![]() ![]() Euphoria portrays it in a powerful, non-sexual, seemingly-healthy way, and again, I found the scene very moving and authentic. I think most sober people that I know would frown upon that dynamic. First, it’s a 50-year-old dude sponsoring a 17- or 18-year-old high school girl. Two parts about this scene did make me raise my eyebrows, though. I’ve never seen anything that thorough about recovery, and I found myself nodding along for most of it. There is a diner scene in one of the later episodes in Season 1 where a struggling addict kid sits down with a guy who has a long time sober working in a 12-step program. There is a ton of sobriety and recovery in this show, too. So think about how much you want to actually know before you fire up Euphoria. But… I bet lots of sober people with kids will find this flat-out horrifying and cover their eyes. I bet lots of you fellow addict and alcoholic parents will see it that way. ![]() I will say this to all of the sober parents out there: As a father to several teenagers, I found the show to be scary but illuminating in understanding my kids and what they face every day, what people probably text them, what temptations are out there. Overdoing it, fighting, lashing out with words, breaking up with one person and hooking up with another, terrible day-after hangovers, lying to parents… oof, it’s too accurate, and it’s obvious that people with experience themselves play a huge part in putting this show together. I’d proceed with caution for all those addicts out there.īut as far as accuracy, I recognized a lot of the mayhem. The entire show revolves around drugs and alcohol and wild party scenes. In fact, if you struggle with addiction yourself, I gotta say, you might want to avoid this show because I could see it being quite triggering. Like, I don’t know that I have ever seen more partying in a tv show or movie than exists in Euphoria. I will try to do a spoiler-free review in case you want to give the show a try.Īll right, let me start with the way that drugs and alcohol are represented on the show. I have no experience whatsoever with that, RIGHT?!?! Almost every one of the kid’s is flailing around, trying to figure out who they are, and many of them use drugs and alcohol to help them figure that out. The show is very complex and nuanced, but the plot description is pretty simple: It’s young adults, mostly high school students, doing what young adults do-they have messy experiments with drugs, alcohol, sex, love and identity. ![]() The two biggest stars in the show are probably Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney, though you might recognize Eric Dane, too (he was a doctor on Grey’s Anatomy). It’s now four or five episodes into Season 2. I’ve certainly seen my fair share of ridiculous portrayals, that’s for sure.įor my first Sober Review, I decided to watch the first season of the HBO show Euphoria. I’ll give you an overall grade and opinion on what I thought of the show, but I will also assess the way the show treats addicts and alcoholics. I’m going to take TV shows and movies in which addiction and/or recovery are a central part of the show, and I’ll review them. So with that in mind, I’d like to introduce you to Sober Review. In fact, I can’t remember the last show that ran for any length of time where drugs and alcohol were NOT a part of the show. I have been watching a ton of TV and movies in my free time the past year or so, and it’s been remarkable how much addiction and recovery end up being plot lines these days. ![]()
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