Jason Bateman got sober after tension with wife Amanda Anka

Jason Bateman said he decided to get sober because his drinking caused "tension" with his wife, Amanda Anka. She described the "drip, drip, drip" of his partying as "annoyingly unpredictable" and asked when the "spigot was going to completely turn off." They had "a few negotiation" about his drinking; she "didn't demand that I completely absolve, but that was sort of the back-and-forth." He recalled thinking his sobriety ETA was six months away but that landing the plane then "would alleviate a lot of the tension, so let's just f--king do it." He clarified he has abstained from alcohol and cocaine, which he called "the 'Scarface' stuff," though he still smokes marijuana.

Bateman said he was "lucky enough to recognize" he had gone "as far as [he] should go," and he wanted to check boxes before becoming a father and advancing his career. He married Anka in July 2001 — the same year he got sober — and the couple later welcomed daughters Francesca in 2006 and Maple in 2012.

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