OceanSize

are there any good recovery movies, tv shows, tv movies out there?

I'm in the mood for watching a movie, but i really would love it to be....well, recovery related.

i can't watch Intervention anymore - i want to watch a little bit of recovery. I almost wish that Bill W Lifetime movie was available on pay per view!

CarolD

Please check out the Cafe....I think there is a thread there..

Scolova

I sometimes watch documentaries at Top Documentary films

There looks to be a few there about alcohol and other drugs:

Search Results | Top Documentary Films

tryingtolive

Pay it Forward is good.

28 days

ReadyAndAble

Someone started a thread last week about "Days of Wine and Roses", with Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. Oldie but goodie. It's 95% active alcoholism, 5% recovery, but worth watching I think. Lemmon was phenomenal in it (as usual).

OceanSize

thanks Carol -

here is the thread from the Cafe
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ed-movies.html

BullDog777

here's a few more:

basketball diaries
boost
the rose
down to the bone
thirteen
the lost weekend
a woman under the infulence
requiem for a dream
wired
things we lost in the fire
drunks
drugstore cowboy
walk the line
ray
needle park
gia
trainspotting
the man with the golden arm
the cleaner (TV series)
rescue me (TV series)

Boleo

So is Flash Forward, the series that only lasted one season.

Danae

"Another Year"---film by Mike Leigh, 2010.

Interesting movie with two alcoholic characters. Well done, and very sad. Quite thought-provoking and a good antidote to films where drinking looks stylish or glamorous. Ought to be required after wataching shows like Cougar Town where they are drinking from fishbowls!

TwelveSteps

I recently watched the 2008 movie "Julia" with Tilda Swinton. It's about a 40-something active alcoholic and reminded me of all the crazy, stupid, selfish decisions I made while drinking.

GG