IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Brad Pitt opens up about attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
The film star has discussed his positive experience of attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, which he started going to after splitting from Angelina Jolie in 2016, after being together for 12 years. During an appearance on the latest episode of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, the two actors revealed that they got to know each other while attending an AA meeting. Describing the meetings as an "amazing thing", Pitt said, "I just thought it was just incredible men sharing their experiences, their foibles, their missteps, their wants, their aches, and a lot of humour with it. I thought it was a really special experience."
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