THE WIRE’S Bubbles: How do you help an addict? – SHRINK THE BOX

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Ben and Nemone discuss The Wire’s ‘Bubbles’ aka Reginald Collins. An informant and heroin user, a man with a fragile support network who finds himself stranded while trying to forge closer bonds with those around him. Nemone tells Ben how unconditional love is the hardest thing to give an addict, and the key to helping them start their journey to sobriety. Plus we hear wisdom from Gabor Maté. Our episode on the Queen’s Gambit has great insights into addiction if you’re looking for even more on this subject.

We talked about AA, Al Anon and Samaritans in the show. Here are links:

AA: https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/

Al Anon: https://al-anonuk.org.uk/

Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/

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CREDITS

We used clips from Seasons 1 of The Wire. It’s available to watch on NOWTV.

Starring:

Dominic West - Jimmy McNulty

Idris Elba - Stringer Bell

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. - D’Angelo Barskdale

Wood Harris - Avon Barksdale

Deirdre Lovejoy - Rhonda Pearlman

Wendell Pierce - Detective Bunk

Lance Reddick - Cpt. Cedric Daniels

Andre Royo – Reginald Collins, aka Bubbles

Sonja Sohn - Kima Greggs

Created by:

David Simon

Directed by:

Clark Johnson

Peter Medak

Clement Virgo

Ed Bianchi

Gloria Muzo

Produced by:

Karen L. Thorson

Ed Burns

Joe Chappelle

George Pelecanos

Eric Overmyer

David Simon

Robert F. Colesberry

Nina Kostroff Noble

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