Actor Ben Affleck , who has wrestled with alcohol addiction previously, is returning to rehab, People reports .

An unnamed source told the entertainment magazine that the 46-year-old Oscar winner knew he needed help and was vocal about it.

Jennifer Garner, who filed for divorce from the actor last year, staged an intervention that Affleck was receptive to, TMZ notes .

Garner, who shares three children with the Gone Girl star, was seen arriving at his home Wednesday and then driving him to a treatment center in Malibu, People notes.