Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion

201660 min7.3 / 10

An intimate, clinically observant documentary that immerses viewers in the lives of alcoholics and their caregivers, balancing compassion with unflinching acknowledgment of addiction's grip.

Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better.

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