Getting Free: Stories of Breaking Addictions

Name: Getting Free: Stories of Breaking Addictions
Director: Russell Smith,Philip Dorling
Released: 2025

Russell Smith Philip Dorling 2025

Getting Free reveals the battles of addiction, what can lead to it, and the process of recovery. Seven real people tell their stories of using a Buddhist-inspired approach. The documentary addresses all forms of addiction, such as heroin, fentanyl, alcohol, porn, sex, meth, cocaine, and overeating. With locations ranging from rural South Carolina and Wisconsin to cities like Los Angeles and Seattle, Getting Free includes heartbreaking but uplifting accounts of people using meditation, compassion, and forgiveness to help one another. Breaking the stigma of anonymity, this is the first feature film that tells the stories of real people in recovery.

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Running Time:

90 Min. min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Russell Smith Philip Dorling

Producers:

Ash Burritt, Michael Cleaver, Russell Smith

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