--- description: Ben Affleck has completed treatment for alcohol addiction, the actor announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday title: Ben Affleck Says He Completed Rehab Treatment for Alcohol Addiction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteefa52a669be26b3/6988be63196cf43b8703f3a9/ben-affleck.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ben Affleck Completed Rehab Treatment for Alcohol Addiction: 'There Is No Shame in Getting Help' by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 14, 2017 11:48 PM CUT  Ben Affleck attends the premiere of "Live by Night" at the Cinema UGC Normandie in Paris on Jan. 16, 2017. Ben Affleck attends the premiere of "Live by Night" at the Cinema UGC Normandie in Paris on Jan. 16, 2017.Alain Jocard—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 14, 2017 11:48 PM CUT [Ben Affleck](http://time.com/4602028/ben-affleck-hated-daredevil/ "undefined") has completed treatment for alcohol addiction, the actor [announced in a Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/benaffleck/posts/1425085557565867 "undefined") on Tuesday. “I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the past and will continue to confront,” Affleck wrote. “I want to live life to the fullest and be the best father I can be.” Affleck said he was lucky to have support from family and friends, including his “co-parent, Jen.” The actor and wife Jennifer Garner [separated in 2015](http://time.com/4239556/jennifer-garner-ben-affleck-divorce/ "undefined"), but have not [formally divorced](http://motto.time.com/4694955/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-call-off-divorce/ "undefined"). “I want my kids to know there is no shame in getting help when you need it, and to be a source of strength for anyone out there who needs help but is afraid to take the first step,” Affleck wrote. “This was the first of many steps being taken towards a positive recovery.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4701719/ben-affleck-alcohol-addiction-rehab-treatment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4701719/ben-affleck-alcohol-addiction-rehab-treatment/"},"headline":"Ben Affleck Completed Rehab Treatment for Alcohol Addiction: 'There Is No Shame in Getting Help'","datePublished":"2017-03-14T23:48:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:50:36.970Z","description":"\"I want to live life to the fullest and be the best father I can be\"","url":"https://time.com/4701719/ben-affleck-alcohol-addiction-rehab-treatment/","keywords":["celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteefa52a669be26b3/6988be63196cf43b8703f3a9/ben-affleck.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteefa52a669be26b3/6988be63196cf43b8703f3a9/ben-affleck.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-US-CINEMA","caption":"FRANCE-US-CINEMA","creditText":"Alain Jocard—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4701719/ben-affleck-alcohol-addiction-rehab-treatment/","name":"Ben Affleck Completed Rehab Treatment for Alcohol Addiction: 'There Is No Shame in Getting Help'"}}]}] ```