Post by Susan Peabody on Jul 20, 2024 19:18:31 GMT -8
Movies about Recovery
This list is a work in progress.
What Does Love Have to Do with It? is the story of Tina Turner. It is about breaking away from her abusive husband.
In When a Man Loves a Woman, the focus is on how Alice's addiction impacts the family, and the film does a great job balancing how alcoholism affects both the person using and those around them. We watch Alice's alcohol dependency break up her family, but it is also about the codependency of her husband.
Michael's support of Alice initially doesn't help her recovery, as she believes his desire to be on her side is repulsive. After separating, she and Michael eventually reconcile once she takes serious steps towards her sobriety and Michael realizes that he could have listened to her better in her times of need.
Wild. Ever since her mother died, Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) has been struggling with an addiction to sex as a way to deal with her grief and growing depression. When her risky behavior leads to an abortion and the end of her marriage, she has a moment of reckoning: She realizes that she's lost and has to make a drastic shift in her life.