“Saturday Night Live” funnyman Pete Davidson got serious Monday night with a serious note about his sobriety. 
 
 The 23-year-old comedian, whose fireman father died in the Sept. 11 attacks, has revealed previously that he took medical marijuana for his Crohn’s disease. 
 
 “Just wanted to let you guys know I'm okay. I know I've kinda been missing, on social media and on the show. I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in 8 years. It wasn't easy, but I got a great girl, great friends and I consider myself a lucky man,” Davidson captioned a photo on Instagram. 
 
 “I'll always be here for you guys, I promise. Remember to never give up hope because sometimes that's all we got. We are a family and I appreciate all your love and support. It's nice to be back in action.” 
 
 Pete Davidson says medical marijuana helps him perform 
 
 Davidson, who joined the late night sketch show in 2014, is the youngest member of the cast. 
 
 In September, he explained his disease, which was diagnosed when he was 17 or 18, and how he used pot to cope. 
 
 Pete Davidson revealed Monday that he's been sober for the first time in eight years. (Andy Kropa/Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) 
 
 "I found that the things the doctors were prescribing me, and seeing all these doctors and trying new things, weed was the only thing that would help me eat," Davidson told High Times magazine. 
 
 "My stomach would be in pain all day and I wouldn't be able to eat, but then I'd smoke and I can eat and do my shows. I wouldn't be able to do ‘SNL’ if I didn't smoke weed. I wouldn't be able to do anything really. Me performing not high has gone awful. It's awful for me because I don't feel well." 
 
 Pete Davidson credits Kid Cudi’s music for saving his life 
 
 He also credits Kid Cudi’s music for saving his life. 
 
 “He saved my life. I would have killed myself if I didn't have Kid Cudi. If you're 25 and under, I truly believe that Kid Cudi saved your life,” Davidson said during an interview with Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club in October, just weeks after the rapper checked himself into rehab for depression. 
 
 “It's kind of comforting to know your hero goes through the same stuff you do.” 
 
 Sign up for BREAKING NEWS Emails privacy policy Thanks for subscribing! ||||| Recently, HIGH TIMES sat down with Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson to discuss his use of medical marijuana for Crohn’s disease. 
 
 Davidson is an outspoken advocate of the medicinal use of cannabis and believes the New York State medical marijuana program is inadequate and difficult to navigate. He takes offense to those who wish to keep healing pot hard to procure and illegal, saying, “I wouldn’t be able to perform on SNL if I couldn’t smoke weed!” 
 
 Pete also believes that cannabis should be legal beyond just medical purposes. He’s a proud and productive pot person who’s even won the respect of Lorne Michaels. 
 
 “Pete’s really focused for someone who mostly talks about how much pot he smokes,” Michaels told the New York Times. 
 
 Season 42 of Saturday Night Live premiers on NBC October 1st at 11:30 p.m. EST, and Pete’s first hour-long stand-up special “SMD” airs on Comedy Central October 29th at 11:00 p.m. EST. ||||| Ben Affleck spoke out after completing another stint in rehab. 
 
 The actor, 46, posted a text image to his Instagram to thank everyone who has supported him on Thursday afternoon. He confirmed that he had completed a 40-day stay at a treatment center and said he is currently in outpatient care. 
 
 “Battling any addiction is a lifelong and difficult struggle,” he wrote. “Because of that, one is never really in or out of treatment. It is a full-time commitment. I am fighting for myself and my family. So many people have reached out on social media and spoken about their own journeys with addiction. To those people, I want to say thank you.” 
 
 “Your strength is inspiring and is supporting me in ways I didn’t think possible,” he continued. “It helps to know I am not alone. As I’ve had to remind myself, if you have a problem, getting help is a sign of courage, not weakness or failure.” 
 
 Affleck checked himself into rehab in August after his estranged wife Jennifer Garner, 46, helped stage an intervention for him. 
 
 His pals told Page Six at the time that he had been in a bad place after his breakup with “SNL” producer Lindsay Shookus. 
 
 “Alcoholism has a huge impact on not just the person, but also their family,” his brother Casey told “Entertainment Tonight” a month later. “So, I think for his kids’ sake and for their mom, and for himself, he’s trying to do the work and get it together. Ben is an addict and an alcoholic. Most of my grandparents are alcoholics. My father is an alcoholic, as bad as you can be, and he’s been sober for about 30 years. I’ve been sober for about six years. Ben is trying to put it together, and it can be a very hard thing to do. He has the kind of resources and time, luckily, to take the time and go to a good facility.” 
 
 This was Affleck’s second rehab stay since 2017.
– Noticed Pete Davidson's absence from SNL as of late? Well, there's a good reason behind it: The 23-year-old has been focusing on his sobriety. After telling High Times last fall that he couldn't function without the medical marijuana he's prescribed for Crohn's disease, Davidson now says, "I quit drugs and am happy and sober for the first time in eight years" in an Instagram post. Rapper Kid Cudi might have inspired that sobriety, per the New York Daily News. Last fall, Davidson told a radio station, "I would have killed myself if I didn't have Kid Cudi," who'd checked himself into rehab a few weeks earlier.