The Oscar-winning actor stopped by Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Knowledgeable podcast Monday, the place the pair chatted for greater than two hours on their struggles with alcoholism and the way becoming a member of Alcoholics Nameless helped flip issues round — this after the pair met at a gathering.

Talking about attending his first AA assembly, Pitt admitted he was fairly “shy” a primary.

“I am typically a bit shy in any scenario at first,” Pitt admitted. “However I do not know, I simply keep in mind getting my arms round it fairly shortly and it turned a factor for me. It was actually like one thing I might sit up for.”

After a buddy “assured” him that the group was a “protected place” Pitt mentioned he felt extra comfy opening up. And at that time in his life, he was able to do exactly that.

“I’m a cussed f–k, however after I’ve stepped in s–t, I am fairly good at taking duty for it and proudly owning as much as it, and now it is a quest to — what I do with this and the way do I proper this and ensure this does not occur once more. So I used to be actually opening to that,” the As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood star shared.

He continued, “I used to be just about on my knees, and I used to be actually open. I used to be making an attempt something and everybody. Something anybody threw at me. It was a tough time. I wanted rebooting. I wanted to wake the f–k up in some areas. And it simply meant so much to me.”

The expertise, general, was unimaginable for Pitt, however not simply by means of what he discovered about himself, however what he noticed the opposite males in AA share about their very own struggles and expertise.

“I simply thought it was simply unimaginable males sharing their experiences, their foibles, their missteps, their desires, their aches, and numerous humor with it,” Pitt gushed. “I assumed it was a extremely particular expertise.”

Pitt beforehand opened up about getting sober following his 2016 break up from Angelina Jolie.

In a 2019 interview with the New York Instances, the F1 star revealed that the divorce was the wake-up name he wanted.

“I had taken issues so far as I might take it, so I eliminated my consuming privileges,” he instructed the outlet on the time. “You had all these males sitting round being open and sincere in a means I’ve by no means heard. It was this protected area the place there was little judgment, and due to this fact little judgment of your self.”

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