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Nurse Jackie: The Consummate Drug Addict
What I love about the show Nurse Jackie is how remarkably well they capture the lifestyle of the prescription drug addict: lie layered upon lie, desperate measures to get one more pill, and selfish reactions to anything that threatens her ability to get access to Vicodin, Oxy, or any other painkiller (she isn’t picky, it [...]
Automated Medication Dispensers – Nurse Jackie Laments
I wrote a few days ago about the new HBO series Nurse Jackie – a back pain-suffering nurse addicted to pain medication. The little twist this week was the fact that the pharmacist she’s been having a little tryst with (making it easy to get her pain medication) has just informed her that the hospital [...]
You’ve Never Heard Anyone “Share” Like Tommy Gavin
The continuing sage of Tommy Gavin’s relapse on Rescue Me took a bizarre turn Tuesday – he got cornered by his sponsor into going to a meeting then “volunteered” to speak. He could have walked away, but instead decided to tell them all they were whiners – he could tell them a thing or two [...]
Nurse Jackie Jacked on Oxy’s
The new series starring Soprano’s Edie Falco started last week – and the first episode promises a very articulate and thoughtful series on addiction. Nurse Jackie is a dedicated nurse with chronic back pain, and she has taken to having an affair with the pharmacist in the hospital so she’ll have easy access to OxyContin. [...]
Tommy Gavin Off the Wagon
So if you are a fan of Rescue Me you know that Tommy Gavin is off the wagon and man oh man he is the classic “I was an alcoholic, but now I’ve got it all under control” guy. For those of you who are not fans, Dennis Leary plays Gavin, a NY firefighter who [...]
