In an interview with Diane Sawyer for ABC News, the Oscar-winning actor confessed that coming to terms with the fact that he was an alcoholic, in the first place, was a long-fought battle.
With a history of alcohol and substance abuse in the family, Affleck was determined from an early age to not give in to addiction. Still, as Sawyer puts it, "life is life."
Despite his will, he slipped into alcoholism. However, he took back the reigns when he went to rehab twice in two years before finding sobriety in early 2020.
