Ben Affleck Calls Divorce From Jennifer Garner His "Biggest Regret" In Interview

Feb 26, 2020 by apost team

Movie star Ben Affleck, who is starring in the upcoming film The Way Back has spoken candidly to various news sources, confessing that his divorce from fellow actor Jennifer Garner is the biggest regret of his life.

After several stints in rehab due to his alcoholism, their marriage eventually fell apart, seeing them divorce in 2018.

In 2004, Ben Affleck met the love of his life, Jennifer Garner. They married the following year and eventually had three children. On the surface, their life looked perfect.

What most didn’t see was Affleck’s progressive drinking problem. As his marriage fell apart, Affleck increasingly turned to alcohol to numb the unbearable pain. Tragically, alcohol and marital woes became a downward spiral, as reported here by Fox News. 

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As their marriage was on the way out, Affleck drowned his sorrows in alcohol. By the time the pair separated in June 2015, Affleck had begun a series of stints in alcohol rehab programs. 

"The biggest regret of my life is this divorce,"

he told The New York Times. 

Since shame fueled his pain, moving forward from it began to bring the highly acclaimed actor back to life. In August 2018, just ahead of his October 2018 divorce, Affleck entered rehab another time. True to the lifelong nature of alcohol addiction, Affleck experienced a relapse short of one year of sobriety.

Today, Affleck is embracing his life journey through his work. The Way Back is a movie in which Affleck portrays a high school basketball coach plagued by alcohol addiction and marital difficulties. If you’d like to experience Affleck in a role that reflects his recovery journey, you can see it in theaters starting March 6.

Affleck has had quite a difficult time for the past several years. What do you think of his life? Perhaps you’ve also experienced how hard times can trigger or fuel an addiction. Reach out to other survivors and friends here or through another social media site to provide some strength to our global community.