AUTHENTICS - A film presented by SMART Recovery USA 

"There are as many ways to recover as there are individuals" made me cry. I have horrid religious trauma, and people often advertise AA as the "only" option - no hate towards AA but it just f*s me up and triggers me really badly. This time around I´ll go the SMART route. I finally feel human instead of some disgusting, poor hellspawn.

I'm in recovery, more white chips than I can count. And every time I slipped up I would beat myself up, and dreaded having to pick up another white chip. Going through the steps helped me understand why, and how to live sober. I can't talk about the times I hit a joint or being on meds in the meetings without feeling looked down on, so out of respect I don't. I stopped counting days and I learned to live in the moment. And my life has gotten tremendously better. But I'm worried about suggesting AA to people purely because of the fellowship and how toxic it can be.

Camera work and acting is better than most movies out there. impressed

I'm in recovery and this big man cried like a baby. Th ank you.

What an inspiring video, so authentic, and so well done. It was wonderful to see the story unfold with Smart teachings so subtly weaving in and out of it. On a personal note, I chose to go to Smart Recovery in 2005 and it opened the door to a whole new way of living. Since the day that I joined, I have been through more than one traumatic event, a major car crash, the sudden loss of my beloved partner when he woke up one morning and had a brain hemorrhage, and even chronic leukemia. Sounds like a lot, and it was and still is, but all of it is manageable using the Smart Recovery tools. After I became acquainted with the tools, I knew and still know that drinking is a choice, and not something I want to do, no matter what comes my way in life. I, too, hope this movie will gain a wider audience and find its way to places like Netflix and Amazon. There's no proselytizing in it; it's just a heartwarming and believable story about what's possible if you want to change your life. Thank you so much for producing this film. I'm sure it will help a lot of people realize that they are not helpless victims, that they can choose a different way to live.

Around 8 and half minutes was a beautiful scene 😥😏 humans helping humans. Thanks for the upload

Wow. Great short film and I have walked these shoes.. dont give up.. Hope exists.. It comes in the form of believers.. A Believer comes in the form any person, anywhere that refuses to give up and asks themselves, What else can I do to improve. How else can I help others.. Look to the left and to the right of you. The answer is right in front of us. The solution is ourselves. Bring people closer together.

Really enjoyed it. Tough to walk the balance between educational and entertaining. Appreciated that it wasn't preachy and especially that there wasn't a neat and tidy resolution for everyone. Most times, one can't fix the past and has to learn to live with it. Congratulations SMART!!

Perfect title! Very believable... well cast! Congratulations...(Fam and Friends facilitator, near Boston, MA)

Thank you for creating this movie! I am Facilitator and this will help my folks so much!

Addiction is a behavioral problem that can be changed and resolved.

Awesome! One of the best short films I’ve seen .

Love this movie ! Thank you for finally making

Loved it... one tiny thing recovery never has been like this for me; it’s a struggle and I seem to relapse more than these folks did, it seems like the woman just got clean instantly , but I did love it❤️

This is powerful as i begin to lose connection with my recovery it helps

Looking forward.

Interesting to see that fixing or amending relationship was a focus.

Great video. Thanks to the people who showed it to me :)

This is a great video. Thank you so much for creating and sharing it. ❤

cool !!!

Love it!!

I can't wait!

How can people not like this?

Damn. That was fantastic.

I work for Bear River Health in northern Michigan as a BHT/Facilitator, and I will be showing this to my group of 36 guys later this morning, great work here! looking forward to see what conversation it provokes with my guys.

Thank you so much for making such a wonderful and moving film. I think it's so important to try to make inroads into making it known what the range of options - like SMART - of mutual aid and support is out there and this is a great start. I just wish it had more views! Also, with a mind on making mistakes/stumbling, picking ourselves up and moving on - I love the fact that in the pre-film title sequence you have miss-spelled "Struggles" as "Stuggles" :-) From now on I am going refer to myself as someone who "Stuggles" with addictive behaviour :-) Keep up the great work SMART Recovery!

I saw this at the Conference in Chicago....

This is beautiful. I love it.

I was ready for this to be a big block of cheese. This is way better than cheddar...

This made me feel something

Me either!!

That was really good!

What is the song that starts at 0:34? I know it plays in a negative part of the video but it sounds cool.

I finally get my world and people

What's the title of the track at 32:35? did a shazam but it is always giving me different results.

Hey! It's Stiles's dad!

Everybody Loves a Happy ending, but those of us that are Addicted simply want an ending. this little film was cute, sweet but Not at all realistic. a habit becomes a routine and descends in to a nightmare, the kind that is ongoing that you often don't wake up from.

“ZucchiniTini!”

Is that Matthew McCaughey's brother?

*Struggle (it's misspelled in the intro)

My hearing isn't good, so I use cc (closed captioning). How does one fix cc to reflect what is truly said? I'll give a small example; starting at 10:37, cc says. "...want to do labels that's like finding out mr. Rogers was a car get it mr. Rogers was a crackhead [pause] mr. Rogers a lot of a crackhead I'm going don't think too much about it." I think what was said was "...want to do labels. That's like finding out Mr. Rogers was a crackhead. Mr. Rogers was a crackhead. Mr. Rogers wasn't a crackhead. I'm going, don't think too much about it." I'd be happy to go through line by line and edit the cc, if that's something someone can show me how to do.

What a waste of my time