Category: From Addiction Recovery Bulletin

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

PRE-FENTANYL – 

Feb. 19, 2021 – Christiane Felscherinow’s lengthy taped interviews with two journalists formed the backbone of the book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, which was published in 1978 and made into a film directed by Uli Edel in 1981. An eight-part series with the same title launches in German on Amazon Prime on Friday evening.

Edel’s original grim and gritty low-budget film, which used mostly first-time actors and had a soundtrack by David Bowie, shocked critics and audiences with its decrepit depictions of a lost generation of Berlin youth who turned to heroin. The leftwing newspaper Die Tageszeitung insisted it was impossible for the remake to have such a cultural, social and political impact as its forerunner. “This new series will never be able to leave its mark like the 1981 film did”. “Is it really necessary to give a new language to 40-year-old iconic material which influenced a whole generation and to place it in the here and now?”

more@TheGuardian

The post Story of Heroin Addiction in 1970s West Berlin Gets Modern Remake appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

WATCH – SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER – 

Feb. 25, 2021 – TODAY’s Carson Daly interviews Darius Smith, co-founder of Black Space, for his ongoing mental health series, “Mind Matters.” They discuss the 2020 social and racial protests and how Black Space is normalizing mental health and wellness through free group therapy sessions with communities of color in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

more@Today

The post Black Space aims to destigmatize mental illness in the Black community appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

WISHING HIM THE BEST – 

Feb. 25, 2021 – When Mulaney was a teenager, his parents sent him to a psychiatrist, who told him that he was one part nice kid, one part “gorilla that wants to kill the other half.”

And in his 2012 special “New in Town,” he said, “I don’t drink. I used to drink, then I drank too much, and I had to stop. That surprises a lot of audiences, because I don’t look like someone who used to do anything.”

After years of blacking out and even drinking perfume, the tipping point was a 2005 bender when he was 23 years old. He told Esquire, “I went on a bender that weekend that was just, like, fading in and out of a movie … It was just crazy … I was like, ‘You’re f–king out of control,’” he said. “And I thought to myself, ‘I don’t like this guy anymore. I’m not rooting for him.’”

Mulaney said he stopped doing cocaine and drinking alcohol within a month of one another. He claimed he didn’t go to rehab, he just went cold turkey, and was sober for many years after that.

But last December Mulaney revealed he had taken a role as a staff writer on Seth Meyers’ “Late Night” show for the sake of his own mental health.

more@PageSix

The post John Mulaney is in Outpatient Sober Care appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

WATCH – STAYING CLEAN IN BODY AND SOUL – 

Feb. 25, 2021 – Retailer reflects on drug addiction, crime, and finding purpose.

more@OzarksFirst

The post Retailer reflects on drug addiction, crime, and finding purpose appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

NOT ON TOP – 

Feb. 25, 2021 – The muscular camerawork of Newton Thomas Sigel, with its swooping drone shots and virtuoso tracking sequences, is impressive on a craft level, especially if you’ve ever felt the need for a seeing-eye anal probe. But none of the tricksy visuals or ostentatious embellishments, like profane insults splashed across the screen in blood-red text, make you care about the characters. Which is too bad for Holland, who hurls himself into the role with the misapprehension that Cherry has something profound to say about the protagonist’s dark existential void.

Coming on the heels of Antonio Campos’ turgid Southern Gothic, The Devil All the Time, this suggests the talented Holland is anxious to avoid being locked into a squeaky-clean Peter Parker mold. But perhaps he needs to steer clear of contemporary American fiction as source material for a while.

The screenplay was adapted by the directors’ sister Angela Russo-Otstot (The Shield, V) and Jessica Goldberg (Hulu’s The Path) from U.S. Army vet Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical 2018 debut novel of the same name. But any authenticity in the spiral from undiagnosed PTSD through opioid and heroin addiction, bank robberies and prison time is also undermined by excessive observance of a literary model, right down to five individually titled chapters bookended by a prologue and epilogue.

more@HollywoodReporter

The post ‘Cherry’: Film Review appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

WATCH – BUT DARKER – 

Feb. 26, 2021 – The story, in which Mondragon shaped using his own personal experience with drugs, sees Sprouse kidnapped by a young woman (Sam Quartin) and whisked away to distribute medication to those on the fringes of society. The movie was shot pre-pandemic in California’s Slab City and Bombay Beach, with non-actors among the cast.

