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thisisme · 02-09-2007, 06:48 AM

Has anyone seen this doc? It aired on BBC last month. It follows the lives of four chronic alcoholics at the end stage of their desease.
I swear it will scare the alcohol out of you. It sickened me.

barb dwyer · 02-09-2007, 07:21 AM

no, I didn't see it.

I've seen it several times in 3-d tho ...

Tazman53 · 02-09-2007, 08:37 AM

I haven't either, just thankful that I found AA before I became one of the stars in it.

collinsmi · 02-09-2007, 09:04 AM

Will have to google that. Maybe will come out on DVD. THanks!!!

done2 · 02-09-2007, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thisisme

Has anyone seen this doc? It aired on BBC last month. It follows the lives of four chronic alcoholics at the end stage of their desease.
I swear it will scare the alcohol out of you. It sickened me.

I saw it. I agree.

**CarolD** · 02-09-2007, 03:06 PM

No, I have not seen the show.
I just don't have the guts to see it on TV.

I have watched friends die from our disease.
It has been such an un necessary waste
and an ugly slow painful death.

OnRecoveryRoad · 02-09-2007, 08:38 PM

[QUOTE=thisisme;1204206]Has anyone seen this doc? It aired on BBC last month. It follows the lives of four chronic alcoholics at the end stage of their desease.>>

Here's a synopsis:

http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/november/pv1129.pdf

ay100 · 02-10-2007, 12:40 AM

Thanks for the link.

thisisme · 04-02-2009, 06:03 AM

Worthy of a BUMP!

Watch it, see the bottom of the pitcher plant and live to tell about it.

There is now a follow up. Sadly only one still lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP0InrPZpjg

And when you stand back in disgust and say "I'm not that bad!" be sure to add yet. This is a progressive condition with two outcomes, abstenance or death.

Take care.
Andrew

Believe808 · 04-02-2009, 10:11 AM

I just finished watching RAIN IN MY HEART and all I can say is THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I. It was very heart wrenching to watch it. Thanks for the link.

chango · 04-02-2009, 01:12 PM

I am not sure why my link to the full documentary was deleted, but its out there if you google.

tommy79 · 04-02-2009, 01:44 PM

It's completely terrifying. A good reminder for As, if a reminder was needed, what rock-bottom looks like: a painful death.

BP44 · 04-02-2009, 06:51 PM

Stick around AA long enough you won't have to watch a documentary. You'll see it with your own eyes. I was told to get a black suit that I was gonna go to a lot of funerals. True to the statement....once or twice a year we bury another one.

Lolajames · 04-02-2009, 07:42 PM

this was heartbreaking and eye-opening. you said only one lived - who was it, i couldn't watch it all...

Cubile75 · 04-02-2009, 08:24 PM

Thank you thisisme... I am in the middle of the show... Hard to watch, but harder to (not) live it...

Texasblind · 04-02-2009, 09:24 PM

Thanks for the link. I'll get through it eventually. I started watching it, but I started feeling faint and getting nauseous. Hits too close to home or reminds me I guess.

coffeenut · 04-02-2009, 09:30 PM

Wow. Thanks for the link.

pinetree · 04-03-2009, 07:43 AM

Can anyone tell me who dies of the two left? I watched the whole thing but did not see the follow up. Thanks

hughs dad · 04-03-2009, 08:08 AM

Is this worse than intervention on A & E? I have seen some hardcore alcoholics on that show. Just curious.

dgillz · 04-03-2009, 10:14 AM

Hugh's dad,

Yes it is worse IMHO. Very powerful stuff though. Thanks for posting this, it is needed IMHO again.

thisisme · 04-03-2009, 10:15 AM

I do wish you all would watch it. It is horrific. It is nothing like A&E's inetervention.

I did want to point out some things. I did notice that the young man, I will call him yellow for obvious reasons got better very quickly when he quit.
Did you notice? He looked younger, healthier and happier in mere days.
What does that tell you about the poison that was slowly killing him? The recovery and speed once he abstained was incredible.

I call that hope. Hope lives.

Bamboozle · 04-03-2009, 10:20 AM

Thanks for the thread...it was it bit long, so I watched it in pieces.

