#makingascene

Feel Good feels terrible in a funny, charming way.

“I don’t need meetings, but this weird lady is going to be my sponsor!”

Oct 15 • Katie MacBride

Nurse Jackie and the cognitive dissonance of addiction

Five words, one cliché, and a frustratingly common truth.

Sep 3 • Katie MacBride

The most accurate depiction of what it’s like to be a blackout drinker in denial

"It’s like a suctioning of the soul, being told the things your body does when your mind is in that dead zone."

Aug 13 • Katie MacBride

Sandra Bullock and the best rehab movie of our time

"This is not a way to live; this is a way to die."

Jul 9 • Katie MacBride

Making a scene: "How can you get enough of feeling like this?"

Leo McGarry and The West Wing’s subversion of a classic recovery-relapse trope.

Jun 4 • Katie MacBride

A unique sitcom character has a common drinking pattern

"Did I use to have a drinking problem??"

May 7 • Katie MacBride

Making a Scene: The most devastating scene in addiction movie history

Denzel Washington offers a master class in embodying an actual alcoholic, not simply a caricature of one.

Apr 9 • Katie MacBride

Making a Scene: Dr. Langdon’s amends are The Pitt(s)

Langdon, you baby-faced benzo-burglar—what are you doing??

Feb 26 • Katie MacBride

Introducing 'Making A Scene:' "All Her Fault" scene deep dive

A (mostly) spoiler-free look Peter's "addicts lie" scene in episode five.

Jan 29 • Katie MacBride

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