Ben Affleck Calls Jennifer Garner Divorce 'The Biggest Regret of My Life'

The actor opens up about his alcoholism, relapse and, yes, that tattoo.plays an alcoholic trying to overcome his demons in the upcoming movie "The Way Back" and, in his first profile promoting the film, he's reflecting on his own personal struggles.

Affleck went to rehab in 2001, 2017 and 2018 and admitted to relapsing following a year of sobriety in 2019. Between treatments, in 2015, he and ex-wifeNew York Times , Affleck said he drank more when he and Garner were having issues, which only exacerbated the problem."People with compulsive behavior, and I am one, have this kind of basic discomfort all the time that they're trying to make go away," he told the publication. "You're trying to make yourself feel better with eating or drinking or sex or gambling or shopping or whatever. But that ends up making your life worse. Then you do more of it to make that discomfort go away.

"I drank relatively normally for a long time," he added. "What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart. This was 2015, 2016. My drinking, of course, created more marital problems." Affleck also said that "the biggest regret of my life is this divorce," but noted it wasn't "particularly healthy" for him to "obsess over the failures - the relapses - and beat myself up." Admitting that he's "certainly made mistakes," and had more regrets, he said he's now focused on what he could learn from them and "try to move forward.

TooFab His performance of Batman was pretty regrettable as well.

TooFab Maybe he shouldnt be a pig and they would still be together. Shes very loyal and was very good to him.

TooFab You can’t help people if you don’t share. Awesome job Ben!

TooFab Stay strong and true xo

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