History Main / RecoveredAddict

** in Film/T2Trainspotting, Renton and Spud both have quit heroin, while Sick Boy is still a heavy cocaine user. Spud's AddictinDisplacement hobby of writing down stories from his life turns into [[ATrueStoryInMyUniverse a script for Trainspotting]]

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': In their youth, Jeimos got addicted to [[FantasticDrug pyre dust]] in an attempt to feel happy despite their gender dysphoria, insane mother, neglectful father, stressful schoolwork, and loss of their family's caretaker and best friend Felice. They quit it after escaping to the Zareen Empire and had been clean for decades when they joined the Freelance Good Guys.

Once clean they can go one of two ways: be outspoken about how DrugsAreBad and their own past and possibly become TheTeetotaler; or try to forget and live down their past and move on, making it HiddenDepths. They'll usually be sympathetic to the suffering of others and seek to help in overcoming addictions as TheSponsor.

** Henry, Aaron's mentor, is an alcoholic who's sober and is shown reciting the Serenity Prayer, having gone through AA.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' Pickles the Drummer's previous band, Snakes n' Barrels, are all recovered addicts. They ultimately relapse after they unknowingly take a super powerful mind control drug called Totally Awesome Sweet Alabama Liquid Snake.

* Played with in the relatively little known and not especially well received Creator/AlPacino film ''Two For The Money'', where Pacino's character is a former [[TheGamblingAddict Gambling Addict]] who kicked the habit after coming down with a heart condition, and appears to stay away from personally gambling even though he owns a business that advises people on how to bet on sports. Throughout the film it's shown, however, that he has done a form of AddictionDisplacement: rather than wagering money on sports teams or dice or cards, he now gambles with his business and his personal relationships instead. This is shown during the film by him doing things like recruiting little known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicapping sports handicappers]], bringing them to the [[BigApplesauce New York]] where potentially millions of dollars are riding on their picks and seeing if they crack under the pressure, (with potentially catastrophic effects on his business) or if his attractive younger wife cheats with his latest, very handsome recruit...

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* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder'', Henry Hellrung used to be a nasty drunk, the result of his playing [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] on a TV show and becoming the real Tony's wingman. After his career went down the toilet, he got heavily into AA, and became Stark's sponsor when ''he'' got sober. Incidentally, upon becoming the leader of the Order, California's post-''ComicBook/CivilWar'' official team, he instituted a strict no-alcohol policy.

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* The player character in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' starts out as a barely-functional alcoholic, but can pursue the "Wasteland of Reality" thought to dedicate themselves to quitting. This is ''harsh'', eliminating {{Booze Based Buff}}s entirely and having a number of unpleasant side-effects from withdrawal... but it also grants +1 psyche, making it the only thought to directly increase a major stat. The flavor text makes it clear that it's still just taking the first step in a long, hard, unpleasant road.

* The player character in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' starts out as a barely-functional Alcoholic, but can pursue the "Wasteland of Reality" thought to dedicate themselves to quitting. This is ''harsh'', eliminating {{Booze Based Buff}}s entirely and having a number of unpleasant side-effects from withdrawal... but it also grants +1 psyche, making it the only thought to directly increase a major stat. The flavor text makes it clear that it's still just taking the first step in a long, hard, unpleasant road.