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Sober Thoughts: Celebrities Including Eva Mendes and Ben Affleck Reveal Their Sobriety Journeys

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Jan 3, 2025 2:21 pm·

By Beth Shilliday

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Eva Mendes

The actress, 50, isn’t ashamed of her 2008 rehab stint at Utah’s Cirque Lodge — and she doesn’t think anyone seeking help for substance abuse should be, either. “I’m proud of people who have the determination and the fearlessness to actually go and face their demons and get better,” she said. “This is a life-or-death situation.”

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Tom Holland

“I was the type of person that, when I’d have one beer, I couldn’t have one beer,” the Spider-Man: No Way Home star, 28, confessed while promoting his nonalcoholic Bero brand. “I’m very proud to be sober today. It has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done and arguably the greatest achievement of my life.”

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Ben Affleck

He didn’t set out to become “one of the poster boys for actor alcoholism and recovery and the whole thing,” but the actor-director, 52, says he’s happy to be of service to those who are struggling. “It makes me feel good to do that,” Ben shared. “The big trick of 12-step is the reason they want you to help other people is because it actually helps you more.”

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“I was born to drink,” the actor, 56, writes in his memoir, From Under the Truck. He finally put the bottle down for good in 2013 after visiting his grandmother’s deathbed. “I was done,” Josh recalled. “I said, ‘If this woman could get through 99 years on life’s terms, how dare me?’”

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Jessica Simpson

The singer, 44, hit rock bottom in 2017 when she got too tipsy to take her children trick-or-treating on Halloween. “I just realized that I had to surrender, it was time to give it up,” she recalled. “I’m not going to miss another Halloween, not going to miss another Christmas. I’m going to be present.”

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