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On Robin Williams in “The Fisher King” by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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It’s been nearly a year since Robin Williams took his life, finally succumbing to the depression he had masked so successfully in comedy for decades. But I’ll confess something now that I (and many other critics) couldn’t then: I rarely looked forward to a Robin Williams movie. There’s some irony to the fact that eulogizing Williams brought his critics closer to the father he played in one of his...

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We Admitted We Were Powerless: Addiction and Recovery in "Clean and Sober" by Daniel Carlson

By Yasmina Tawil

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A searching and fearless moral inventory. Thats the phrase laid down by Bill W. in the part of AAs Big Book that outlines the twelve steps needed for recovery. Inventorys the fourth step, and it means taking an account of everything youve done thats caused harm to yourself or others. The point of the inventory is to give the addict a sense of scale and responsibility, underlining the effects of...

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We Admitted We Were Powerless: Addiction and Recovery in "Clean and Sober" by Daniel Carlson

By Yasmina Tawil

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“A searching and fearless moral inventory.” That’s the phrase laid down by Bill W. in the part of AA’s Big Book that outlines the twelve steps needed for recovery. Inventory’s the fourth step, and it means taking an account of everything you’ve done that’s caused harm to yourself or others. The point of the inventory is to give the addict a sense of scale and responsibility, underlining the...

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