India, June 25 -- Brad Pitt is finally speaking openly about a chapter of his life that, until now, has mostly lived in headlines and court filings. In a recent conversation on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, the actor peeled back the curtain on his first Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting - a moment that came during the emotional wreckage of his divorce from Angelina Jolie.

"I needed rebooting," Pitt, 61, confessed. "I needed to wake the fuck up in some areas." After years of keeping his struggles private, the Oscar winner's candidness surprised even Shepard, 50, who recalled the surreal experience of having Pitt in the room. "A bazillion famous people" had attended that same meeting, Shepard said, but none had the overwhelming presenc...