"Your alcoholism will kill you before your HIV does,” says a doctor to one of our characters. Worldwide, alcohol abuse kills more people than HIV, nearly 3.3 million per year. Yet what the public believes, and Alcoholics Anonymous purports, “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic,” is not as true as you think. Nor is the fundamental principle for treating alcoholism that we all take as truth; abstinence.
Science has shown that abstinence not only doesn’t take away the addiction, but also increases the craving. So why has one modality dominated our thought since the 1930’s? Why are profitable rehab facilities reluctant to change? And why are millions of people still being denied the opportunity of a simple life saving method and drug that have been FDA approved since 1994?
One Little Pill takes an in depth look at a simple, safe method with success rates of 78%, the suppressing obstacles surrounding it, and those people just now finding it. This character driven film will leave you compelled to help spread the word that "Options Save Lives."
Cast and Crew:
Claudia Christian - Executive Producer, Narrator
Adam Schomer - Director, Producer, Writer
Barry Rubinow - Editor
Scott Chrisman - Director of Photography, Associate Producer
Michael R. Mollura - Composer
Joanna Duyvenvoorde (Indiegogo donor for Producer credit perk)
Experts:
David Sinclair, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher Emeritus, National Institute for Health & Welfare, Finland
Roy Eskapa, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist - Alcohol and Addictive Disorders
Author, “The Cure For Alcoholism”
Helen Harberts
Retired Prosecutor and Chief Probation Officer
Dr. Kshama Metre, MD
Director of CORD
Adi Jaffe, Ph.D.
Executive-Director of Alternatives & UCLA Lecturer
Petri Hyttiä, PhD
University of Helsinki, Neurobiology of Addiction
Jesse Lauricella
MFT, Addiction Therapy Specialist
Pamela Alba
MA, Bayside Marin Clinical Director
Dr. Raymond Deutsch, MD
Bayside Marin Medical Director
Additional Cast:
Steve - Detroit, MI
Karen - Chicago, IL
Pat - Napa Valley, CA
Gary - U.K.
Robyn