Addiction begins with a whisper in the back of the mind:
“I’ll try it once. It’s just for fun. I
can stop whenever I want.” Drug use can easily get out of control, however,
becoming a monster that destroys lives and whole societies. What causes
addiction? What reactions does it
produce in people who take drugs?
In the original production Discovery en Español, “Mi
adicción, Mi maldición”, which was filmed entirely in Latin America, answers
these and other questions through the personal testimony of people who have
lived the dramatic process of addiction first hand.
Focusing on Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, the documentary
series profiles real cases of recovering addicts who recount in detail how they
first started taking drugs; how they managed to escape spiral of alcohol,
cocaine and hallucinogens; and their day-to-day battles to avoid relapses. What
comes through is the strength of character and love of life the protagonists
find within themselves when they decide to leave behind the living hell of
addiction and begin the road to recovery.
In addition to these moving testimonies, “Mi adicción, Mimaldición” draws on the opinions of doctors, therapists and psychologists, who
explain in scientific terms what happens during the process of addiction and
the chain of reactions and damages drugs produce in the human body and brain.
In the first episode, set in Mexico, viewers meet Julio
Pradera, a college graduate with a degree in business administration who loves
music and playing the guitar. Despite everything he has going for him, Julio
falls into a cycle of addiction that causes him to lose it all: his friends,
family, money and will to live.
Another case profiled in the production is that of
Colombian writer and journalist Aura Lucia Mera, a woman passionate about her
life and career. This same passion
takes her deep into a nightmare of addiction. Nearly two decades of alcohol and
cocaine abuse end her career and estrange her from her children.
The six-episode documentary series airs on Discovery en
Español, Fridays at 11PM, beginning July 25. For more about this and other
network programming, follow Discovery en Español on Facebook.
La adicción empieza con un susurro. Probaré solo una vez. Es
solo por diversión. Puedo dejarla cuando quiera. Pero puede transformarse en un
monstruo y destruir vidas, familias, carreras, amistades e, incluso, sociedades
enteras.
¿Cómo se produce la adicción? ¿Qué producen las drogas en el
cuerpo y la mente de las personas que las consumen? Ahora es el momento de
escuchar a las personas que han vivido en el infierno, de sumergirse en sus
cuerpos y cerebros, para ver desde el otro lado. Esta era mi vida con las
drogas, y casi la perdí.
Los seis episodios para series documentales se transmite a
través de Discovery en Español, los viernes a las 11PM, partir del 25 de julio.
Para obtener más información sobre este y otros programación de la red, siga
Discovery en Español en Facebook.
