Intoxicating

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A talented young surgeon ravages his career with drinking and drugs. What are his chances for recovery?

Numerous close shots of drinking distilled spirits, mixed drinks, and beer throughout the film. (0:00)

Surgeon Dorian enters the hospital pharmacy where he purloins an unidentified drug. (0:05, 0:25, 0:27, 0:42, 0:55)

Dorian pops an unidentified pill. (0:06, 0:23)

Dorian and his girlfriend Megan snort cocaine from a mirror. (0:10)

Megan tells Dorian about her friend Anna, "Anna's daughter was killed by a drunk driver six months ago." (0:15)

Dorian pops an unidentified pill while driving his car. (0:16, 0:19, 0:25)

Dorian visits his father William, a former professional boxer who can no longer recognize his son. (0:20)

Dorian gives an unidentified pharmaceutical to his friend and dealer, Teddy, then snorts cocaine with a rolled up bill while Teddy smokes a joint. (0:26)

Anna, Megan, and Dorian drink. Megan passes out. (0:33)

William cries with no discernible trigger and strikes out at Dorian. (0:38)

Dorian tells Anna his father suffers from "pugilistic dementia, boxer's disease." (0:40)

While performing surgery Dorian's hands begin to shake, then he passes out. (0:54)

Dorian, Anna and Teddy share a joint then snort coke from a mirror. (1:00)

Dorian and Anna smoked marijuana from a glass bong. (1:02)

Dorian staggers. (1:07)

Dorian finds Anna unconscious after an apparent overdose of pills. (1:08)

In the intensive care unit Anna tells Dorian, "I thought about killing myself after my little girl died. What you're doing is killing yourself every day... I lost my little girl." (1:11)

Dorian pops pills at home. (1:18)

Snorting cocaine from a mirror. Dorian staggers. (1:19)

Dorian tells Eileen, apparently the chief physician at the hospital, "I'm the addict." (1:25)

Dorian snorts cocaine from a mirror. (1:26)

William dies in the hospital after failed attempts at cardiopulmonary resuscitation including cardioversion. (1:31)

Dorian spreads his father's ashes. (1:41)

In a home video we see Dorian's parents offer him what appears to be a drink of distilled spirits as a three or four-year-old child. (1:42)

addiction | alcoholic | alcoholism | Bereavement | cannabis | cocaine | Dementia Due to Head Trauma | intoxication | joint | labile affect | overdose | suicide