Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Media

Exclusive Interview: Courtney Friel

eBulletin Original – As a news anchor and reporter on television, Courtney Friel currently works for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles. She previously reported on entertainment news for the Fox News Channel.... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyInterviewMarch 24 2020

As opioid crisis grinds on, film offers insights into fighting addiction

Leave it in Park – March 13, 2020 - This hypothesis is the unifying theme of Rat Park, a documentary examining three vastly different approaches to drug policy: in the U.S., Portugal and the Philippines. Today, amid ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 24 2020

‘Lost in Ghost Town’ – Drug Memoir with a Redemptive Finish

MEDIA: Book Feature – MARCH 11, 2020 - The timeline bounces back and forth between his childhood, starting at age seven, to his adult life in Venice, California. Growing up, he writes, his father was gone a lot... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 17 2020

‘A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic’

MEDIA: Film Review – March 12, 2020 - We first meet our heroine, Saki Tadokoro, as a young girl running down a steep river bank to greet her soused father (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) who is partying with his baseball... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 17 2020

The Way Back…Time Out says ** stars

Not the worst film of the year – April 24 2020 - The template is too familiar: a star athlete of yore, Affleck’s careworn Jack Cunningham gets a second shot at glory when he is asked to coach his alma mater’s hopele... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMarch 10 2020

Addiction Memoirs are a Genre in Recovery

Sharing is Good – Feb. 13, 2020 - Hitting Bottom “Stray” is a literary coming to terms with her parents’ substance abuse, as well as her own periods of heavy drinking, cocaine and sedative use. Her father is a ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 18 2020

Courtney Friel’s Tonight at 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News

New Book Recommendation – Feb. 2020 - “Love Courtney’s voice—she’s fun, funny, frank and candid! No doubt Tonight at 10 will help many people struggling with addiction.”-Ben Stein, editorial columnist at The Wa... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 18 2020

The Story The Pharmacist Can’t Tell

It’s All Here – Feb. 16, 2020 - Watching The Pharmacist, I kept getting caught between the series’ fealty to the conventions of a Netflix true-crime binge—the raspy, ominous score; the suspenseful cliff-hanger... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 18 2020

A Widow, Not A Wife: ‘Smacked’ Explores An Ex-Husband’s Secret Addiction

NPR Fresh Air! – February 4, 2020 - “I tried to listen for a heartbeat and I couldn’t hear one ... I ran out of the house because I was afraid,” Zimmerman says. When the police and EMTs arrived, they identified... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2020

Diane Keaton on her brother’s struggle with alcoholism in new memoir

Family First – February 5, 2020 - “When I look b... Read More...

Alcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2020Trauma

In ‘Smacked,’ a tale of addiction behind a veneer of success

MEDIA: Book Review – Jan 30, 2020 - Zimmerman begins “Smacked” with her dramatic discovery of Peter’s corpse in his “architectural trophy” of a house, “all sharp angles and sunlight.” Though divorced, they are bonded... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2020

You Remember Jessica Simpson, Right? Wrong

New York Times Loves Recovery – Jan. 29, 2020 - When Jessica Simpson walks into a room you’re surprised by three things. The first, and they warn you about this — they say all celebrities are, but trust me, you... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 4 2020

‘Joker’ Proves the Power of Empathy

It’s Complicated – Jan. 2020 - In fact, the film more greatly resembles what we see in America today, where some are thriving but the poor and middle class are being squeezed to the point of despair. While op-e... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 4 2020

Headline Press to publish Bryony Gordon’s sobriety memoir

Coming Out Party in Print – January 24, 2020 - “Bryony has never been afraid to explore the darker aspects of her reality and this book takes the power of her writing to a new level,” said Emsley. “In turn, shocking... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 28 2020

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Film List of 2015

Film List of 2015 I've seen most of these in a theater, not at home. Based on personal reaction, opinion, enjoyability and gut feelings. Not a critic's critique. A LOVED to LOATHED list, nor Best and Worst. A... Read More...

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