Addiction: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: March 15, 2007

Summary: Part of HBO's multi-pronged effort to highlight substance abuse in America, this feature-length documentary is composed of nine short films dealing with the causes, costs, and treatments of drug and alcohol addicition.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E18. Montana Meth
Air Date: March 18, 2007
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S1:E17. Cracked Not Broken
Air Date: March 18, 2007
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S1:E16. A Mother's Desperation
Air Date: March 18, 2007

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Sacha Zimmerman

"Addiction" does not make the viewer a voyeur, but rather a participant in the need for more and better solutions. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

A wide-ranging work and a compelling one. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

An example of the pay cable channel at its finest. Read full review

Heather Havrilesky

This enlightening series clearly has an agenda: to help addicts and their families set aside the guilt and anger associated with addiction long enough to do the concrete work of thoroughly treating the disease. Read full review

Robert Abele

[It] has a certain instructional dryness. Read full review

Brian Lowry

The overall approach, though, inevitably yields a series of individual images as opposed to a cohesive perspective, relying upon various directors to capture the sometimes harrowing, sometimes heartbreaking scope of the problem. Read full review

Verne Gay

A relentlessly grim and deeply depressing viewing experience. Read full review

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EmilyM

Mar 29, 2007

I was a user. I am not powerless to any drug. I got clean with out phych meds. the numbers they show for people beomming clean are so discuragings, I used the 12 step approach but it failed I am not powerless of any drug and not a victiom nor do I have a deasie. I got high because I wanted I was a user. I am not powerless to any drug. I got clean with out phych meds. the numbers they show for people beomming clean are so discuragings, I used the 12 step approach but it failed I am not powerless of any drug and not a victiom nor do I have a deasie. I got high because I wanted to because I had NO confront. I got clean in a non tradition 100% drug free rehab, and have been for over a year. I think the program give people a reason to continue using and gives them reason to relapse because it shows that there is no hope unless you substitute one drug for another, and still relapse can occure. This may just be my view point but I feel as though I am NOT alone.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 15, 2007
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  S1:E18. Montana Meth
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E17. Cracked Not Broken
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E16. A Mother's Desperation
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E15. South Boston Drug Court
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E14. Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E13. Treating Stimulant Addiction: The CBT Approach
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E12. Getting an Addict into Treatment: The CRAFT Approach
  Air Date: March 18, 2007
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  S1:E11. Cracked Not Broken
  Air Date: March 17, 2007
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  S1:E10. An Interview with Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
  Air Date: March 17, 2007
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  S1:E9. An Interview with Michael Dennis, Ph.D.
  Air Date: March 17, 2007
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  S1:E8. An Interview with Mark Willenbring, M.D.
  Air Date: March 17, 2007
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  S1:E7. An Interview with Nora Volkow, M.D.
  Air Date: March 17, 2007
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  S1:E6. TV Junkie
  Air Date: March 16, 2007
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  S1:E5. The Adolescent Addict
  Air Date: March 16, 2007
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  S1:E4. The Search for Treatment: A Challenging Journey
  Air Date: March 16, 2007
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  S1:E3. Understanding Relapse
  Air Date: March 16, 2007
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  S1:E2. What is Addiction?
  Air Date: March 16, 2007
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  S1:E1. Addiction
  Air Date: March 15, 2007