REEL Recovery Film Festival

She was Arrested and it Saved Her Life

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE – Feb. 18, 2024 - Jill Cichowicz, who founded the group 2 End The Stigma, smiles…

10 months ago

People Share Experiences Before Portsmouth Recovery Festival

MOVIE GOING IS A HARMLESS PROCESS ADDICTION – Nov. 8, 2023 - A special video created by Shots!TV shares the…

1 year ago

In Person – REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium

FILM LOVERS ONLY – Oct. 2023 - After each film, the filmmaker will perform a question-and-answer session or a clinician…

1 year ago

Robert Downey Jr.! Happy Birthday, Secrets to His Fitness at 58 Revealed

AGING WELL – April 4, 2023 - His age-defying physique has been a topic of interest for many years.  On his…

2 years ago

How Treatment Centers Turn BIG Profits By Scaling Back Care

VIDEO – ONE BAD APPLE? – Jan. 30, 2023 - RC did not respond to specific concerns raised by McKegney.…

2 years ago

Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers

FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE –    Jan. 5, 2023  - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014…

2 years ago

Experience the Experience, Strength and Hope Awards

VIDEO – DANNY TREJO HONORED Dec.8, 2022 - The glitterati of the clean and sober world in LA came together…

2 years ago

Robert Downey Jr. and Late Dad Get Candid

FROM LESS THAN ZERO TO MORE THAN A MILLION –    Dec. 7, 2022 - He recalled becoming addicted around…

2 years ago

FILM REVIEW: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’

GO SEE A GOOD MOVIE –    Dec. 2, 2022 -  “It’s not a biodoc in any standard sense, thank…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Redemptive Power of Creativity

ART LIGHTS THE WAY –  Oct. 27, 2022 -  In The Creative High, the evolution of the stories of the…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

The Miracles of “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief”

HIGHER POWERS –    Oct. 28, 2022 - Truth is hard because it is real, but it does not mean…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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,”…

2 years ago

P.T. Anderson’s The Master: As Intoxicating as Ever

TIME TO SEE A CLASSIC? –    Sept. 15, 2022 - Ironically, his one skill, the uncanny ability to make…

2 years ago

Quote of the Week – Jean-Luc Godard

“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” – Jean-Luc Godard…

2 years ago

Film Review of Our American Family

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR –    Aug. 28, 2022 -  Their agony is by no means unique: it resonates with…

2 years ago

Q&A with Dianne Griffin, Award-Winning Filmmaker

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –  Aug. 11, 2022 - Dianne Griffin Director, Producer is an award-winning international documentary filmmaker, teacher, public…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Q&A with Adriana Marchione, MA, REAT, RSMT, Filmmaker

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –  July 29, 2022 - Adriana Marchione MA, REAT, RSMT has been involved in the arts…

2 years ago

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,…

2 years ago

Want to know more about the REEL Recovery Film Festival?

LIVE AND IN PERSON! – July 5, 2022 – Watch the video and see what goes on behind the scenes.…

2 years ago

Beyond Belief Sobriety w/Author of HIGH! – Confessions of Cannabis Addict

VIDEO – IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD(S) –   June 2022 - Things could have played out very differently…

2 years ago

The Lighter Side of Addiction Recovery eBulletin

VIDEO – FUNNY MAN Live at the Laemmle –   May 19, 2022 - You may know him as the…

3 years ago

Paulo O’Brien talks with Leonard Buschel about his book, HIGH: Confessions of Cannabis Addict

VIDEO – ADDICTS’ LIVES MATTER –   2022 - Leonard Buschel is the author of the new book, HIGH: Confessions of…

3 years ago

Occasionally Charming Alcoholism Drama

WAIT FOR NETFLIX –  March 15, 2022 - The film’s eponymous protagonist, Leslie (Andrea Riseborough), became a household name in…

3 years ago

Book Excerpt: HIGH Confessions of 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…

3 years ago