Post37DayXfer

Saturday night and all my friends are at the bar and im sitting at home watching movies to try and pass time time until im tired. My favorite movie to watch while trying to break craves is Primer. A cool time travel movie that makes you think. What you're fave movies you like to watch whilst trying to stay sober?

Dee74

I don't watch movies to stay sober or beat cravings, but I like comedies if I'm tense or worried. Laughter is a great medicine

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ToxicTonic

I know what movie I can't watch anymore and that's "Sideways". I used to drink wine whenever I watched it!

mattparadise

Don't have cravings anymore. They are gone for good. Just watched Under Siege.

DeadAZ

I absolutly agree... When Im tense or overwhelmed,I put on stupid adult cartoons that make you kinda,not think...haha...like South Park,Family Guy,American Dad,Futurama,Simpsons ect... I enjoy them,and it makes me "chill" without putting anything in my body.

I also agree about the movie Sideways,lol.My fiance used to own it.I am definatly an alcoholic,but wine is not my flavor.But just watching that movie makes it look yummy...so I stray from that one now.

Wookie85

"Days of Wine and Roses" is a good one. I used to watch "Enter The Void" a lot during benders so I can't watch that one anymore

FlyerFan

I agree with Dee here. I have one movie that I have seen about 200 times since I was a kid growing up because it makes me laugh insanely. Whenever I am feeling a little down, anxious, or just not right I watch Detroit Rock City. Not only does it make me laugh my ass off but by the time its over I've forgotten why I was upset in the first place.

eh1988

Comedies always cheer me up. I tend to lean towards the classics (well for me) Dumb and Dumber....Happy Gilmore....Tommy Boy ....stuff like that always cheers me up and keeps my mind off drinking.

Muunray

I watch most anything. I love Netflix!

topset1976

i'd stay away from Requiem for a Dream and Leaving Los Vegas to start with

sugarbear1

the new one with Charleze Theron (not sure it's spelt correctly) is about a woman who is trying to get something from her past... she's (the character) one of us, shhhhh!

Olivia333

I loooove watching movies! I'm a total romantic at heart so I love all the old classics, anything with Audrey Hepburn! I'm a cheese ball but I love how everything always ends happy Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's (my all time favorite) if your not into the corny romance stuff, maybe some old westerns with Eastwood?

You can't go wrong with an old movie, they may be slow to start but once you get sucked in you will be hooked. Plus they are usually pretty long so it will fill up your night.

Olivia

LDT

If I want to remind myself why I stay sober I'll watch 'When a Man Loves a Woman'.....if I want to cry happy tears I'll watch 'On Golden Pond'( for maybe the 30th time).

GrinningSoul

I do watch drug/alcohol themed or featuring movies but only one's which have a mostly negative bent towards it. These include the aforementioned 'Days of Wine and Roses', 'The Man With The Golden Arm", 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'The Lost Weekend'.

Also I sometimes watch shows like 'Intervention' to remember just how bad things can get and that staying in recovery is quite achievable.

Chloe03

When I first got sober, I watched an episode of "Intervention" on A&E every single day! Either on tv or on my computer.

At this point in my recovery, I rarely have cravings. But when I do feel antsy, I'll watch a good comedy or one of my favorite movies to distract me.

gincognito

Let's see..."Leaving Las Vegas", "Drugstore Cowboy", "Trainspotting"...hm maybe I should reconsider my viewing habits

SoulKat

I have been trying to get away from parking on the couch and watching movies because that was one of my favorite times to drink. However, if I feel blue I love to curl up in a blanket and have a cup of hot tea and watch Grumpy Old Men. My hubby always knows when he sees me watching that movie that I've had a rough day.

rubbersoul

Sugarbear, I think the movie you're talking about is Young Adult... It's a tragic/weird/boring/mildly funny movie... I saw parts of myself in her character (passing out after drinking bottles of wine, the disheveled hangovers, the mask of foundation to make myself look less crappy from the night before).

One of my biggestest drinking routines was getting drunk by myself while watching a movie so it's something I don't do as much now that I'm sober. If I watch a movie I like to have food to distract me.

AdanteFornax

I've just watched "peaceful warrior" A really good film about spirituality

Peaceful Warrior (2006) - IMDb

MusicLanguage

I love putting on a documentary from the discovery channel. Anything that is fresh and interesting usually does the trick. I have noticed that horror movies were a comfortable thing for me as a child (I know... kinda weird) but those always put me into a state of relaxation.