Ben Affleck battles alcoholism in new film, 'The Way Back'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ben Affleck’s latest film, “The Way Back,” deals with an issue very personal to the troubled actor.
The trailer for Affleck’s newest film shows the star portray Jack Cunningham, a former basketball player-turned-coach who battles alcoholism.
As Cunningham’s life spirals out of control with a failed marriage and an alcohol addiction, he is afforded an opportunity at redemption through coaching the basketball team at his former high school.
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“I spent a lot of time hurting myself,” Affleck, as Cunningham, says in the trailer. “I made a lot of bad decisions.”
“I got a lot of regrets,” Affleck’s character further reflected.
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Ben Affleck portrays Jack Cunningham, an embattled alcoholic who is offered a chance at redemption, in "The Way Back." (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
The trailer was released amid recent headlines that the star was stumbling out of a Halloween party after a period of sobriety.
The actor, who has previously admitted to struggling with alcohol addiction, admitted he "slipped" up but is not going to let the Halloween incident "derail me."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“You know, it happens. Just slipped, but I’m not going to let it derail me,” Affleck told TMZ when they caught up with him visiting his ex-wife Jennifer Garner's house.
The actor has had a well-documented struggle with alcohol addiction since the 1990s and has gone through waves of sobriety.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The embattled actor’s most recent stint in rehab was in October 2018. In an Instagram post from then, the actor noted that he completed a 40-day stay at a treatment center and spoke candidly about being an addict.
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“Battling any addiction is a lifelong and difficult struggle. Because of that, one is never really in or out of treatment. It is a full-time commitment. I am fighting for myself and my family,” he wrote.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He then thanked “family, colleagues and fans” for their support. “So many people have reached out on social media and spoken about their own journeys with addiction. To those people, I want to say thank you.”