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5 Movies to Watch to Detox Your Reality

by Kathrin Garner

Movies are now the part and parcel of our life. Throughout the whole day, whenever we have some moments we prefer to watch a movie. These movies sometimes inspire us and give us numerous suggestions that we were looking for.

Research also shows that watching movies influences our lives. That influence solely depends on us, either we want it to make betterment or to falsify the situation. Countless movies are available that can positively impact your life.

If you are struggling with drug addiction and/or toxic life, it is a little bit difficult task to get inspiration and to quit the addiction. Here are the movies that can help you to get inspiration to increase your willpower so you can fight the situation. Guiding yourself through safe medical detox solutions with alcohol rehab.

To help you in your journey, we have compiled the best movies that can help you to detox the bitter reality. 

Clean and Sober (1988)

Has anyone faced the situation of Daryl, adopting habits like drug addiction and embezzling money of company during the job? Daryl makes misdeeds to his employer and loses his job. To rescue himself, he went to rehab where he met Craig, rehab counselor. Craig makes Daryl realize that his life is in disarray because of drug addiction.

Daryl confesses his misdeeds and accepts the challenge to change his toxic habits of addiction. Sometimes, love becomes the major supporter for you to break up the horizon of bad habits and develop new ones for a better life. The movie reflects a beautiful combination that how some accidental changes and the presence of some people can alter your life. 

The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Leading changes can happen from anywhere. If prison could, then why don’t a movie for you. That’s exactly the situation for Jim. During his teenage life, he falls addicted to drugs. After being entangled by the drug dealers, Jim went to his mom. But she hands away him to the police. A great basketball player and a happy man was now in prison.

That was the turning point in Jim’s life. He overcame the addiction habits in the prison and started his journey toward a drug-free life. If you made eye contact with this movie, it can provide you tips and guide for a healthy and drug-free life. 

28 Days (2000)

How few days like 28 can influence the life of a drug-addicted person? The movie has a beautiful lesson with Gwen (a columnist) in the rehab center for 28 days with Eddie. Gwen makes serious trouble in her life and also spoiled the wedding of her sister. Then she went to the rehab center for 28 days. There she comes in contact with different patients, especially the basketball player Eddie.

The movie portrays the protagonist works hard and overcomes her alcohol addiction. Not only that, but she also normalizes and sorts out her issues with her friend and sister. Making good relations, taking inspiration, and working hard can help you to in achievement of a better life.

Flight (2012)

High flights without the controls can lead to crash landings. Whip, a brilliant pilot takes off the plane while he is drunk and sleepless for the last night. He manages to safely land on the ground with the six people dead and his co-pilot in a comma. After the confirmation of alcohol use on the crash day and during the NTSB meeting, he was arrested. 

During the prisoned time of 13 months, he utilizes his time as an opportunity and kicks off his habit of addiction. He returned clean from the prison and was satisfied. That’s how addiction can ruin the character, personal, and professional life of anyone with a strong impact on the family as well. And a single opportunity can make you a normal man living a saint life.

Rush (1991)

How love and job can be a game-changer for fighting to acquire the best version of life and partner for you? The two anti-narcotics officers make the movies inspirational with a motivational lesson. Raynor picks up Cates as his investigating partner, and both fell to drug addiction. 

Raynor tells cates they both have to rely on each other during the journey of dealing with drug dealers. He also teaches her how to use the drugs safely as they may encounter a situation with dealers. As expected, Cates has to ingest drugs in presence of dealers, and soon she becomes addicted. Raynor tried to help Cates, but he also becomes addicted during the investigation. Both helped each other to overcome the addiction, and Raynor was died by an unknown person. The ending was surprising and Cates murder the drug dealer boss, Gaines. 

The movie shows the efforts that Raynor and Cates made to overcome addiction and finally did it. You also have to make efforts to live a life a healthy life with fruitful habits.

Conclusion

You are not the only one suffering from toxic reality and need an initiative to detox your life. Nowadays, different types of people suffer from different addictions and undergo various efforts to quit drug use. These movies also portray the efforts and success of people dealing with addiction. They can inspire you to take the steps for a drug-free life. 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathrin Garner is an enthusiastic journalist and writes articles on social issues. As an activist, she takes part in Drug Free Pennsylvania program, which is a discussion platform on the relevant detoxification methods. So, if you want to know the best how to detox your body and an expert review of THC detox products, feel free to contact her. She searches for current issues, and writes about them to a wide range of readers.