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Podcast: Don’t Hide The Scars. Presented By PAIN: Parents & Addicts In Need
Episode: How Can Film & TV Help Fight Addiction? What is Recovery Movie Meet-Ups? With Guest Ted Perkins
Description: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with special guest Ted Perkins of Recovery Movie Meet-Ups. Ted is a former Hollywood studio executive, screenwriter and peer support group leader.
Ted would entertain people with lavish trips in which alcohol was often a part of getting studio deals done. We talk about how this led more and more to his personal excess and reaching the point of enough being enough and Ted starting his sober journey.
In his sobriety, his creativity began to thrive again. He was inspired to create Recovery Movie Meet-Ups, which us...