Videos, Movies

Video & Movie Resources

What is Addiction?– Very informative and helpful in understanding what the disease of addiction is. (Addiction Policy Forum, 7/18/17)

RecoveryHappensCT – Together We Are Stronger. Some of the TriCircle facilitators share parts of their journey. (Recovery Happens Here, CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services)

Raising Awareness of Opioid Addiction – Chasing the Dragon – a documentary from the FBI and DEA (2/4/16)

Addiction is a Disease – TED Talk given by Michael Botticelli (4/21/17)

Childhood Trauma Lasts a Lifetime – Nadine Burke Harris at TEDMED 2014 (2/17/15)

What’s Your Story? Family Addiction and the Brain – TED Talk given by Dr. Melissa Vayda

Rewriting the Story of My Addiction – TED Talk given by Jo Harvey Weatherford

Recover out loud – TED Talk given by Tara Conner, Miss USA 2006

PBS Nova: Addiction  Discover how opioid addiction affects the brain and how evidence-based treatments are saving lives. (10/17/18)

Everyday Addiction Interventions: Loving and Relentless – TED Talk given by Susan Riegler

Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong – TED Talk given by Johann Hari

The Addiction Series – Episode 1 – Turning the science of addiction into stories that stick

The Addiction Series – Episode 2 – Turning the science of addiction into stories that stick

The Addiction Series – Episode 3 – Turning the science of addiction into stories that stick

The Addiction Series – Episode 4 – Turning the science of addiction into stories that stick

How Isolation Fuels Opioid Addiction – TED Talk given by Rachel Wurzman

The Rise of Fentanyl: Drug Addiction on the I-95 – Two Years On

Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis | (Full Documentary)

What is NARCAN® (naloxone) Nasal Spray (includes video)

LiveLoud Families – The Paraphernalia Project with Ana Gopoian