Watch Big Mouth. It doesn’t go into substance abuse much, but it has quite profound mental health and philosophical metaphors/themes among lots of hilarious crude humor and comic discomfort. Very relatable for teens and young adults.
Also, the spin-off, Human Resources, is absolutely gold. It’s less absurd and more cerebral. Heavily works with the concept of addiction, but in a way that the main characters are personified emotional fragments of the human’s minds. I.e Logic is battling to help Emotion see that her abusive boyfriend, Addiction, is a POS.
I will say there are some dark moments where relapse is implied. What makes this show unique is that they keep some absurdity with it even during gut-wrenching moments (some were very moving as a recovered addict).
The way they portray the fear and isolation and desperation… the show is certainly underrated.
Watch Big Mouth. It doesn’t go into substance abuse much, but it has quite profound mental health and philosophical metaphors/themes among lots of hilarious crude humor and comic discomfort. Very relatable for teens and young adults.
Also, the spin-off, Human Resources, is absolutely gold. It’s less absurd and more cerebral. Heavily works with the concept of addiction, but in a way that the main characters are personified emotional fragments of the human’s minds. I.e Logic is battling to help Emotion see that her abusive boyfriend, Addiction, is a POS.
I will say there are some dark moments where relapse is implied. What makes this show unique is that they keep some absurdity with it even during gut-wrenching moments (some were very moving as a recovered addict).
The way they portray the fear and isolation and desperation… the show is certainly underrated.