basketball.

>> Yeah.

Keeps me busy.

Keeps my mind off other things.

>> Ben Affleck, being jack

Cunningham is a man at the end

of his rope and "The way back"

hits theaters March 6th.

>> Who Ben has been very open

about his own alcoholism.

>> And he finds the salvation

he's looking for.

Here's our exclusive first look.

>> This movie to me is the real,

trulest kind of redemption.

>> I spent a lot of time hurting

myself.

>> As an actor I thought here's

the script where I will get an

opportunity to dig down

emotionally into myself,

discover things about myself,

find out if I can access these

parts of myself.

>> We need a new coach, jack.

You're the first person I

thought of.

>> Is the team any good?

>> No.

>> The last time they made the

playoffs -- back when you were

playing.

>> I think the team needs jack

and jack needs the team in equal

measure.

Jack's life really is improved

by coaching these kids.

He finds something once again in

his life to care about.

Because he was living a life

where he had -- with the

exception of the fact he's

probably still in love with his

ex-wife, he had nothing really

going on at all.

He had kind of given up.

>> I just want you to be happy

again.