Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx! Reviewing Sober Living Doc. “Sister Helen.”

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RMA-Episode 102 Show Notes:

RMA-Episode 102: Tough Love in the Boogie Down Bronx. This week on RMA, Mike and Nat review the 2000 documentary “Sister Helen.” Sister Helen Travis was a recovering alcoholic and Benedictine sister who spent the last years of her life running a 23-bed halfway house in the rough-and-tumble slum of the South Bronx. She embarked upon this rugged and dangerous ministry in response to the murder of her 15-year-old son, the loss of her husband to alcoholism, and the death of her other son from drugs. In various scenes, Sister Helen asserts her will in a unique brand of tough love, in a tough environment.

We also read a new review and take a look at whether any amount of alcohol is beneficial to your health. (Spoiler: no.) All this and more, on a very special episode of Recovery in the Middle Ages.

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