s had issues in his divorce from ex wife Angelina Jolie and their children. Angelina accused him of physical abuse, and many of his kids have opted to remove “Pitt” from their last name.

In a new interview, he revealed some new information.

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Brad Pitt, on no longer being sober

In 2019, Brad Pitt revealed he had gotten sober and was attending AA meetings.

In a new interview, released on Monday (August 10), Brad said he’s no longer sober and can have “a few” glasses of wine.

Brad revealed, “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.”

“You can have a glass of wine,” the interviewer said.

He responded, “Yeah. Well…I can have a few. But I can’t have a lot. I have to be professional about it.”

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Brad Pitt on “family stuff” and the only time he felt thoughts of self harm

Brad also opened up about having suicidal ideations.

“I was never suicidal in any way. It just was not my makeup. In fact, if I have any afflictions, it’s probably being a congenital optimist. Which has helped many times, and it’s also gotten me—I’ve walked foolishly head-on into a Mack truck because of my optimism. Or, as my forever-funny friend David Fincher will say, Yeah, you see the glass as half full, but it’s half full of urine,” he said.

Brad continued, “Anyway, I’ve never been suicidal except for one little period. And in that one little period, I just thought—I just couldn’t—just didn’t see a way out. The pain was so oppressive that—I wasn’t going to act on this, but I could feel—I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it felt like relief. And I thought, Oh, okay, now I understand—I understand suicide, in the sense that it’s just relief. It’s just looking for relief from the pain. But I also think we have incredible survival instincts. And for me, that immediately kicked in, but it was just…”

“Yeah. Like, listen: This shit ain’t easy. And you’re talking to a guy who won the lottery.”

“Kid stuff?” he was asked.

“Family stuff,” he said in response.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255), visit 988Lifeline.org, or text the Crisis Text Line at 741741.

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