Overview
- Pitt confirmed in an Esquire interview published Monday that he stopped being fully sober after seven years and now drinks in limited, controlled amounts.
- He told the magazine he can have a few glasses of wine but that large amounts “do not work” for him and that he has set personal limits to avoid past excesses.
- During the same conversation Pitt described a brief period after his separation when he had suicidal thoughts but said he never intended to act on them.
- The interview, conducted while Pitt was promoting new work, included him offering wine to the reporter and referenced projects including The Adventures of Cliff Booth, which multiple outlets report will debut on Netflix on December 23.
- Reporters place his disclosures against ongoing post‑divorce family and legal tensions — including reports of some children seeking name changes and litigation over Château Miraval — which could sustain public scrutiny of his recovery and personal life.