Actor Ben Affleck, well know for his role in the hit movie “Pearl Harbor,” has voluntarily begun treatment for alcohol abuse at Promises Malibu, an elite California Facility. According to close friends, the reason for admitting himself into Alcohol Treatment is a recent gambling and alcohol binge in Las Vegas in July. Affleck is not under lockdown in the Intensive Alcohol Treatment Program, but he saw a couple red flags and sought help for the problem before it became an issue. After spending countless hours at casino tables, friends and family became concerned that he may begin abusing alcohol during these lengthy gambling binges, some of which took place over the course of several months. In addition, those close to him are concerned after his split from Jennifer Lopez in 2001. Affleck has been sober since his stint in the Malibu-based Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in 2001, but those close to the star are concerned he may resort back to his old ways.
As many former alcohol abusers find, resorting back to previous behaviors and thought patterns are often instigated by returning to past people/places/and things that harbored the addiction in the first place. In this case. Affleck returning to Las Vegas and gambling away a quarter million dollars in one sitting should raise flags. Affleck, having once been addicted to alcohol, should have never put himself back into the places that he once used to abuse this drug, and where it is easily accessible. More often than not, those who return to the people/places/things that remind them of abusing drugs, return to their previous behavior.
Affleck sought the help of now sober Charlie Sheen, who helped arrange a room for him at an Affordable Drug Treatment Center in Malibu, where Sheen was once a patient. A few hours later, Sheen drove Affleck to the center where he began his 30 day treatment in Alcohol Addiction. His individualized treatment plan began with detoxification and was followed by daily group and individual therapy sessions and physically challenging workouts.
