Ja Morant on Portland: “It rains a lot. I got took fishing in the rain. … Lately, I’ve been kind of into nature. That’s a bonus for me. I’m not hiking! But I can go walking, ride a bike, I’ve been kayaking.”
@Donsbridge2 I agree but I also think it’s a good adaptation of the second-half of that book bc that’s kinda what happens and the movie retains a lot of the strangeness from the novel
If a board game has more than like a page of directions it’s not worth playing. Dudes be pulling out the most obscure shit with a whole book of instructions as if it’s fun asf to always ask what’s going on
Ben Affleck opens up to Howard Stern about sobriety in a way that feels genuinely honest.
He says early recovery is a “10 out of 10” in difficulty because addiction often isn’t really about the substance, it’s a habitual response to pain. He points out this shows up for people through gambling, relationships, or even social media just as easily.
For about 18 months, he tried pure willpower. His own words capture why that doesn’t work: you can win a thousand times, but you only need to lose once.
The real turning point came through pain, specifically realizing the impact his addiction had on his relationship with his kids. That’s when he says he truly hit “done.”
Since then, he says the urge itself has been gone. Not white knuckling it, genuine peace, with the obsession fully lifted.
A rare amount of honesty about what recovery actually looks like