Recovery Movie Meet‐ups: An innovation that is quickly scaling up!

Early in 2023 I met Ted Perkins, who had an intriguing idea. Could movies with appropriate subject matter assist persons in treatment or recovery? He was drawing directly from his own experience of successful recovery through an unorthodox strategy of watching 100 movies about addiction and recovery in 100 days to overcome his addiction to alcohol.

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Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
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2025-10-31
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34705
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Film in Education and Therapy
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Recovery Movie Meet‐ups: An innovation that is quickly scaling up!

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
Film in Education and Therapy
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Recovery Movie Meet‐ups: An innovation that is quickly scaling up!

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Abstract

Early in 2023 I met Ted Perkins, who had an intriguing idea. Could movies with appropriate subject matter assist persons in treatment or recovery? He was drawing directly from his own experience of successful recovery through an unorthodox strategy of watching 100 movies about addiction and recovery in 100 days to overcome his addiction to alcohol.

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