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Favorite movies/shows to pass the detox/clean time...

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The Hebrew Hammer

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Sorry if this has been done before, I looked through a couple dozen pages of search results and didnt see it.

What movies or TV shows have helped you to either get motivated to get clean, stay motivated to stay clean, or just pass the time while you are detoxing or just sober...

I have to say that I recently watched a great movie that helped me get over a bad break up, and gave me some kind of weird feeling that things will be ok.

It is a very strange movie. "Lars and the real girl"

I also have been really digging "V for vendetta" I know its portraying a fucked up fascist society some time in the future, but I really think its more about an internal struggle between success and happiness.

Maybe its just the withdrawal getting me thinking in this anxious psychedelic "everything is everything" kind of way, But Im curious to know;

What movies or tv shows get you through the tough parts in life, and why?
 
When I was withdrawing, I always hated watching anything about drugs. As fucked up as it sounds, even watching Intervention would make me want to go get high.
 
I have also been watching the wire lateley, unfortunately i finished all five seasons in the first week of this detox...
 
try donnie darko and southland tales, both pretty crazy movies but awesome.
 
The pursuit of happyness - nothing like a story of people a kid even down on their luck so say the least, without drugs, and watching them fight tooth and nail. I think its important to relisze that life could be much worse and to value what little we have.
 
The Hebrew Hammer said:
Sorry if this has been done before, I looked through a couple dozen pages of search results and didnt see it.

What movies or TV shows have helped you to either get motivated to get clean, stay motivated to stay clean, or just pass the time while you are detoxing or just sober...

I have to say that I recently watched a great movie that helped me get over a bad break up, and gave me some kind of weird feeling that things will be ok.

It is a very strange movie. "Lars and the real girl"

I also have been really digging "V for vendetta" I know its portraying a fucked up fascist society some time in the future, but I really think its more about an internal struggle between success and happiness.

Maybe its just the withdrawal getting me thinking in this anxious psychedelic "everything is everything" kind of way, But Im curious to know;

What movies or tv shows get you through the tough parts in life, and why?
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tay positive, its normal to get feelings of anxiety, and depression with loss, be it a job, family, et cetera. Be positive and good things will happen.
 
I watch the Star Wars saga repeatedly while detoxing. It always makes me feel content (not certain if that is good or not).
 
if you like crime movies, the best of the lot are the british crime movies..

sexy beast, gangster number one, the krays, layer cake, lock stock/2smoking barrels, ect.....

also the new movie 'harry brown'...
 
Mr Blonde said:
I've been watching The Wire lately.
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Good show, the 5th season hit the stores here recently but is still 3 or 4 x the price of the first 4 so I'm hanging back before picking it up.

If I'm trying to stay sober I like tv shows that I can be totally engaged & engrossed in like a lot of the HBO dramas. Ones where you can easily watch a few episodes in a row and kill half a day keeping your mind occupied. The desire to get high/drunk seems to always be so much stronger when you're bored right? I've recently been through the wire, deadwood, rome, the tudors, first season of true blood, and am now hitting my flatmate's anime & watching Avatar. It's really cute :)
 
I can watch anything as long as drugs or more specifically addicts are not the focus of it. I can't watch any stupid anti-drug shit like Dr.Drew or Dr.Mengele as i like to call him since he seems like one sadistic doctor fucktard because the stuff pisses me off. And when i am pissed off i like to do more drugs so i don't go cause mayham :X .

I watched most of the good James Bond movies once while in heavy morphine withdrawal and that passed the time. Stuff like family Guy and all that is essential as well to keep my sense of humour up.

if you like crime movies, the best of the lot are the british crime movies..

sexy beast, gangster number one, the krays, layer cake, lock stock/2smoking barrels, ect.....
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Fuck yeah! Sexy Beast is one of the best crime movies ever and probably the most overlooked. Layer Cake is fucking awesome too and if ever a movie shows how unglamorous being a drug dealer is Layer Cake would be it.
 
Thanks for all the recommendations.

Unfortunatly I decided that the week worth of pain I had already gone through wasnt enough to keep me from relapsing on oxy and me, my psych doctor, and my parents decided suboxone maintenance is the propper route for me to take, so I just got back from the sub doctor and the last week was pointless other than getting to watch a bunch of good movies / shows... but back on the subs now.

I have finally become comfortable with having to take a medication indefinatly as its better than going broke on street drugs and hurting all the time. Luckily I was able to relay my feelings about my future and possible failure or success to my parents and get their support.
 
I have finally become comfortable with having to take a medication indefinatly as its better than going broke on street drugs and hurting all the time
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I felt like that at first too with my psych meds but afterawile i realized that if i wanted any kind of a life i would have to take them. Hell whats taking a few pills 2 or 3 times a day anyway?
 
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