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Drunk Man Hunting

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[Blind Gossip] This major movie star reached a critical point in his battle with the bottle and went to rehab again earlier this year. This time it was quite public, and he seemed contrite and serious about staying sober.

So, who was that man stalking the aisles of a liquor store in the past twenty-four hours, hunting down multiple bottles of booze in the middle of the night ? Why, our esteemed actor, of course!

He avoided eye contact but it was obviously him. He didn’t buy any beer or wine. It looked like he had four bottles of clear liquor (probably vodka or gin).

Yes, he’s drinking again. In fact, we received reports of people seeing him drinking, drunk, or buying alcohol on four separate days in the past week alone!

His girlfriend drinks along with him. It’s not her fault he’s a drunk… but she certainly is the wrong person to be with if he is serious about his sobriety!

His work has earned him a lot of good will in the Hollywood community, so we’re sure he’ll continue to secure work and drag his bloated, drunk butt back and forth between East Coast package stores and West Coast liquor stores until something bad happens.

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[Optional] What will it take for him to go back to rehab?

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Actor: Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck is back in residential rehab!

Blind Gossip has been telling you for the past couple of months that Ben Affleck was definitely NOT sober!

Sure he went to rehab once or twice already this year, and he would often be seen going to recovery meetings or therapy, but those things really don’t work unless you stay out of liquor stores and stop dating people who drink, too! Yes. we’re talking about Ben Affleck’s girlfriend, Lindsay Shookus.

In early September, over Labor Day weekend, Affleck was spotted buying liquor up in Buffalo, New York (which is where Lindsay Shookus is from). A couple of weeks later, he was caught emerging from a liquor store in Los Angeles with some fresh supplies.

Fortunately, Radar Online is now reporting that Ben Affleck checked himself back into rehab in the past week. From Radar:

Ben Affleck Enters Rehab For 3rd Time This Year After Relapse

Ben Affleck has secretly entered a rehab facility for the third time in just months — and RadarOnline.com has exclusive details of the troubled actor’s new treatment plan in his ongoing battle with alcohol addiction.

The father of three, 45, checked into Passages treatment facility’s 30-day program in Malibu, California, a well-placed source exclusively told Radar.

Affleck was spotted by eyewitnesses during an early morning walk outside the center on December 10.

At $10,000 for a stint, Passages is one of the country’s costliest treatment facilities, and uses a non-12-step approach that favors unorthodox holistic methods.

While some find the treatment controversial, Affleck’s ex Jennifer Garner and brother Casey Affleck were just relieved the Justice League star decided to get any sort of help again, the source claimed.

“Ben relapsed…Jen and Casey are willing to try anything, and they don’t care if the methods are controversial,” the insider explained.

Sources exclusively told Radar that although the Oscar-winner had been in outpatient therapy, to fight his addiction, Affleck needs “a constant support network” in order to stay sober.

That said, he is permitted to leave the grounds for personal and professional commitments.

“Ben isn’t a prisoner and is fully committed to seeing his children and fulfilling his work commitments outside the center,” the source said.

Affleck remains dedicated to his recovery, family and girlfriend Lindsay Shookus.

“Ben’s main priorities have never wavered,” a source close told Us Weekly. “He’s focused on his family and spending time with Lindsay. Dealing with this disease is something he’ll have to work on for the rest of his life and he remains focused on it.”

It’s the star’s third stay in an inpatient rehab in 2017, sources said.

The actor has had a tough 2017. In addition to his addiction battle, Garner finally filed divorce papers after a two-year separation.

We don’t know where Radar got the impression that Passages Malibu costs $10K. Perhaps that was just a typo. In fact, it costs $80-110K for a 30-day program, depending on whether you do a shared or a private room.

Did you catch the clues? “Good will” plus “Drunk Man Hunting” equals Good Will Hunting, the film which Ben Affleck wrote and starred in along with his friend, Matt Damon.

Congratulations to Wfreshie for being first with the correct response and to Epitome for doing a good job with the clues!

And now, a photo of Ben Affleck back in happier times, posing with his good friends Harvey “The Rapist” Weinstein and Matt “The Mansplainer” Damon. If only Casey “The Harasser” Affleck had been there, we could have had a quadfecta of bad behavior!

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  2. Actor: Ben Affleck. Clues “Good Will”

    What will it take for him to go back to rehab?: I think he’s going to need a DUI or some sort of custody rearrangement to get his act together.

  3. Ben Affleck.
    A recent photo of him with his gf showed a puffy face and unnaturally ruddy complexion.

    Sadly, he’s gotta hit bottom before he changes his life.

  4. Ben.

    GOOD WILL, HUNTING

    What will it take? It won’t. Addictions are not easy and he may give up one and pick another … cards, women, alcohol, drugs …

  10. Drunk Man Hunting. Good Will Hunting.

    BEN AFFLECK. Eventually the work will dry up, the money might dry up and he’s going to drink himself into oblivion. He still hasn’t hit rock bottom.

