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Through the comments of an addictions counsellor and a married couple who have each struggled with addictions, the place of spirituality and religion in the context of addictions is explored in this video. How addictions impact a person's whole being is examined, as well as how spiritual and religious beliefs and practices help in addictions recovery. The effect of addictions on spiritual needs is described, such as the need for meaning and purpose...
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"By the author of Something Wild, a gripping portrait of a tumultuous, consuming relationship between a young woman and a recovering addict. When Leah Kempler meets Charlie Nelson in line at the grocery store, their connection is immediate and intense. Charlie, with his big feelings and grand proclamations of love, captivates her completely. But there are peculiarities of his life-he's older than her but lives with his parents; he meets up with a...
3) No future
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"After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend's grieving mother, with whom he begins a secret but volatile affair"--www.imdb.com.
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"Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in...
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The inspiration for the collection comes from American poet Charles Bukowski who wrote "In between the punctuating agonies, life is such a gentle habit." Following this theme of extraordinary ordinariness, A Gentle Habit is a collection of six short stories focusing on the addictions of a diverse group of characters attempting normalcy in an unnatural world.
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A searing and controversial story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation, told with the charismatic energy of Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the revelatory power of Burroughs' Junky. By the time James Frey enters a drug and alcohol treatment facility, he has so thoroughly ravaged his body that the doctors are shocked he is still alive. Inside the clinic, he is surrounded by patients as troubled as he: a judge, a mobster, a former...
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"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
8) Hope village
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"The documentary follows Lucy Hall, the founder of one of the nation's most successful women's treatment facilities, as she shares her story of generational addiction to help Georgia families"--www.imdb.com.
9) 28 days
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When Gwen borrows her sister's wedding limo and subsequently crashes into someone's property, she must face her alcohol and drug addiction and enter rehabilitation.
10) Bottled up
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"In this modern day drama, Oscar-winner Melissa Leo beautifully conveys the heart-wrenching struggle that comes with love and addiction, while also lightheartedly depicting a woman rediscovering romance. She plays hopelessly hopeful Faye, mother to Sylvie (Marin Ireland) who, many months after a car accident, continues to complain of back pain. After refusing physical therapy, it becomes clear to everyone but Faye that her daughter is addicted to...
11) Décharge: Trash
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In his early days, Pierre Dalpé was a bum living mainly to pay his dope. Today he is living a happy life thanks to his loving wife Madeleine with whom he has now three children. But recently, dealers and young prostitute invaded the neighbourhood. Pierre will cross the path of a young junkie, Eve, and it will force him to face the demons of his past.
12) Anonymous people
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The Anonymous people is a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma and mass participation in widely successful anonymous 12-step groups have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum created by this silence has been filled by sensational mass media depictions of addiction that continue to perpetuate a lurid...
13) Captive
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A single mother who struggles with drug addiction is held hostage in her own apartment by a fugitive who has escaped from prison and murdered the judge who was assigned to his case.
14) Four Good Days
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"A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse"--www.imdb.com.
19) Dark Places
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Keri Walker thinks she has hit rock bottom. A drug addicted prostitute, Keri has seen the darkest side of life... until her life takes a turn for the worse. During one more in a long line of illicit sex-for-money transactions, Keri must defend herself and inadvertently kills her attacker.
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