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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could he be gravitating toward JG again?  He has move physically close to her house.  He recently asked her to come perform for him in a new Netflix show while he directs her.  There were photos of him meeting her new boyfriend.  He was married to her for over a decade and had 3 kids.  He could soon crave her back. [/quote]

No, he is still good friends with her and respects her as the mother of his kids.  His house is close to make it easier to be there for the kids.  I think they have a strong bond but not romantic one.  She will fight for him to be healthy because she loves him as her children’s dad.  I think that’s it between them but they will always be friends.  He knows she’s so much better than he deserves.[/quote]

Agreed. I think they knew early it wasn't a good match early on but tired to work it out for the kids. [b]They love each other but aren't in love with each other.[/b] Loads of parents end up like this. [/quote]

I’m not sure Ben Affleck loves Jennifer Garner. Here’s what he said about being married to her:

"I'd probably still be drinking. It's part of why I started drinking … because I was trapped," the Argo director admitted to Howard Stern of feeling unhappy in his marriage to Garner, 49. "I was like 'I can't leave 'cause of my kids, but I'm not happy, what do I do?' What I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution."

I think he has just learned over time that he can be very disrespectful of Jennifer Garner and she takes it. [/quote]

I don't think that is disrespectful. He was talking about himself. He was feeling trapped in an unhappy marriage. There are hundreds of posts and relationships where that happens. He didn't want to leave because of the kid and so drank to cope. He doesn't say anything about her at all. [/quote]

Whoever posted about that Indestructible PR podcast-- that lady nailed it. She talked about this interview extensively. This is very much addict-speak. Always blaming things outside yourself rather than yourself. She talked about the difference between being dry vs being sober, and Ben is dry. He may not be drinking but his actions and words are very much that of an addict.

The podcast was from February and she predicted that Ben and JLo were headed for divorce based on the things (like this) that each of them were saying in the press.[/quote]

Your post sounds like an addict is some terrible character flaw and that for the rest of that person's life his/her words are reflective of an addict whether drinking or not?[/quote]

Um, no? The point is that he may not be drinking but he is still is still demonstrating the destructive behavior of an addict. [b]Not drinking is not the same think as being SOBER. [/b]He is still struggling with his disease and he's not going to have a successful relationship until he's truly sober.

You are the person who characterized it as a "character flaw", not me.[/quote]

You have good intentions but you don’t get to make up the definition of sober based on what some lady on a podcast said because it resonated with you.

so·ber
/ˈsōbər/
verb
1.
make or become sober after drinking alcohol:
"that coffee sobered him up"
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become sober, become clearheaded, informal:dry out, make sober, clear someone's head, ... more
adjective
1.
not affected by alcohol; not drunk.
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not drunk, not intoxicated, clearheaded, as sober as a judge, teetotal, ... moreOpposite
drunk
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Being dry vs being sober is a standard 12-step belief. It's not something someone on a podcast made up. I don't want to write a dissertation on it, but you can Google "dry drunk" or "white knuckling" to learn more. [/quote]

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