  12. Ben Affleck, perhaps a night of partying after the Emmys was not kind to him…

    Clue: Blind Man Hunting = Good Will Hunting.

    • “Earned him a lot of good will”, “hunting down liquor” and “drunk man hunting” nods to Good Will Hunting; he went to rehab earlier this year supposedly to make the marriage with Jen work

  19. Actor: Ben Affleck

    [Optional] What will it take for him to go back to rehab? If Jennifer Garner took the kids away perhaps? But honestly, this is really sad. I hope he gets the help he needs.

  22. This is obviously Ben Affleck. Sad. I am not sure the idea for rehab was ever his so it might explain why he never seems sober. Jen must be saddened and yet relieved that he is no longer her headache.

    What will it take him to go back to rehab? The unexpected death of someone very close to him. Jis rock bottom seems to be very, very low.

    • He is always going to be a headache to her as long as he is drinking and or using and or gambling bc she has 3 young children with him. Every time he messes up, they will vent on her bc she is the stable parent who they can depend on no matter what.

  29. Ben Affleck

    Hopefully when his ex inevitably says he can’t see his kids anymore he will break up from his bad influence gf and go back to rehab.

  31. Ben Affleck and I’m sick of this idiot. I’ll always be alone because no one wants a deaf husband. A family and children are the greatest gifts a person can have and he threw it away. So he can drink? Ben, you’re a loser. When your girlfriend gets what she wants she will dump you like yesterday’s bad news but you will still be a drunken loser who left his family for nothing.

  37. Actor: ben affleck (good will hunting)
    Optional: idk.. it’s sad! You would think he would do it for all his children but he is already neglecting them and doing things with his new girlfriend so there is nothing that will stop him from hitting the bottle

  38. Ben Affleck of course.

    Clues: Drunk Man Hunting/Good Will Hunting, “good will” in the community

  41. Oh BEN, you were so handsome and endearing. In my sad opinion it will take your death to keep you sober.

  49. Ben Affleck

    Can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Lindsay Shookus obviously doesn’t understand addiction and thinks Ben can make his own mature and rational decisions regarding substances. She’s in for a rude awakening.

  53. Ben Affleck

    At this point? Short of him killing someone or seriously injuring them/himself and the rehab being court appointed? Nothing.

  55. Can’t remember his name, but the guy who left his lovely wife Jennifer Garner & his kids for the bottle & his alcoholic girlfriend–oh, Ben something.

  58. Ben Affleck. The new girlfriend is either a bad influence or daren’t tell him to pull himself together.

  60. Ben Affleck

    Optional : Either it will be court mandated due to breaking the law or he will have to complete a more intensive treatment to keep seeing his kids. I think it will need to be a third party source that gets him there. It will also mean setting up a better support system outside of treatment so he can battle his disease daily.

  62. Actor: Ben Affleck

    Clues: Drunk Man Hunting; he starred in the movie “Good Will Hunting”. “East Coast Package Stores” – he and whatshername were spotted leaving a liquor store in Maine about a month and a half ago.

  65. Ben Affleck
    Serious health scare since his wife and kids mean nothing to him. Still don’t think he will ever get sober

  66. Ben Affleck
    (Starred in “Good Will Hunting”)
    Legal troubles seem to catch everyone’s attn to get sober. Not sure custody of his kids would affect him as its sadly alleged that hes not really enjoying the whole parenting thing.

  68. Ben Affleck
    jail for drunk driving or losing visitation to his kids (not sure he really cares about them)

  71. Oh, Ben, Ben, Benny, Ben, Ben.

    It’s an ugly spiral you are in Mr. Affleck and your girlfriend is an enabler.

  72. Ben Affleck and that SNL girl. He won’t go back to rehab unless he wants to. So he won’t go back to rehab.

  75. Ben Affleck

    optionak: he has to hit the bottom really hard, DUI and carcrash or serious health problems etc. his family is apparently not important enough.

  76. Actor: Ben Affleck

    [Optional] What will it take for him to go back to rehab? Only his will to be sober……he wouldn’t do it for his family.

  78. Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting. Total lost cause if he can’t get sober for his kids. Shookus is an enabler, he needs to cut her loose ASAP.

  82. Ben Affleck. He and his gf look like hot messes, sweaty, bloated and dirty. Isn’t the blind about him skipping his son’s first day of school to go on vacation with his gf about him? No wonder Gwyneth Paltrow’s father never liked him dating his daughter back in the day. He’s always been a major turd.

  84. None other than Ben Affleck. “hunting” and “good will” are the clues. He’s been looking a little bloated in recent pictures.

  92. A lot of “good will” for Ben Afflek, eh?

    Optional: I sure hope that what ever it takes, that it doesn’t involve the loss of life. I hope he’s not behind the wheel during these frequent liquor store runs, but if he I hope he is pulled over and arrested for DUI. Deliberately ruining your own life is your right, despite being a very selfish act as a parent, but ruining an innocent bystander’s life is unacceptable!!!