Living life with an addiction can be an excruciating hardship, especially when facing it alone. However, beneficial relationships and support from rehab centers can save lives from falling into the deep pit of depression and defeat when battling an addiction. For the Writers in Treatment organization, it plans to be the helping hand for writers who struggle with drug or alcohol addictions.
For writers and creators who struggle with addiction, Writers in Treatment is hosting the Reel Recovery Film Festival. With seven multi-day festivals held in locations from Los Angeles to the East Coast, writers, authors or poets nationwide can celebrate their sobriety through the arts, creation, film and language.
Based in California, the Writers in Treatment organization desires to be an additional source of recovery and support for writers who are threatened by alcoholism and substance abuse. The organization is created by professional counselors and writers who can refer addicts to lifesaving treatment of drug rehab centers.
Rather than spending a day out on the beaches of Los Angeles, innovative writers may spend hours in isolation creating content to meet publishers’ deadlines. These storytellers may even feel anger when struggling to piece their stories together. From this seclusion and frustration, it can be easy for writers to abuse alcohol and drugs.
Reported by Writers in Treatment’s website, “Too often writers and poets who work alone at home, in a publisher’s cubicle, or in a cabin retreat succumb to the deadly combination of isolation and addiction.” The negative behavior of drug addiction will eventually require the assistance of rehab centers to restore hope for troubled creators. However, the Reel Recovery Film Festival serves as a reminder that addictions are real, yet manageable, while uniting inspired writers, authors and poets alike.
For creators living in Los Angeles, the Reel Recovery Film Festival will run for its seventh year at the end of October 2015. Each day of the festival features a collection of short films created by local filmmakers to expose the truths about living with addictions. The videos feature realistic storylines of consequences to substance abuse including homelessness, mental illnesses, broken relationship, help found from drug rehab centers and more.
The festival will wrap up on Oct. 29, 2015, with a special closing-night event featuring Dr. Gabor Mate who specializes in the study of addictions and actress Ione Skye to discuss literature, films, addiction and recovery.
For anyone who is experiencing the harsh reality of addiction, recovery can be sought from many beneficial organizations and rehabilitation facilities. This restoration of hope can help writers in Los Angeles continue their passion for creating while suppressing their threatening addictions.
Jeffrey Herbert is a health writer reporter for Fusion 360, an SEO and content marketing agency. Information provided by Miramar Recovery Center. Follow on Twitter
For writers and creators who struggle with addiction, Writers in Treatment is hosting the Reel Recovery Film Festival. With seven multi-day festivals held in locations from Los Angeles to the East Coast, writers, authors or poets nationwide can celebrate their sobriety through the arts, creation, film and language.
Based in California, the Writers in Treatment organization desires to be an additional source of recovery and support for writers who are threatened by alcoholism and substance abuse. The organization is created by professional counselors and writers who can refer addicts to lifesaving treatment of drug rehab centers.
Rather than spending a day out on the beaches of Los Angeles, innovative writers may spend hours in isolation creating content to meet publishers’ deadlines. These storytellers may even feel anger when struggling to piece their stories together. From this seclusion and frustration, it can be easy for writers to abuse alcohol and drugs.
Reported by Writers in Treatment’s website, “Too often writers and poets who work alone at home, in a publisher’s cubicle, or in a cabin retreat succumb to the deadly combination of isolation and addiction.” The negative behavior of drug addiction will eventually require the assistance of rehab centers to restore hope for troubled creators. However, the Reel Recovery Film Festival serves as a reminder that addictions are real, yet manageable, while uniting inspired writers, authors and poets alike.
For creators living in Los Angeles, the Reel Recovery Film Festival will run for its seventh year at the end of October 2015. Each day of the festival features a collection of short films created by local filmmakers to expose the truths about living with addictions. The videos feature realistic storylines of consequences to substance abuse including homelessness, mental illnesses, broken relationship, help found from drug rehab centers and more.
The festival will wrap up on Oct. 29, 2015, with a special closing-night event featuring Dr. Gabor Mate who specializes in the study of addictions and actress Ione Skye to discuss literature, films, addiction and recovery.
For anyone who is experiencing the harsh reality of addiction, recovery can be sought from many beneficial organizations and rehabilitation facilities. This restoration of hope can help writers in Los Angeles continue their passion for creating while suppressing their threatening addictions.
Jeffrey Herbert is a health writer reporter for Fusion 360, an SEO and content marketing agency. Information provided by Miramar Recovery Center. Follow on Twitter