Changes

In '''Clean and Sober''', [[Michael Keaton]] gives the performance of a lifetime as Daryl Poynter, a cocaine [[addiction|addict]] who realizes his life is out of control when he wakes up in bed with an unconscious woman. Keaton vividly and chillingly portrays the [[isolation]] and [[denial]] of addiction. The film also shows how addictions overlap: Daryl is a drinker, an incessant smoker, and a [[sex addict|womanizer]].

In '''Clean and Sober''', [[Michael Keaton]] gives the performance of a lifetime as Daryl Poynter, a cocaine [[addiction|addict]], a drinker, an incessant smoker, and a [[sex addict|womanizer]]. Keaton vividly and chillingly portrays the [[isolation]] and [[denial]] of addiction.  

==The 12 Steps==

==The 12 Steps==

Later, when he's out on a 24-hour pass trying to score drugs, he accidentally calls Richard. He tells him to meet him in 90 minutes and to do a "searching and fearless [[moral inventory]]".

Later, when he's out on a 24-hour pass trying to score drugs, he accidentally calls Richard. He tells him to meet him in 90 minutes and to do a "searching and fearless [[moral inventory]]".

This is a movie that hits all the right notes about addiction and treatment.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a movie that hits all the right notes about addiction and treatment. Addictions can overlap, and the [[First Step]] is the hardest: admitting that you are powerless over your addiction.

 

 

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