Termenul desemnează un hobby destul de bizar: tipi care stau cât e ziua de lungă pe peronul gării și notează sosirea și plecarea trenurilor. Noaptea, ei compară notițele cu cele din ziua precedentă, observă ce s-a schimbat în mersul trenurilor, îi sună pe ceilalți pentru a se ține la curent unii pe alții cu mișcările trenurilor. În argoul drogaților, se referă la urmele înțepăturilor de pe brațele lor, care se înșiră aidoma gărilor de-a lungul căilor ferate. Pentru a face și mai incredibil personajul interpretat de mine, am fost tentat la un moment dat să iau heroină. Apoi am renunțat. Efectele acestui drog sunt foarte bine descrise în romanul lui Irvine Welsh. - Ewan McGregor

Newly engaged Shelby John and Ruby Red want a fresh start after their struggles with addiction, but when Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on their porch, he embarks on a vengeful killing spree of the dealers who supplied her. Armed with nothing but adrenaline and a nail gun, Shelby begins to unleash chaos on the town’s criminal underbelly, as he hunt’s down crime lord Coyote. Sheriff Church must race against the clock to put an end to Shelby's vigilante justice before the entire town descends into a bloodbath.

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Bazat pe una dintre cele mai bine vândute cărți pe plan internațional, filmul spune povestea adevărată a lui James Bowen care încearcă cu disperare să scape de dependența de heroină prin intermediul unui program. S-a instalat într-un centru special pentru dependenții de droguri din Tottenham. Într-o seară, Bowen găsește o pisică cu o rană la picior. O duce la veterinar pentru a beneficia de tratamentul necesar. Pisica a început să îl urmeze peste tot. Realizând că nu va reuși să scape de ea, Bowen îi pune numele de Bob. Cei doi vor călători împreună cu autobuzul prin oraș, Bowen cântând la chitară pentru a-și câștiga existența. La scurt timp, cei doi devin un veritabil fenomen pentru turiștii care îi filmează și îi aplaudă. Legătura cu Bob este cea care l-a încurajat pe Bowen să renunțe încetul cu încetul la viciile sale.

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

A gritty mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth, where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one.

Anders își va termina în curând tratamentul într-un centru de reabilitare izolat. Unul din pașii din program este să meargă în oraș pentru un interviu legat de obținerea unui loc de muncă. Dar Anders profită de ocazie și rămâne în oraș, rătăcind pe străzi și întâlnindu-se cu prieteni vechi. La 34 de ani, Anders este deștept, frumos și de familie bună, dar bântuit de toate oportunitățile pe care le-a irosit. E încă tânăr, dar simte că din multe puncte de vedere viața i s-a terminat. Până la sfârșitul zilei și târziu în noapte, fantomele greșelilor din trecut se vor lupta cu șansa dragostei și posibilitatea unei noi vieți.

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.

In this high definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest newuroscientific research about addiction along the way.Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people in covery feel better understood, and their families and friends feel hope that recovery is possible.

Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest assholes in New York City.

In this emotionally compelling documentary, Sister Helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the South Bronx after the death of her husband and two sons. The film's fly-on-the-wall technique succeeds in capturing the day-to-day existence of Sister Helen and the various residents of the home.

An Oakland mayoral candidate struggles to figure out her personal and professional lives.

Life through the eyes of an addict.

The Out follows Liam, a thirty-five-year-old recovering heroin addict, as he looks after his young daughter for the first time since being out of prison and getting clean. These 24 hours see Liam piecing together the fragments of his life after prison and his complicated journey to recovery

Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in which they detox put them at risk.

A haunting, visceral exploration of addiction and one contemporary man's fearless and determined quest for healing and redemption through the ancient wisdom of the Bwiti and their 'magical' plant, Iboga. For those seeking a path out of darkness, this film is not to be missed.

This film points out the risks of being a heroin addict. Explains that addicts cannot be identified solely with one particular socio-economic level and cannot always be detected by appearance. Addicts and ex-addicts describe the first and subsequent drugs they used.

SPACED OUT written, edited and directed by Priyakanta Laishram is a movie dedicated to all the people who are on the road to recovery from drug addiction. The film is a realistic depiction of addiction and how there is no magic cure. The vicious cycle of progress and defeat tumbles the family of Panthoi (played by Priyakanta Laishram) through many years in this film chronicle. It also depicts the relationship of a drug addict with his loved ones that's pushed to the limits by a seemingly no-win situation. A meditation on memory and the difficulty of reconciling the happiness of the past with a present that's become too sad to bear. The film won 5 awards and 15 nominations including Best Actor In A Leading Role for Priyakanta, Best Narration, Best Screenplay etc. at various international and national film festivals.