Okay, folks, I am not getting any help with the Googs on this one so help me out here, please. I am looking for films where the main protagonist changes their life for the better, only to be struck with some form of tragedy or issue, forcing them to decide whether to fight for what they want or relapse back into their old ways or old life. Maybe they decided to buckle down and get a good job, but it is made clear very quickly that they really were not prepared for it. Perhaps they overcame drugs or alcohol but then they lost that something or someone that they cared about more than anything else and are now struggling with getting high or drunk again. I am hoping to find both instances: they double down and fight harder in spite of the issues and prove they can do it, or they give up and recede back to their old life.

Thank you all for any help you can give me! I need to fill the word count so here is a quote from Shawshank: “There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret. Not because I’m in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t. That kid’s long gone and this old man is all that’s left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It’s just a bullshit word. So you can go and stamp your form, Sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don’t give a shit.”

I love this! Thanks so much everyone, keep em coming!