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Old 08-19-2013, 08:52 PM
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"Flight" is much more uplifting and realistic, I like that one!
Just saw Flight myself. Except for the plane crash, I thought it was surprisingly
realistic.
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Old 08-21-2013, 12:26 PM
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This movie has nothing to do with addiction but when mandy moore sings "only hope" in A walk to remember, it brought tears to my eyes and made me realize that God is my only hope in living a life free of alcohol. I must have replayed it a hundred times.
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Old 08-21-2013, 01:16 PM
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I idolized billy bob thornton in bad santa when i was a drinker. I watched that movie again after i sobered up and thought gosh this isnt really that funny I lived that it wasnt funny. But oh yeah in my drinking days it was hysterical. I thought his attitude and everything else was awesome and I envied him. Sick isnt it!
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Old 08-21-2013, 01:28 PM
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Hey Shooter, what about Hoosiers?
One day in rehab, they let us skip the daily classes and meetings and had us watch this and then discuss it. Kind of like film day in school. It was a nice break and a good movie.
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Old 05-14-2015, 11:19 AM
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Flight with Denzel Washington.

The pressures of being a commercial pilot are extreme and is so overlooked.
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Old 05-14-2015, 11:44 AM
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A great recovery and very realistic film is My Name Is Joe , a 1998 British film directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Peter Mullan as Joe Kavanagh, an unemployed recovering alcoholic in Glasgow who meets and falls in love with a health visitor.

The movie was mainly filmed in the council estates of Glasgow and filling small roles with local residents, many of whom had drug and criminal pasts. The natural Scottish accents of some of the actors are unfamiliar to most American television viewers and as such the film is often shown subtitled.

The film won awards in many film festivals, including Best Actor for Mullan at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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Old 05-14-2015, 12:39 PM
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"Basketball Diaries"? He really did recover I think, and went on to write the book. Jim Carroll portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Old 05-14-2015, 12:39 PM
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"Smashed" was good too, as someone here mentioned
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Old 05-14-2015, 05:50 PM
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My name is Bill W is a great one when it comes to alcohol. James Woods puts in an amazing performance. Flight with Denzel Washington is also amazing.
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Old 05-14-2015, 07:18 PM
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Numb !!!
Watch that , staring the guy from friends it's so this site
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Old 05-14-2015, 07:39 PM
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"When A Man Loves A Woman". Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia
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Old 05-14-2015, 07:39 PM
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Also with Phillip Seymour Hoffman in a small role
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Old 05-14-2015, 08:13 PM
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For a long time, I've avoided movies about addiction. Imagine that.

A good one, though, is "Crazy Heart," for which Jeff Bridges won the Oscar.
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Old 05-15-2015, 02:40 AM
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We watched 'When a Man Loves a Woman' in treatment. All of us were emotionally exhausted by the end of it.

Great movie, but tough to watch. At least it has a happy ending.
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Old 05-15-2015, 02:41 AM
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Oh, and although it's not alcohol-related, I've always been a fan of Gia with Angelina Jolie.

Definitely does NOT have a happy ending.
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Old 05-15-2015, 03:26 AM
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I watched Life Itself recently - a documentary based on Roger Ebert's autobiography, and dealing with his life pre and post recovery. (Parts were filmed during his final days and last battle with cancer). I was in Chicago when he died, and remember it so well, it was like the whole city stopped for a day or two and everyone had a memory.

Very sweet that he and his wife Chaz met post recovery and later in life. Tragic to see them both deal so bravely with his illness, but a very positive movie overall. I loved it.

Just make sure you have Kleenex with you.
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Old 05-15-2015, 09:15 AM
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Old 05-15-2015, 09:40 AM
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Basketball Diaries. Excellent!
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Old 05-15-2015, 10:56 AM
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Omg just watched 'smashed'.. What an awesome movie about recovery! Thanks everyone for suggesting it 😃
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