Alcoholism is a severe disease that has the potential to negatively impact not only the individual combating addiction, but also the family members involved with the addict (Park & Schepp, 2014). The documentary series A&E Intervention follows the daily lives of individuals combating addictions such as alcoholism and substance abuse. Throughout Gloria’s A&E episode, before her intervention there was rarely a moment that did not consist of her having an alcoholic beverage within arm’s reach. Gloria was in denial about her alcohol abuse, and seemed to be unattached to traumatic events that occurred in her life, including the death of her father, her stillborn childbirth, and both of her daughter’s complex relationships with her. This paper seeks …show more content…
The birth of Latrelle offered Gloria the opportunity to celebrate the addition of a new life in her family following two tragedies. Throughout the episode of A&E, Gloria and Latrelle’s enabling relationship was explored and discussed. Latrelle displayed a significant loyalty to her aunt and felt as though her family was disrespectful to Gloria because they did not accept her abusing alcohol. A devastating scene within the episode, displayed Gloria’s behavior toward her daughters while being intoxicated. Gloria began to drink alcohol at a family function starting at noon until the sun went down. Her niece was shown assisting Gloria with alcoholic beverage consumptions. Latrelle stated that her aunt often asked to receive help with her rent, and that she had no issue with assisting her with her bills because she is her aunt, although she knows that the money Gloria does have goes to her …show more content…
The intervention was the first time that I noticed an emotional reaction out of Rose, at the same time a coping mechanism of protecting herself from pain and disappointment was exhibited. One heartbreaking statement Renee made was that she had not given birth to children yet because she was afraid that she would be an absentee parent and cause her children pain like her mother had did her and Rose. It seemed as though listening to her daughters explain the pain they experienced that was a result of her addiction became a reality for Gloria, she could no longer live in denial. After much reluctance, Gloria agreed to go seek
One in every twelve adults suffer from alcoholism in the United States, and it is the most commonly used addictive substance in the world. The World Health Organization has defined alcoholism as “an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency.” Reiterated themes encompassing Jeannette Walls’ father’s addiction to alcohol are found in her novel, The Glass Castle: a memoir, which displays instances of financial instability and abuse that hurt the Walls children for the rest of their lives. The Walls’, altogether, are emotionally, physically, and mentally affected by Rex’s alcoholism, which leads to consequences on the Walls children.
Rose Sharon’s dreams of a perfect life start to fall apart when Connie deserts her suddenly. She can no longer find comfort in shared thoughts of a white-picket fence, and is forced to face reality. However, instead of concentrating on the Joad family crisis, she diverts her worries fully to her baby once again.
It is a fact of life that Alcoholism will distort the victim’s view of reality. With authors, they put parts of their personality and symptoms of their condition into their characters sometimes, flawed distortions included, with varying degrees
This episode of Intervention on A&E Network follows the addiction of Latisha from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Latisha is thirty-nine years old, unemployed, and currently lives with her boyfriend, Dominic, that she has known for less than two months. Latisha married her boyfriend at the time, Chris, when she was sixteen and divorced him when she was twenty-five. During her marriage, Latisha had two children, Solomon and Sadiha. After Latisha’s divorce, she had a daughter, Tuesday, from another man. Latisha has been addicted to crack cocaine since she was fifteen years old. In the episode, Latisha admits to smoking crack up to fifty times a day, accumulating about twenty hours a day of smoking. In order to pay for the drugs since she is unemployed, Latisha prostitutes herself in her town. Latisha’s
I have first hand seen the childish ways of a drug abusing parent and my overall standpoint is everyone has a weakness, you just need to find a light to bring you out of the dark hole which the monster and sends you down and see what's worth living for. “I believe if you want to write a memoir, you have to tell the entire truth (yes, I understand it will be colored by your personal lenses), and that means truly opening yourself and those around you to public inspection” (Par. 15) said Ellen Hopkins displaying that she takes informing teens as a serious role. A prediction i could infer based upon the parallel relationship between Kristina and her father is if her son is exposed to drugs he will most likely fall in the same path if her she does not tell him the danger of these substances. This novel is a great tool to get the word out there that hard drugs will hurt you, hurt your family and make you a whole new
...nd recover from sorrow and grief. Throughout the memoir, there have been lots of ups and downs in Jeannette’s family thanks to Rose Mary’s bipolar disorder. At first, I often blamed Rose Mary for bringing an unpleasant childhood to those four Walls children since Rex Walls does not behave appropriately due to his alcohol abuse, but Rose Mary is actually a victim and patient of bipolar disorder, whose conditions have not only been largely ignored in the memoir, but also greatly influenced her ways of thinking and behaving.
