Elliott Smith was a musician who captured his troubled emotions through his melancholic singing and intimate song writing. His most popular song “Between The Bars”…
Honey Boy is a movie written by Shia LaBeouf while he was in therapy working through his PTSD from his rocky childhood. The movie centers…
The song Sober by Demi Lovato highlights her struggle with substance abuse and recovery. Substance Use Disorder is characterized by frequent, heavy use, and physical…
“The Glass Castle” is a memoir by Jeannette Walls which details her childhood growing up in a family with an intelligent, yet unfortunately alcoholic father…
Keeping our personal and professional lives separate is something many of us strive for. But, as Johnene Canfield recently discovered, we only have so much…
Glennon Doyle Melton delivers a moving TED Talk that exposes her struggles with shame and addiction starting from an early age. Using binging and alcohol…
These are among the pieces made by Jackson Pollock during the time he was receiving Jungian psychoanalysis for alcoholism. Such works are often referred to…
A 2013 blockbuster hit, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master tells the story of the improbable relationship between Freddie Quell, played by Joaquin Phoenix, a troubled…
