Brad Pitt Adjusts His Sobriety After Seven Years

Pitt’s relationship with alcohol shifted significantly following his 2016 separation from Angelina Jolie. After that period, he spent years in AA meetings and 12-step programs, crediting colleagues like Bradley Cooper for helping him navigate early recovery. He previously described the support groups as a rare space for vulnerability, a stark contrast to his earlier years in Hollywood spent numbing depression with marijuana and alcohol.

Today, the actor maintains a different standard. He admits to having slipped up on a few occasions, leading to a realization that heavy consumption is incompatible with his life. He now treats wine as a selective indulgence rather than a lifestyle, closely monitoring his intake to avoid past mistakes. This shift coincides with a major transition in his personal life: as his youngest children, Knox and Vivienne, have turned 18, the long-running custody battle between Pitt and Jolie has effectively concluded. Legal experts suggest this milestone removes the final court-mandated ties between the parents, potentially widening the distance between Pitt and his children, who have increasingly distanced themselves from their father’s name.