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Loudermilk continues to lead his Sober Friends Group while trying to take care of his baby brother who was abandoned by his mother. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Aug 14, 2023 - 1 comment

In the wake of discovering that his ex-wife married his former roommate/friend/sponsor Ben, taking a shot of bourbon at Mardi Gras, losing his role as a Sober Friends counselor at the church, and sleeping with his neighbor Allison, Loudermilk continues to try to help members of his group in the storage closet of a record store/coffee shop. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Aug 9, 2023 - 5 comments

Sam Loudermilk, a former music critic, is a recovering alcoholic in charge of a local Sober Friends (drug and alcohol recovery support group). In order to continue holding his meetings at the local church, misanthropic Loudermilk is charged with helping a parishioner's addict daughter. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Aug 9, 2023 - 5 comments

The second (and final) season of the series follows recovering addict and comedian Mae, who is trying to control the addictive behaviors and intense romanticism that permeate every facet of her life. (Netflix, Channel 4) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Jun 6, 2021 - 3 comments

Mae Martin stars as herself, a Canadian comedian living in London, navigating a relationship with her new girlfriend, George and dealing with sobriety. (Netflix, 6 x half-hour episodes) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Mar 22, 2020 - 7 comments

This week....

• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married. Next!
• North Korea may call off the summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un over demands that the country denuclearize. John Bolton says on air they were using "The Libyan model," which turns out to be the worst thing he could have said; autocrats the world over have obsessed over Gadaffi's horrible death since it happened in 2011.
• And Now: Local News Gets A Little Too British For The Royal Wedding ("Hello gov'ner." "Cheerio!" "Hallo hallo!" "Tally-ho." "A spot of tea?" etc.)
• Main Story: Rehab, a 35 billion dollar industry. Federal law requires health insurance to pay for some of it, but there are no federal standards for what "Rehab" means, leading to a situation ripe for abuse by unscrupulous people.
• And Now: Just Look At This Bunch of Royal Wedding Shit.

The Rehab segment is on YouTube. If you are suffering from addiction, instead of jumping right into a rehab clinic that may have a strong motive to take advantage of you, you could try The American Board of Preventative Medicine's search site for board-certified doctors, here. [more inside]
posted by JHarris on May 21, 2018 - 6 comments