Brilliant, unflinching documentary on alcoholism by Kent film maker Paul Watson.
Filmed in 2006 the film follows the lives of 4 people battling addiction in the Medway towns.
Gritty, very real and heartbreaking, it is an upfront, unapologetic glimpse into the world of addiction and alcoholism.
this is a good documentary but the way the filmaker pitty’s vanda is
nothing short of sickening, no doubt she may have had a hard life but pitty
is not what theese people need,
it just provides justification for more self pitty and continued alcaholism
the answer is alcoholics anonymous that is the solution -alcoholism is a
disease of the mind
Unless one has lived it, one cannot possibly understand.
As a recovering Alcoholic, I have to say that AA has saved my life and
millions of others. AA has not only kept me sober, but has taught me about
the decease of Alcoholism but most importantly,- How to live a life without
resentments and true honesty. I can say today, that I am grateful for my
life, for my freedom and for a deep rooted spiritual relationship with my
universe. AA has worked for me and countless others. I was there and now I
am here….
How awful! Thank God.I don’t drink that shit. Powerful documentary!
Very very good and compassionate doco. Addiction is cruel and
unpredictable, yet oh so very predictable.
I hate that Vanda woman. She reminds me of my mother, a selfish drunken
bitch. OK, she was raped and abused as a child, so was I. I had drug and
alcohol problems but I got over it before it got worse and thank God & NHS
my liver is OK. My heart and lungs may be a bit dodgy but I’m still alive.
She is so selfish and she’s sleeping with a married man. She doesn’t
deserve kids! I feel sorry for Mark, I like women but he’s very good
looking and seems very sweet. It’s those stupid alcohol adverts. They
banned the cigarette adverts why not alcohol? It was very sad about Nigel,
he was willing to give up but he had permanent damage. His wife was right
though, you can expect someone to help you if you can’t help yourself. I
tried to help my mother quit and she ended up in a coma with jaundice.
She’s still alive but she still drinks and I know she does even though she
denies it. These are the people who affect people who are on benefits. I
don’t get employed due to discrimination and I am 24hr care because I’m
mentally handicapped and have mild motorbility problems. Benefits are
always getting reducted or I get interviewed to just prove I’m disabled and
it’s these bloody alcoholics and chavs that are causing it! Single mothers
(not the stupid teenage ones), handicapped people, elderly people or people
who want a job but are rejected, they are the ones that deserve benefits.
The alcoholics who are definitely trying very hard to quit, OK, they
deserve some income support but not the ones who just give up and are
selfish. I had a neighbour who was like that, bloody wanker had a better
flat than me and was getting more benefits yet he would shop lift and sit
on the streets begging pretending to be poor and he’d harass me for money.
He was on crack, cannabis and heroin as well as alcohol and every time he
walked out his flat, he had brand new trainers on his feet, a smart
expensive track suit on and thick heavy real gold chains on his neck. I
seriously wanted to beat the shit outta him! Stealing benefits off people
who actually need it. Those Romania gypsies are bad as well!
If you have drinking problems, try this. Take long walks in nature, start
juicing vegetables and fruit every morning and take liquid B vitamins,
calcium, iron. Make some friends to keep you busy, call people, visit
family, get busy so there is no time to drink.
anybody reading this who wants to stop drinking, try AA, you’ve got nothing
to lose only your sanity and in the end your life
I see there are a lot of hateful, bitter comments below. And I understand
how people would feel that way if they have grown up with an addict mother
or father. But I deal with these people everyday and I can’t judge them.
They suffer tremendously. It’s not like they’re having a good time. I
just want to help them get well so that they don’t hurt their loved ones
anymore. Of course, there are always some people who are not ready to get
well. There’s not much you can do with someone like that..
what ive taken away from this is that there is no disease ‘alcoholism’,
just people who are more prone to addiction (whether it be to cigarettes,
alcohol, sex, attention) based on their upbringing, responsibilities and
willingness to accept and live the life they have. when youve got nobody
(or feel that way due to mental health issues) youve got nothing to lose,
so why not chug that glass of wine? thats purely from their perspective not
mine, if you cant see why they make the decisions they make youre an idiot
or a bit shy of accepting a few of life’s shitty truths. ALCOHOLISM ISN’T
REAL – LIFE IS THOUGH
AA is NOT the answer for most people. if you want to replace your addiction
to alcohol with an addiction to a pious, sanctimonious, false godliness
then go ahead and join these fakers.. or why not try scientology, or
jehovas witnesses, or the moonies or whatever piece of crap half baked
philosophy floats your boat, they’re all the same.. you cant just “pray”
away your problems! your Imaginary Friend cannot help you! it takes real
effort and hard work ,by you and you alone, every day of your life, you CAN
do it!