“I wrote the film after getting clean — around the time when life was becoming richer and everything I used to chase became meaningless,” said Mondragon, in a statement to THR. “I wanted to tell a story of someone in between both life and death — that waiting and liminal state, when you dream of a place that is free from society. The script came quickly, in the two weeks following my immersion into Slab City and its itinerant encampments by the Salton Sea. It was filled with a restless, youthful and rebellious spirit that I related to—something that went against the grain, a punk rock or anti statement.”

Tyger Tyger, which also features Eden Brolin, daughter of Josh Brolin; and Max Madsen, son of Michael Madsen, releases in select theaters, drive-ins and digital/VOD on Feb. 26.

more@HollywoodReporter

The post ‘Tyger Tyger’ Offers Different Picture of Addiction appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

JUSTICE PREVAILS – 

Feb. 26, 2021 – Gov. Tony Evers said “It continues to be extraordinary listening to the stories of so many who have paid their debt and deserve a second chance. Today, I am glad to be able to grant these 13 pardons.”  

• Brenton Bach was in his early twenties when he sold marijuana to a friend working as an undercover informant. Living now in Mount Horeb, he is trained and eager to chart a career path in coding.
• Samuel Cantrall was a teenager when he and a friend committed a series of thefts, burglaries, and damage to property. Now in his 50s, he lives with his family in Bloomer and has maintained employment in construction and manufacturing.
• Keshia Christian was a single mother of five when she turned to selling an illegal substance to help support her family. Now living in West Bend, she is preparing to open her own family business.
• Tamarr Dedrick was 22 when she and a friend purchased food and other goods with fraudulent checks. She now lives in Milwaukee where she hopes to open a home for girls and continue her work as a mentor.
• Steven Lemke sold an ATV that he had stolen when he was 22. Now an over-the-road truck driver, his home is in Fence where he aspires to run for public office.
• Lillion McElwee struggled with a substance use disorder in her early life, culminating in her conviction for selling an illegal substance to an undercover officer. She lives in Milwaukee where she cares for children as a foster parent and hopes to one day open her own daycare.
• Richard Meidl sold an illegal substance in the 1980s to support his own substance use disorder. A U.S. Navy veteran, he lives in Manitowoc and looks forward to being able to hunt with his friends and family.
• Joshueh Schneider was 18 when he and a friend committed theft and burglary from homes and businesses. He now co-owns his family construction business in Whitewater.
• Teresa Scholtz was a teenager when she brought contraband into the jail where she was serving a sentence. She resides with her family in Chippewa Falls and aims to make a career of her passion for working with kids.
• Gordon Schulties grew marijuana for personal pain management 10 years ago. Now retired, he lives in Superior and spends as much time as he can with his grandkids.
• Thomas Simonsen sold marijuana to a friend working as a confidential informant now more than 30 years ago. He has been an installation carpenter for nearly 20 years and lives in Jackson with his family.
• Tyson Willis was 19 when he was caught selling an illegal substance. Twenty-six years later, he has made the dean’s list several times while working toward his business degree. He lives in Racine.
• Anthony Zimdars was 20 when he sold marijuana to a confidential informant and violated the terms of his bail agreement to support his substance use disorder. Approaching his 12th year of sobriety, he lives and works in Oconomowoc.

more@WKOW

The post Governor Pardons 13 More People, Including Illegal Substance Users appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.

Addiction Recovery Bulletin

WATCH – GOING TO ANY DEPTHS – 

Feb. 25, 2021 – For about 15 years, Rosa has been raising money through Chucky’s Fight to support recovering addicts and speak to youth about addiction at schools.

”I believe it all starts at prevention,” Rosa said. “If you don’t start, you don’t know what you’re not missing, basically.”In 2003, Rosa’s 20-year-old son Vincent died of a drug overdose.

The next year, his 23-year-old son Domenic lost his battle with substance abuse, too.

Rosa scattered his sons’ ashes in the ocean where he now swims at least once a day. “I’m not doing cartwheels when it says twenty-below-zero windchill down there,” Rosa said. “But I make myself do it, and I’m always glad that I do.”

While freezing and snowy days are not easy on the body, Rosa dives into the Atlantic not only for his boys but also his own sobriety.

”I haven’t missed a day in years. I make that commitment, and I tell people l that I make myself do it the same way I make myself drive by the liquor store that’s 100 yards up the road. To me, it’s a mental choice you make,” Rosa said. “I buried two sons. And I feel guilty sometimes, because I wasn’t always making good choices.”

Mulholland hopes talking about addiction will make it easier for people to get help.”[Addiction] is a huge problem,” Mulholland said. “It shouldn’t be a stigma. We’re all human.”

more@Boston25News

The post Man Plunges Into Icy Ocean to Fight Addiction appeared first on Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.