{"id":94065,"date":"2017-03-15T03:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=94065"},"modified":"2017-03-15T03:28:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T07:28:43","slug":"ben-affleck-says-hes-finished-alcohol-addiction-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/15\/ben-affleck-says-hes-finished-alcohol-addiction-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck says he&#8217;s finished alcohol addiction treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_94066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94066\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1525577_729971887077241_2289327916147419531_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94066\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1525577_729971887077241_2289327916147419531_n.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Affleck says he has recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction. (Photo: Ben Affleck\/Facebook)\" width=\"289\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1525577_729971887077241_2289327916147419531_n.jpg 289w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1525577_729971887077241_2289327916147419531_n-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Affleck says he has recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benaffleck\/photos\/a.729921297082300.1073741833.147898965284539\/729971887077241\/?type=1&amp;theater\"> Ben Affleck\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Ben Affleck says he has recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and director said in a Facebook post Tuesday that it&#8217;s the first of many steps toward a positive recovery.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he wants to be the best father he can and show his kids there&#8217;s no shame in getting help. He also thanked Jennifer Garner for supporting him and caring for their three kids.<\/p>\n<p>Garner and Affleck have been separated since announcing their plans to divorce in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Affleck previously entered rehab for alcohol addiction in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, he has stepped away from directing \u201cThe Batman\u201d after almost a year in the job. He&#8217;ll still star in the film as the titular crusader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Ben Affleck says he has recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction. The actor and director said in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":94066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[14436],"class_list":["post-94065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-ben-affleck","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}