Thank you to the uploader and the Director. Brilliant hard hitting
documentary on the perils of alcoholism. In a majority of the cases, I seem
to infer that the chances of one becoming addicted to alcohol increases
tenfold if one hasn’t had a good upbringing, or has been abused in any way,
or comes from a broken home. Any updates on Mark?
Alcohol addiction is HELL! I can relate to what these precious people are
going through. I couldn’t go anywhere with out Alcohol on me and in me. I
have blacked out often one time I blacked out drunk waking up outside…
being woken up by a Police Officer because someone called them thinking I
was dead. I couldn’t tell you how many times I have chugged large amounts
of booze and threw it back up just like the young man did in this
Documentary. The person commented on living a good lifestyle and making
fresh vegetable juice and taking hikes is good I just started juicing
recently myself.
I go to God he gives me the strength to get through the day sober!, I’ve
tried the medications and they didn’t work for me. God helps me. God Bess
you all.
Whilst I don’t take joy in watching this (who could.), it is a good
reminder of how things were, seeing mark needing a drink like that, it
brings it back. Been sober over a year now and walking up in the morning
with no edge to take off and no drinking all day to keep the edge at a good
safe distance is an amazing gift. Its very freeing. But it becomes real
life, everyday so the gratitude goes down. Then I watch this and I feel
very grateful again. Watching this I fear drinking. but Im grateful I dont.
I´m an alcoholic and I have been watching movies about alcohol addiction
because it helps me keep from drinking. The sadness it brings, and the fear
from an horrible death… is sometimes stronger than my cravings. My heart
was already half-broken from the alcohol abuse and the mediocre life I
live, and watching this documentary broke the rest of it. I cried a river.
Being an alcoholic is experiencing hell on earth. But I believe it can be
cured. I really believe it. I sugest the reading of the book “The End Of My
Addiction” by Olivier Ameisen. This book has been a source of light in my
life and I´ve been able to keep from drinking most of my days, and most of
all to have a real hope for a cure, after reading it. My best wishes for
everyone who suffers from this disease, like I do. Please do not give up
trying. Alcoholism CAN be cured.
ps.: I must say that AA didn´t work for me and being judged about that was
a factor that made me feel even more depressed. I don´t believe that
alcoholism is uncurable and I also don´t believe in God, to me that´s is a
myth but I respect who belives in it… AA believes in both things and I am
not an eligible person to AA, going to meetings always made feel like I was
lying to people and alcoholics must not lie, ever, that´s a true I´ve
learned from AA and in that I believe.
I’m sorry but Nigel was fuckin lying. You don’t get hardcore liver
cirrhosis from alcohol ten years after your last drink. Doesn’t fuckin
happen. He was probably hittin’ the bottle up until the moment they put
him in the hospital.
God that was terrifying.
I’m an alcoholic and this scared the shit out of me, I wish I had the
ability to stop. I don’t understand it.Icant stop.
Thankyou for doing this documentary, as a person who has had personal
experience with alcoholisim i found it extremely harrowing to see the
denial and suffering of not just the alcoholic, but the family members who
are just as powerless. Very powerful film.
it made me open my eyes I’m an alcoholic I’m seeking help now thanks for
the upload bro..
8:00…The jaundice visible “in” the bloke’s eyes is so stark that it is
heartbreaking…
____Yes, I could easily search this up on Bing and such, and I have, and
will continue to do so every day out of paranoid-justification-curiosity
(yes, you read that correctly; make of it what you will, I know what I’m
trying to convey): I drink one 750 ml bottle of red wine every night, and
it has 12.5% alcohol by volume. I have been doing this for a few weeks now.
How bad is this affecting my body? I am 22, but feel completely healthy and
never get hangovers anymore (unless I push well beyond my limits). I feel
the need to drink only at night, and I usually start around midnight and
open and finish an entire bottle of wine within 2-4 hours, depending on my
“ambition” and intensity; I always finish the bottle, however.
____From this brief anecdote, do you think that I am an alcoholic? Am I
killing myself, or can the human body safely handle one 750 ml bottle of
wine per day? I will accept true evidence and anecdotal reports as answers,
if you even wish to weigh in.
vanda died then I think that mark guy did as well I’m glad they are no
longer a burden on society and the taxpayer and no longer suffering and in
pain
I wish I could under their accents better. This is hard to listen to.