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"For better or for worse.\r\n&amp;#xA0;After 15 years of marriage, Hollywood power couple Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith have had their share of ups and downs. The duo opened up about their struggles with Griffin&amp;apos;s pain pill addiction in AARP&amp;apos;s November issue.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We have had as many problems as anybody. We&amp;apos;ve never hidden it. We&amp;apos;ve been open about addictions, in the case of Melanie. She has overcome her problems beautifully,&amp;quot; the Puss in Boots star, 51, said. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#x2019;t know she was so strong. It makes me love her even more, because she has been an unbelievable lion fighting, and she got it. The last [relapse] was three years ago, and it just welded us.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nGriffin, 54, -- who has battled addiction throughout her life -- recalled her stint in rehab in a separate interview with the magazine saying:\r\n&amp;quot;I started on pain pills when I hurt my knee skiing and just kept taking them. The kids knew; Dakota and Stella called me on it. Antonio was in London at the time. I went away to rehab for three months; it took 10 days just to detox. We had two family weeks there.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nA key part of the pair&amp;apos;s recovery was family therapy, which included the couple&amp;apos;s three children: their daughter together, Stella, 15, as well as Griffith&amp;apos;s two children from previous relationships, Alexander, 26, and Dakota, 21.\r\n&amp;quot;The whole family participated. We did all the therapies together -- the kids, everybody. It was a very unique experience, not only for Melanie. It was very rewarding at the end,&amp;quot; Banderas said.\r\nDespite their low points, the twosome, who met on the set of Two Much in 1995, are still smitten with each other.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I just love him.&amp;quot; Griffin mused. &amp;quot;He really is the greatest guy.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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