After her relapse, she had to befriend a local drug dealer. Her friends quickly noticed that she was not the same sober Jackie. The administrator found out she was using and she offered Jackie diversion, an intense program to help her get her nursing job back. Jackie was hesitant. She thought all her problems would go away, if she ran away. Jackie packed her bags and her pills, and drove away. She was involved in an accident and was arrested for having a suitcase full of pills. She was arrested and forced to be sober again. This time she would have to be sober long enough to get her nursing job back. She took the option of going through diversion. However, the hospital was closing and she would have to quickly clean her act up. She made it. Jackie was having a stressful last day of work and she took some pills and overdosed. Jackie never got better. She was addicted and nobody told her that she should stop being a nurse. Everybody kept giving her a second
Her father’s addiction left her with a negative impact. She grew so anxious that even her teacher worried about her. She read an article and realized how similar her case was to the article. She connected with “‘invisible losses’ suffered by children of addicts: loss of love, stability, a caretaker, a carefree childhood” (Levinson 1). The article shows how the children of drug addicted parents all go through similar things. Later, Levinson starts to understand what it is that her father is going through, she writes,”I began to understand that what my father had been grappling with was not a moral failing, but a disease” (1). Levinson realizes how serious her father’s addiction was and how dangerous it
A biopsychosocial framework will be utilized to assess and determine optimal treatment interventions for a selected character of each film. Hutchinson (2008) describes a biopsychosocial approach, “In this approach, human behavior is considered to be a result of interactions of integrated biological, psychological, and social systems” (p.11). Additionally, Ericson’s stages of psychosocial development in relation to chosen characters from the films “Rachel is getting married” and “Mother and Child” will be discussed. In “Rachel is getting married” (2008), the film opens with Kym Buchman’s temporary release from a rehabilitative facility after nine months of treatment. Kym’s inpatient substance abuse treatment program is put on hold for a few days, in order for Kym to attend her sister, Rachel’s wedding.
For example, Alice’s eldest daughter, Jess is the one who is negatively affected by Alice’s alcoholism. One afternoon, Alice exhibits the ‘less nurturing and attentive’ side when she returned home after drinking and seeing Jess in the living room, Alice commanded that she finish her homework while ignored her daughter’s request to admire a picture she drew on the computer. Then after, Alice stumbled upstairs to find some aspirin, walked into her closet, retrieved a liquor bottle, and washed down the medicine. All the while, Jess watches her mother’s irresponsible actions, concerned that she is ill. Followed by, Alice abusive act of smacking Jess’s face across when she was asked of her condition. Alice was not sober enough to know how her action had impacted Jess. Then after, Alice went to shower but she could not even stand straight while showering which caused her to faint and fall onto the glass shower door. Jess was worried that she thought Alice was dead by calling her father to report. This physically abusive behavior of Alice is a typical alcoholic parent and is increasingly common during intoxication. Alice’s husband is also emotionally affected by her
It appeared for several years the family was going to heal from the traumatic changes that they had suffered with the love and guidance from their grandmother. Until Alyssa started
This episode of Intervention is about Jeanna. Jeanna is a twenty-five year-old, homeless, and jobless woman living in Madras, Oregon. During the episode she was living in a trailer on her friend Josh’s property, but was evicted due to drug use. Jeanna is addicted to crystal meth and she injects through an IV three times a day for the past four years. She has been unable to hold a job since her use became so frequent. She stated that when she is in a binge she will stay up for almost seven days straight. She admits to selling her body for money to buy drugs, and her mother described her as sweetly manipulating men at bars to get money for drugs. Her father was in prison the majority of her life and when he got out he wanted to begin to build
Ben continues to drink himself to death, and his symptoms get increasingly worse. Although Sera occasionally asks Ben why he doesn't seek help, she remains compliant in supporting his need to drink. Even as Sera suffers her own tragedies such as rape and violence, she continues to be a bystander in Ben's life right up until his last breath. Although Sera and Ben's relationship is a focal point of Leaving Las Vegas, it gives a true look into the workings of an addict. Ben's story shows us the side of alcohol abuse that is not in the advertisements and is largely dealt with in silence. It is the complicated, tragic, and true story of the many layers and characteristics of an
throughout her childhood with an alcoholic father and a selfish mother who cared more about her art and happiness than that of her children’s. Alcohol misuse can affect all aspects of family functioning: social life, finances, good communication, relationships between family members, parenting capability, employment and health issues, It also has a strong correlation with conflicts, disputes and domestic violence which can leave a damaging effect on children. Alcohol misuse often times changes the roles played by family members in relation to one another, and to the outside world as well.... ... middle of paper ... ...and agencies designed to meet the physical, intellectual, and social-emotional needs of individuals and families.”.
From my early years of seventh grade, all the way to freshman year of high school, I spent harsh years living with my father’s alcoholism. Alcoholism deeply affected my coming of age years, for it came strikingly early. I had to deal with never being around the house, adopting new families to overlap my family that was in shambles, and becoming a man in a dark time in my life.