What movies do you watch when you crave?
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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I have a collection:
The Doors Movie
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
The Basketball Diaries
Candy
Pulp Fiction
Etc
Hmmm, drugstore cowboy I haven't seen in awhile!
They help fill a hole but are not healthy for me at all and do nothing to help me move on from my obsession! I have tried to start watching more feel good, non druggy movies!
The Doors Movie
Requiem for a Dream
Trainspotting
The Basketball Diaries
Candy
Pulp Fiction
Etc
Hmmm, drugstore cowboy I haven't seen in awhile!
They help fill a hole but are not healthy for me at all and do nothing to help me move on from my obsession! I have tried to start watching more feel good, non druggy movies!
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 104
I too watch anything to do with addiction: intervention, teens in trouble, celeb rehab, sober house. I watch so that I can see what lengths people go to in addiction and I always see some of myself in all of them.
I was told to watch Stuart Smiley saves the family. a comedy with an aa twist
it's on netflix
gigi
I was told to watch Stuart Smiley saves the family. a comedy with an aa twist
it's on netflix
gigi
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Location: Canada
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Unfortunately watching movies was my favorite get-drunk-alone-nightly routine so I'm unable to watch many movies anymore (particularly at home) this early in recovery life so I've been playing video games... Something I haven't done since I was a teenager... A little bit of regression but it's keeping me entertained and occupied. I can go out to the theatre sometimes as well depending on the movie but unless it's an amazing, top notch movie, there's no way I can get through a movie night in without obsessing over how I don't have a drink in my hand...
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Perth Western Australia
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Originally Posted by gincognito 
Let's see..."Leaving Las Vegas", "Drugstore Cowboy", "Trainspotting"...hm maybe I should reconsider my viewing habits
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When drinking I can watch whatever movie I like and never get bored with it because I would forget everything about it the next day. There are some movies i have watched a number of times that I can quite extensively and there are more that I forget even exist in spite of having seen them lots of times.
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Perth Western Australia
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Originally Posted by rubbersoul
Unfortunately watching movies was my favorite get-drunk-alone-nightly routine so I'm unable to watch many movies anymore (particularly at home) this early in recovery life so I've been playing video games... Something I haven't done since I was a teenager... A little bit of regression but it's keeping me entertained and occupied. I can go out to the theatre sometimes as well depending on the movie but unless it's an amazing, top notch movie, there's no way I can get through a movie night in without obsessing over how I don't have a drink in my hand...
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: California
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If movies take your mind off craving then it is really a good idea to watch something that grips you. This way your concentration is somewhere else and your craving just fizzles out. But this does not work for everyone, just for movie buffs! Other close alternative is eating. That works for many though.
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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Redemption road is good. But I like many others don't watch many movies because that is what I used to do when I drank alone. Unfortunately, my brother is a movie buff and always wanting to see movies, but when I am with him I don't crave. I just don't really get into movies I don't think.
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