Brad Pitt Resumes Drinking After 7 Sober Years as Experts Say Moderation Can Work
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 14
Brad Pitt Resumes Drinking After 7 Sober Years as Experts Say Moderation Can Work
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 14
Summary
Seven years after quitting alcohol, Brad Pitt said in a new Esquire interview that he has started drinking again in a restrained way and avoids large amounts.
Pitt said he had become overconfident a couple of times and then pulled back, framing the change as a controlled return rather than a relapse into heavy drinking.
His comments reopened a long-running dispute over whether people who once drank dangerously can safely return to moderate use, with experts saying it may be possible but not for everyone.
Pitt stopped drinking in 2016 after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce, later spent 18 months in Alcoholics Anonymous, and in 2019 said he had removed his own drinking privileges.