I am curious...what happened to the two surviors? I've tired searching, but I'm coming up with nothing.

thisisme · 04-03-2009, 10:26 AM

Follow up video, one year later.

BONUS: "Revisiting Rain in My Heart"

reading: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ht/7140605.stm

video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...t=true&bbcws=2

Nuclerosis · 04-03-2009, 01:14 PM

I would say Mark is the last survivor. The end of the documentary clearly states that Mark was in recovery and was in a meaningful relationship, whereas Vanda had "moderated" her drinking, but needed a Zimmer frame to walk. Ignoring that information, I still think Mark had more desire to stop drinking, whereas Vanda just seemed to have given up. Someone asked whether it was like Intervention, its really nothing like that at all. Yes both topics are the same, but aside from that, their filmed in completely different ways. Intervention is filmed in a very expose, shocky, american fashion. Rain in my heart simply sits and observes. Nothing is censored, and you see every aspect of their lives. Its a really penetrating documentary. The way they die is truly horrific.

Trippstar · 04-03-2009, 03:55 PM

Ive seen this documentary before, and at the rehabilatation clinic that I goto 3 people died last year from Alcoholism.

02-09-2007, 06:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
thisisme Year 4... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 114	Rain in my Heart Has anyone seen this doc? It aired on BBC last month. It follows the lives of four chronic alcoholics at the end stage of their desease. I swear it will scare the alcohol out of you. It sickened me. __________________ All of my devils are free at last. All my secrets revealed. All I need is to heal. Hope lives, always! Quit alcohol June 2, 2006 Quit Cigs Nov 2, 2007

02-09-2007, 07:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 7,973 Blog Entries: 3	no, I didn't see it. I've seen it several times in 3-d tho ... __________________ Menopause ~ puberty with experience.

02-09-2007, 08:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tazman53 Follow Directions! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va. Posts: 9,289	I haven't either, just thankful that I found AA before I became one of the stars in it. __________________ All BB quotes are from the First Edition of the BB Follow directions! Sobriety date 18 Sept. 2006 Sober today thanks to AA

02-09-2007, 09:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
collinsmi Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Colorado Springs CO Posts: 881	Will have to google that. Maybe will come out on DVD. THanks!!! __________________ "I was violating my standards faster than I could lower them!"

02-09-2007, 03:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas, Ga. USA Posts: 21,891	No, I have not seen the show. I just don't have the guts to see it on TV. I have watched friends die from our disease. It has been such an un necessary waste and an ugly slow painful death. __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery! :

02-09-2007, 08:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
OnRecoveryRoad Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 67	[QUOTE=thisisme;1204206]Has anyone seen this doc? It aired on BBC last month. It follows the lives of four chronic alcoholics at the end stage of their desease.>> Here's a synopsis: http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/november/pv1129.pdf

02-10-2007, 12:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
ay100 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Istanbul Posts: 127	Thanks for the link. __________________ Sober since 23 January 2007.

04-02-2009, 06:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
thisisme Year 4... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 114	Worthy of a BUMP! Watch it, see the bottom of the pitcher plant and live to tell about it. There is now a follow up. Sadly only one still lives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP0InrPZpjg And when you stand back in disgust and say "I'm not that bad!" be sure to add yet. This is a progressive condition with two outcomes, abstenance or death. Take care. Andrew __________________ All of my devils are free at last. All my secrets revealed. All I need is to heal. Hope lives, always! Quit alcohol June 2, 2006 Quit Cigs Nov 2, 2007

04-02-2009, 10:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Mahjongg Champion! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,865	I just finished watching RAIN IN MY HEART and all I can say is THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I. It was very heart wrenching to watch it. Thanks for the link. __________________ She believed she could so she did.... FAITH makes all things possible...not easy

04-02-2009, 01:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
chango Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 70	I am not sure why my link to the full documentary was deleted, but its out there if you google.

04-02-2009, 01:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
tommy79 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 51	It's completely terrifying. A good reminder for As, if a reminder was needed, what rock-bottom looks like: a painful death.

04-02-2009, 06:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
BP44 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cumming, Ga Posts: 483	Stick around AA long enough you won't have to watch a documentary. You'll see it with your own eyes. I was told to get a black suit that I was gonna go to a lot of funerals. True to the statement....once or twice a year we bury another one.

