Pathways
Movies about Recovery/Addiction
Harm Reduction
Famous People in Recovery
Cats
100

This is the most commonly used pathway that focuses on 12 steps developed in the early 1900s.

Alcoholics Anonymous

100

Sandra Bullock stars as an individual who enters inpatient treatment after a drunk driving accident at her sister's wedding.

28 Days

100

Assigning someone who would be willing to not engage in substances and drive if needed.

Designated driver

100

This person struggled with substance use for years and has been a bright face in recovery for a while now. He was also perfectly casted as Iron Man due to his past experiences.

Robert Downey Jr.

100

A swash-buckling feline from the movie Shrek

Puss in Boots

200

This is a scientific and behavioral approach to substance use, focusing on separating the individual from the behavior in order to address the behavior with less shame

SMART (Self Management And Recovery Training)

200

Denzel Washington stars as an airline pilot and heavy drinker, who avoids catastrophe by crash-landing his plane. 

Flight

200

An opioid antagonist that can be administered nasally to reverse an overdose

Naloxone (Narcan)

200
This person used his personal experience to bring life to Jack, one of the main characters in A Star is Born

Bradley Cooper

200

A cat from comics where he complains about Mondays.

Garfield

300
This is a group that focuses on physical activity for recovery. They have hiking, climbing, yoga and all sorts of other activities.

The Phoenix

300

A father-son story about meth use, starring Steve Carrell. 

Beautiful Boy

300

A method that uses Naltrexone or Vivitrol in conjunction with drinking to reduce cravings and desires to engage.

The Sinclair Method

300

A famous child-actor now talk show host, this person has been open about recovery and has starred in movies like E.T. and Charlie's Angels.

Drew Barrymore

300

This cat has quite a large grin with pink and purple markings.

Cheshire Cat

400

This is the Native American approach to the 12 Steps.

Wellbriety

400
A story about a group of heroine addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland, starring Ewan McGregor in his breakout role.

Trainspotting

400

A place that offers clean needles, saline water, pipes, tooters, bandaids and other harm reduction services

Sterile Needle Exchange

400

Someone who brings "rebellion" to the recovery world, this person has been open about her substance use. She was in Star Wars

Carrie Fisher

400

A black cat seen on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Salem

500

The term for when a person overcomes addiction without outside support or working a program

Natural Recovery
500

A documentary that aims to strip away the negative stigma attached to AUDs and SUDs and shows how rehabilitation is possible, starring multiple famous people.

The Anonymous People

500

What is capital Harm Reduction and how is it different from lowercase harm reduction?

Harm Reduction is reducing harm to the addiction community by advocating in legislature and other political platforms to destigmatize the community. Little harm reduction are the actions taken before, during or after substance use that can reduce harms.

500
This celebrity opened up more recently about his substance use and was a friend to those in need. His recent departure from this world has been felt across the US.

Matthew Perry

500

This hairless cat belongs to a certain evil doctor.

Mr. Bigglesworth