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...native of Houston, Quaid discovered his true calling--acting--at age 18. He discovered cocaine after following his big brother Randy to Hollywood in the 1970s. One of his last roles before getting sober was the womanizing, pot-smoking producer in 1990's Postcards from the Edge. "That character was basically me," says Quaid. "It was fun to do." But then, he says, "I had one of those white-light experiences. I realized I was going to die." He says he became drug free thanks in part to Ryan, whom he married in 1991. "She stuck with me," he says...
...students who do not want to drink can always choose to abstain—they don’t need their own dorms to do so. And while non-drinkers should not be considered babysitters for their peers, it’s clear that when binge drinking dangers arise, sober people are good to have around...
...epic (almost three hours long) reconstruction of that era--comic, suspenseful, romantic. It's a richly populated movie, focusing most intently on a clever assistant director (Jacques Gamblin) who is desperately balancing the demands of career, family and Resistance activities. The film's great set piece is his sober-hilarious overnight flight to Britain on underground business, which must be completed in time for him to be on-set the next morning. It's lovely and winning--words that aptly apply to the entire film...
...down and they can’t breathe. It is broken bones and internal bleeding from accidents with automobiles. It is promising young people in an instant having their lives changed forever as they commit or become victims of crimes that would not have happened if they had been sober. The beer-ad world is one designed by corporations to sell beer, not to be sure you have fun. The real world of drunkenness...
...paraphernalia looks more like a human-rights group presentation of Syrian secret-police torture instruments from the '70s. The porn they do show--stag films from 1915 projected on a wall, videos of '70s and '80s porn stars--are recontextualized into some strange National Geographic special. Even the sober-looking museum guards aren't impressed. "It's calmer here," says Jasmine Pallet, 22, comparing MoSex with her previous workplace. "Yankee Stadium is wild...