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Not Flattering To Jen! Brad Pitt Opens Up About 'Wasted' Years & Damaging Himself With Drugs

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May 21 2013, Published 2:57 p.m. ET

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Brad Pitt is happier than he has ever been with Angelina Jolie and their close knit family and in a candid new interview he opens up about his drug-damaged life.

The World War Z star talks about his life in the June/July 2013 issue of Esquire, admitting that he damaged himself with drugs and lived a drifter life until about a decade ago, when he found true happiness with Jolie – and Breaking Celebrity News has the details.

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Yes, this interview may remind you of the time Jennifer Aniston -- sick of Brad's post-divorce comments -- said her ex husband was missing a sensitivity chip!

"For a long time I thought I did too much damage - drug damage. I was a bit of a drifter," he admitted to the men’s magazine. "A guy who felt he grew up in something of a vacuum and wanted to see things, wanted to be inspired. I followed that other thing. I spent years expletive off. But then I got burnt out and felt that I was wasting my opportunity.”

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We're guessing some people will think Brad is referring to those wasted years as part of the time he was with Jen.

Pitt, who announced he was divorcing  Aniston in January 2005, managed to turn things around.

“It was a conscious change. This was about a decade ago. It was an epiphany - a decision not to squander my opportunities. It was a feeling of get up. Because otherwise, what's the point?"

Though his friends and family circle is small, he claims his life is better than ever.