The Long Way Back

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An award-winning documentary on the life of Todd ‘Z-Man’ Zalkins and his struggle with opioid addiction. After losing his close friend Bradley Nowell of Sublime, to a heroin overdose in 1996, Todd fights for his life, battling a brutal painkiller dependency, in what has become the worst drug crisis in US history the “opioid epidemic.” Against all the odds, Todd breaks the addiction and becomes an intervention specialist. In a twist of fate, Todd is called on to help Jakob Nowell, Bradley’s son, overcome his own battle with drugs and alcohol.