April 24, 2025

The Journey from Addiction to Recovery: A Playlist of Over 40 Stories

This playlist is a powerful source of inspiration that will take you on a journey from addiction to recovery. It features real-life experiences of individuals who overcame their struggle with addiction and found a new way of life through sobriety. You’ll hear firsthand about the challenges they faced, the losses they endured, and the strength it took to get sober. But most importantly, this playlist is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit in the midst of adversity. Every story shared is a reminder that it’s never too late to change your life for the better. So, if you’re struggling with addiction or know someone who is, take heart in the powerful message of this playlist that you too can overcome and rise above your circumstances to find a better, healthier way of life.
April 24, 2025

The Road to Recovery: 6 Personal Stories

This compelling documentary features six people who detail their poignant journey from addiction to recovery, including discussions of relapse. They discuss their childhood trauma and it is evident that these distressing experiences propelled their addictions. The emotional pain, too much to bare, led to their substance abuse because, as they describe, being intoxicated was a relief, a break, from their lives. They all hit their own personal rock bottoms and each found recovery through various treatment options.
April 24, 2025

Lost Angeles: City of Homelessness

Homelessness in Los Angeles is a deep-rooted and multifaceted issue that has persisted for decades. Despite numerous efforts to address it, the problem continues to grow year after year. This documentary explores the underlying causes of homelessness, which is arguably the most pressing issue facing the city today. FOX 11 interviews experts on homelessness, as well as those who are experiencing it firsthand, to understand how we arrived at this point and what steps can be taken to make meaningful progress toward a solution.
April 24, 2025

Las Vegas Homeless Community Living in Underground Tunnels

Did you know that 1,500 homeless people are living in tunnels beneath Las Vegas? Beneath the billion-dollar casinos, upscale nightclubs, and Michelin-star restaurants lies an underground world that seems almost unbelievable—until you see it for yourself. Drew Binsky partnered with Rob from the Shine a Light Foundation, who led him into this hidden world to meet the people living there and hear their stories firsthand.
April 24, 2025

Overdose Crisis on the US-Canada Border: Steel Town Down

In 2017, tens of thousands lost their lives to opioid overdoses across the US and Canada, surpassing the peak death toll of the AIDS epidemic. In Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the burden of this crisis rests on a few individuals working tirelessly to keep their community safe, mirroring the struggles in countless North American towns. Steel Town Down offers an intimate look at the town's lone harm reduction worker and a family's desperate efforts to save their son from becoming another victim of the epidemic.
April 24, 2025

Methadone Mile: Inside Boston’s Drug Epidemic

This video uncovers the complex reality behind Methadone Mile, speaking with everyone from Harvard doctors and crack dealers to addicts fighting for survival and those who have overcome addiction to help others. As they dig deeper, they explore how this notorious area came to be, uncovering how a single failed infrastructure project may have played a pivotal role in the hundreds now living on the streets of Boston. This episode is sponsored by Better Help.
April 24, 2025

Flood: The Overdose Epidemic in Canada

This documentary travels across Canada to discuss the magnitude of the opioid crisis / overdose epidemic and the importance of harm reduction initiatives across communities. You’ll learn about what harm reduction entails and why it is essential to combating this crisis because “since 2016, more than 12,800 Canadians lost their lives due to fatal overdoses.”
April 23, 2025

Gambling Interview – Archie Karas (Soft White Underbelly)

Soft White Underbelly interviews Archie Karas, a gambler who arrived in Las Vegas in 1995, gambling with just $50. He then turned it into $40 million within three years, but then lost it all in just three weeks. Archie Karas passed away at the age of 73 in 2024.
April 23, 2025

Pieces of a Dream: A Story of Gambling

When Phillip Wong died by suicide, his family believed that staying silent might ease their pain. But his sister, filmmaker Michelle Wong, felt compelled to understand what had led him to end his life at just 36 years old. Through intimate conversations with those who knew Phillip best and her own honest reflections, Michelle embarks on a deeply personal journey. As she gently unravels layers of silence, she uncovers Phillip’s hidden struggle with gambling disorder and his descent into isolation, desperation, and depression. Set against the contrasting backdrops of Las Vegas’s bustling casinos and the quiet streets of St. Paul, Alberta, the documentary lays bare the raw grief of those left behind. As feelings of guilt, sorrow, and shame surface, a once-fragmented family slowly begins to rebuild a sense of closeness. This powerful and heart-wrenching film captures one sister’s relentless search for truth and healing—for herself, her family, and others impacted by addiction.