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ACTOR AND DIRECTOR Ben Affleck has spoken out about recently completing treatment for alcohol addiction.
The Hollywood star posted on his public Facebook page that he had recently finished the treatment, calling it the “first step being taken towards a positive recovery”.
Affleck said that he wanted to be a source of strength for anyone “who needs help but is afraid to take the first step”.
“I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the past and will continue to confront,” Affleck said in the post.
“I want to live life to the fullest and be the best father I can be.
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 said he was lucky to have the love of family and friends who had supported him through his addiction.
“I’m lucky to have the love of my family and friends, including my co-parent, Jen, who has supported me and cared for our kids as I’ve done the work I set out to do,” he said.
The famous actor and director – who shot to fame with 1997′s Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting which he acted in and co-write with Matt Damon – has been separated from his spouse Jennifer Garner since the pair announced their plans to divorce in 2015.
Affleck previously entered rehab for alcohol addiction in 2001.
Recently, he has stepped away from directing The Batman after almost a year in the job. He’ll still star in the film.
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Good dog!!
@shellakybooky: Should have set the dogs on him full stop……he might think twice doing it again when he sees half his legs are gone…..
@shellakybooky: The gardai have confirmed that he is indeed a good boy, yes he is, yes he is.
@shellakybooky: give that dog a bone
Probably 150 previous convictions and get off with a warning.
@Noel Barnes: I don’t think so considering the Garda vehicle was rammed. A nice sentence to follow.
@Peter D W Clancy: 3 year sentence with 18 months suspended possibly. Our justice system is very lenient in the majority of cases.
@Cork Truck Driver: That is a much greater sentence than this old chestnut: “get off with a warning”, which is trotted out over and over again online by people for some reason or another.
Laser, henceforth known as the goodest boy, was rewarded with a steak and many belly rubs.
@Terrence Edwards: best boy
ramming a Garda squad car ,or any car deliberately should be treated as attempted murder -especially an attack on members of our national police force. well done to doggy Laser &all the guards involved in this operation. It’s over to the DPP &the courts now &hopefully they’ll do their jobs well too &get this thug off our streets but don’t anyone hold your breath. .the judge will probably recommend him for a nobel peace prize
@Dean Anderson: The getaway car was abandoned, so either it was a stolen vehicle or one of the hundreds of older, untaxed & uninsured cars left littering the cities & countryside.
Cannot understand why the motor taxation service do not pursue the registered owners of vehicles for unpaid road tax, & seize them if they are not renewed.
Then these cars would not be available for criminal use, joy riding by youths, save society a lot of grief ,law enforcement time & cost.
As for cost, the Motor Insurers Bureau also bears the cost of uninsured vehicle damages, & adds that to to policy premiums of compliant drivers.
It is a disgraceful example of poor & lazy state administration, which is content to operate on a cheque in the post culture, not bothering to run it properly.
Second time this year!
@David Carroll: lol, quality !
@David Carroll: they should really settle on a name. Poor Lazar/Laser
Hope Laser bit him on the Langer!
Someone in the area tipping off these guys on where to break in. Should be hauled in if identified. Some chance of that happening though.
@ianglen: looks like a utility worker, definite plan, in and out, only looking for 3 things.
Another valued member of a minority Irish culture.
Possibly from a horse slaughter house…..
@Thomas McMillan: Not a’tall boss.
Some dogs are great at rooting out rats
Pikey $cum at it again !??
Is he a Belgian Groenendael?
@Edmund Murphy: Garda unit says Belgian Malinois
@Edmund Murphy: yep Malinois
Turner and hooch !
Woof Woof, good doggie
Slow News Day?
@Bi88les: don’t be a miserable tw*t
@Dublinlife: I think it’s too late for that…
Gardai are looking for men in muddy clothes. Go into any pub in Cork and you’ll find loads of then
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