Rude Awakening(1998)

Rude Awakening follows Billie Frank, an unemployed former soap-opera actress battling alcoholism who attempts to rebuild her life as a writer while fighting her self-destructive impulses. Struggling to stay sober, Billie navigates complicated relationships with her sponsor and fellow members of Addictions Anonymous, her well-meaning neighbor Dave, and her complicated mother Trudy. The series examines her painful journey toward recovery, exploring how addiction ripples through her personal connections and threatens her fragile attempts at redemption. Raw and unflinching, Rude Awakening captures the messy reality of addiction and the difficult work of staying clean, anchored by Billie's determined but faltering efforts to reclaim her dignity and find purpose beyond her past failures.