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Fifteen Years of Insanity’: How Robert Downey Jr. Made Peace With His Maverick Father

VIDEO – GOD LOVES DOCUMENTARIES –  Nov. 29, 2022 - In his father’s underground western Greaser’s Palace, a seven-year-old Robert Downey Jr plays, in his own words, “a boy who got his neck slit by God”. This, per... Read More...
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Best Movies About Addiction And Recovery

FILMS ARE GENIUS –    Oct. 26, 2022 - Movies that detail addiction date as far back as D.W. Griffith’s 1912 Coca-Cola-inspired flick “For His Son,” a silent film about a doctor creating an addictive soft dr... Read More...
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Baron Geisler on His Film ‘Dollhouse’ and Sobriety Journey

FATHERHOOD HELPS –    Oct. 22, 2022 - After all the controversies that Baron Geisler has gotten embroiled in, it’s redemption time for him. Baron’s heartwarming movie, “Doll House” (DH) is currently No. 1 i... Read More...
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New Documentary “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” Screens at the REEL Recovery Film Festival in North Hollywood

YOUR HIGHER POWER WANTS YOU TO BUY TICKETS –  Aug. 8, 2022 - That first meeting was tense, to say the least.  Rossetto, now 84, remembered Borovitz as “a very large man who interrogated me.” She recalled hi... Read More...
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Documentary ‘Our American Family,’ Addiction is in the Blood

BEST DOC OF THE YEAR –    Oct. 7, 2022 - “I believe that I was an addict from birth,” Nicole says in the opening of the film. “I’ve lost years. I have no idea who I am.” As we will soon find out, Nicole ... Read More...
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The Most Brutally Honest Films About Addiction

AND BEAUTIFUL TOO –  Aug. 2, 2022 - Drug and alcohol addiction is a topic that has been explored in cinema for decades. It is a sensitive subject that must be handled with care to depict the brutal truths about ... Read More...
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Hollow Metropolis Films Announces Release of Addiction Documentary ‘Fall Fight Shine’

TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK –  July 24, 2022 - Director and neuroscientist Charlotte Wincott collaborated with numerous addiction experts to tell the scientific stories that comprise “Fall Fight Shine,” which... Read More...
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Celebrities Who Have Spoken About Addiction Struggles

EVEN STARS CAN BE HUMAN –  July 7, 2022 - Lady Gaga has never been shy about her drug use, often admitting that she has been “addicted to various things” since she was young.  After undergoing surgery in Fe... Read More...
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Beyond Belief Sobriety w/Author of HIGH! – Confessions of a Cannabis Addict

VIDEO – IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD(S) –   June 2022 - Things could have played out very differently for Leonard Lee Buschel. A powerful combo of early-childhood trauma, temperament, a “professional” opportuni... Read More...
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Paulo O’Brien talks with Leonard Buschel about his book, HIGH: Confessions of a Cannabis Addict

VIDEO – ADDICTS’ LIVES MATTER –   2022 - Leonard Buschel is the author of the new book, HIGH: Confessions of a Cannabis Addict. He is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, and he is the founder of Writers ... Read More...
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Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of a Cannabis Addict by Leonard Lee Buschel

HIGH-lights –  Jan. 30, 2022 - Once I was back home, selling the hash was no problem, until I was dealing my last quarter ounce to some guys in a friend’s basement in the Kensington and Allegheny neighborhood of Phil... Read More...
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Media Offers Unique Opportunity to Tell Addiction Stories

MOVIES ARE REEL –   Dec. 12, 2021 - Another somewhat common take can be seen in films such as Martin Scorcese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, where a young businessman quickly becomes corrupt as he’s overwhelmed with... Read More...
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Experience, Strength and Hope Awards Honors Leigh Steinberg & Courtney Friel

THE RECOVERY EVENT OF 2021 –    The 11th Annual, at the Skirball Cultural Center, returned Wednesday, December 15, honoring Leigh Steinberg, author of The Agent and the in... Read More...
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12 of the Best Movies That Deal Frankly With Addiction & Recovery

WATCH – DON’T LOSE YOUR WEEKEND –   Dec. 2, 2021 - Addiction and recovery are potent sources of drama, and are thus frequently portrayed in media. They’re also easy to get wrong: to veer into melodrama, or to re... Read More...
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Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Provocateur, Is Dead at 85

A MAN OF HIS TIME, A MAN AHEAD OF HIS TIME, A MAN FOR ALL TIME –  July 7, 2021 - The film, though probably a financial success by Mr. Downey’s standards, made only about $2.7 million. (By comparison, “Butch Cass... Read More...
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