Best Recovery Film
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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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!
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.
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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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.
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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