04-02-2009, 07:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
Lolajames Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 35	this was heartbreaking and eye-opening. you said only one lived - who was it, i couldn't watch it all...

04-02-2009, 08:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
Cubile75 September 14, 2008 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: East of Eden Posts: 2,304	Thank you thisisme... I am in the middle of the show... Hard to watch, but harder to (not) live it... __________________ My drinkin' days are over. No more nights in the carousel. My buddies say they're gonna miss me, but they can go to hell. I never knew what time it was until closing time came 'round My drinkin' days are over but I'm still trouble bound. Slaid Cleaves

04-02-2009, 09:24 PM	#16 (permalink)
Texasblind Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 437	Thanks for the link. I'll get through it eventually. I started watching it, but I started feeling faint and getting nauseous. Hits too close to home or reminds me I guess.

04-02-2009, 09:30 PM	#17 (permalink)
coffeenut Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,611	Wow. Thanks for the link. __________________ I've finally found my way. Say good-bye to yesterday. Bon Jovi.

04-03-2009, 07:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
pinetree Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Arundel Maine Posts: 23	Can anyone tell me who dies of the two left? I watched the whole thing but did not see the follow up. Thanks

04-03-2009, 08:08 AM	#19 (permalink)
hughs dad Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 87	Is this worse than intervention on A & E? I have seen some hardcore alcoholics on that show. Just curious.

04-03-2009, 10:14 AM	#20 (permalink)
dgillz Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 2,015	Hugh's dad, Yes it is worse IMHO. Very powerful stuff though. Thanks for posting this, it is needed IMHO again. __________________ If the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, then all your problems look like nails....

04-03-2009, 10:15 AM	#21 (permalink)
thisisme Year 4... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 114	I do wish you all would watch it. It is horrific. It is nothing like A&E's inetervention. I did want to point out some things. I did notice that the young man, I will call him yellow for obvious reasons got better very quickly when he quit. Did you notice? He looked younger, healthier and happier in mere days. What does that tell you about the poison that was slowly killing him? The recovery and speed once he abstained was incredible. I call that hope. Hope lives. __________________ All of my devils are free at last. All my secrets revealed. All I need is to heal. Hope lives, always! Quit alcohol June 2, 2006 Quit Cigs Nov 2, 2007

04-03-2009, 10:20 AM	#22 (permalink)
Bamboozle Watch out...it'll fool ya! Duck Hunt 2 Champion! Alien Rescue Champion! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Underwater Posts: 3,475 Blog Entries: 12	Thanks for the thread...it was it bit long, so I watched it in pieces. I am curious...what happened to the two surviors? I've tired searching, but I'm coming up with nothing. __________________ A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

04-03-2009, 10:26 AM	#23 (permalink)
thisisme Year 4... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 114	Follow up video, one year later. BONUS: "Revisiting Rain in My Heart" reading: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ht/7140605.stm video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...t=true&bbcws=2 __________________ All of my devils are free at last. All my secrets revealed. All I need is to heal. Hope lives, always! Quit alcohol June 2, 2006 Quit Cigs Nov 2, 2007

04-03-2009, 01:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
Nuclerosis Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 37	I would say Mark is the last survivor. The end of the documentary clearly states that Mark was in recovery and was in a meaningful relationship, whereas Vanda had "moderated" her drinking, but needed a Zimmer frame to walk. Ignoring that information, I still think Mark had more desire to stop drinking, whereas Vanda just seemed to have given up. Someone asked whether it was like Intervention, its really nothing like that at all. Yes both topics are the same, but aside from that, their filmed in completely different ways. Intervention is filmed in a very expose, shocky, american fashion. Rain in my heart simply sits and observes. Nothing is censored, and you see every aspect of their lives. Its a really penetrating documentary. The way they die is truly horrific.

04-03-2009, 03:55 PM	#25 (permalink)
Trippstar Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Basingstoke UK Posts: 141	Ive seen this documentary before, and at the rehabilatation clinic that I goto 3 people died last year from Alcoholism. __________________ Hello, my name is Kev add alcohol and I'm not Kev.

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