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TELLING ADDICTION
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Program 10-03-07-A |
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Mary Karr is a best-selling writer, a mother and an alcoholic. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Karr talks about her journey from addiction to awe. Also, we hear from a doctor who claims he beat the bottle by taking a commonly prescribed drug that could help millions of people - if only pharmaceutical companies could make money off it. And, the addictive lure of life on line - in the documentary "Life 2.0."
SEGMENT 1:
Gabor Maté is a physician at OnSite, a Vancouver detox facility and the only supervised injection site in North America. He's also the author of "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts." He tells Jim Fleming that addicts are always the victims of abuse, and addiction is far more common in our society than we want to admit.
SEGMENT 2:
Mary Karr's first memoir was "The Liar's Club" and a best-seller. The new one is called "Lit" and chronicles her alcoholism and alcoholic family. She talks with Steve Paulson. Also, Marshall Boswell, author of "Understanding David Foster Wallace" recalls that writer's fictional take on Alcoholics Anonymous. And, Dr. Olivier Ameisen was a cardiologist until his alcoholism left his life in tatters. He found relief with the a drug that eliminates his cravings for alcohol. But it's an old drug, so there's no profit incentive to research this new use. He tells the story to Anne Strainchamps, and in his book "The End of My Addiction." It's now out in paperback under the title "Heal Thyself."
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Jason Spingarn-Koff is a film-maker whose new documentary is called "Life 2.0." It tells the stories of several people who immerse themselves in the "Second Life" computer game – some to the point where they confuse their game life with their real life. Jim Fleming talks with the film-maker and we hear excerpts.
CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 10-03-07-A.
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| Olivier Ameisen, Heal Thyself:
A Doctor at the Peak of His Medical Career, Destroyed by Alcohol--and
the Personal Miracle That Brought Him Back (FSG) Originally published in hardcover as The End of My Addiction (Sarah Crichton Books, FSG) |
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| Gabor Mate, In the Realm of
Hungry Ghosts (North Atlantic Books) |
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| Jason Spingarn-Koff, director
of the documentary "Life 2.0" |
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- Life 2.0 website
http://www.life2movie.com/
- Olivier Ameisen website
http://www.olivierameisen.com/en/
- Gabor Maté website
http://www.drgabormate.com/
- -Triptych Part 3/ Blockhead/
from the album "Music by Cavelight"/ Ninja Tune
- -Broken Cubicles/ Guilty Social Scene/ from the album
"Feel Good Lost"/Arts and Crafts Productions
- -Into Dust/ Mazzy Star/ from the album "So Tonight
That I Might See"/ Capitol Records
- -Art of Motion/ Andy McKee/ from the album "Art
of Motion"/Candy Rat Records
- -Practice is Perfect/ Andy McKee/ from the album "Art
of Motion"/Candy Rat Records
- -Bullfight in Ireland/ Blockhead/from the album "Music by Cavelight" / Ninja Tune
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