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We were up in Martha's Vineyard. And I just remember
him stripped to the waist with this belly out, and he was sort of
howling at the moon and saying, "You
and I are alike. We're addicts!" He was mostly
clean for over a year. Well, that must've been
a screaming hell for him. Drugs aren't the problem.
Sobriety is the problem. Because he had no support group to sort of tell him how to
deal with what comes up when you stop doing drugs. You're not doings
drugs for no reason. And so once your management
medication is removed, all those feelings that it's
been sitting on come up, and you have no coping skills. So you can't trust yourself
him stripped to the waist with this belly out, and he was sort of
howling at the moon and saying, "You
and I are alike. We're addicts!" He was mostly
clean for over a year. Well, that must've been
a screaming hell for him. Drugs aren't the problem.
Sobriety is the problem. Because he had no support group to sort of tell him how to
deal with what comes up when you stop doing drugs. You're not doings
drugs for no reason. And so once your management
medication is removed, all those feelings that it's
been sitting on come up, and you have no coping skills. So you can't trust yourself
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We were up in Martha's Vineyard.
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And I just remember
him stripped to the waist
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with this belly out,
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and he was sort of
howling at the moon
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and saying, "You
and I are alike.
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We're addicts!"
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He was mostly
clean for over a year.
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Well, that must've been
a screaming hell for him.
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Drugs aren't the problem.
Sobriety is the problem.
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Because he had no support group
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to sort of tell him how to
deal with what comes up
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when you stop doing drugs.
00:00:38.537 --> 00:00:41.555
You're not doings
drugs for no reason.
00:00:41.591 --> 00:00:46.193
And so once your management
medication is removed,
00:00:46.228 --> 00:00:49.063
all those feelings that it's
been sitting on come up,
00:00:49.666 --> 00:00:53.003
and you have no coping skills.
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So you can't trust yourself.
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Movie Summary
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi's death, director R.J. Cutler's documentary examines the too-short life of once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audi...
