This is not your typical addiction story.
This is not about the addict.
This is a father’s story.
My story.
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What’s this film about?
Miles, a widowed and busy TV director, ships his drug abusing 17-year-old daughter off to a rehab in the Utah mountains, only to be told he must attend their four-day parent workshop where he finally learns there’s someone else who also needs to change – himself.
Theme
When those caring for loved ones struggling with addiction look at their own behavior and start to change, that can often open the space for recovery to begin.
Mission
The film’s mission is to help and change the lives of parents and other loved ones of people struggling with addiction.
Writer/Director’s Statement:
In 2012, my wife and I discovered our daughter was abusing serious drugs. We were devastated and had been in major denial. Thus began a roller coaster journey as she went from rehab to outpatient to sober living and we went to parent support groups and Al-Anon meetings. But we learned a hard but amazing truth: when we looked at our own behavior and started to change, that’s when the door to recovery began to open for our daughter. If we had learned this message earlier, it could have helped so much in our healing journey. Our daughter now has many years of sobriety and is thriving.
After being a writer and director of feature films, TV movies and series for over 30 years, I knew I wanted to make a film about addiction and its emotional toll. It wasn’t until I looked at myself and what I personally went through that I knew I had a worthwhile approach. While films in this genre usually focus on the substance abuser, “Keep Coming Back” centers on the person involved with the drug abuser and how when they start to change, then change often becomes possible for the person battling addiction. I wrote this script from my heart and am humbled to share my painful yet fulfilling experience of going from denial to acceptance.
