Sandra Bullock starred as Gwen Cummings, a woman who is always the life of the party. Gwen had an addiction to alcohol. Life began to be different when she was wasted at her sister wedding, fell onto the cake, stole the limo and ran it off the road into a house. Gwen got a DUI, and sentenced to 28 days in rehab. It took a week or so of getting used to rehab and working past withdrawal urges but Gwen learned to find happiness in other ways. 2. Identify all the characters in the film that use substances. Do any of them meet the criteria for substance abuse or substance dependence? If yes, then which one(s)? Which substance abuse or substance dependence symptoms did they exhibit? If they meet the level of abuse, then what consequence keeps reoccurring? If they meet criteria for dependence, then which of the 7 symptoms do they have? You will be deducted 5 points if you do not answer this question thoroughly. Characters that use: Gwen, Andrea, Jasper (There are other people in the movie that are in rehab so apparently, they use drugs/alcohol, but these three are the ones that are shown in more detail abusing. • Gwen Cummings: (Main Character) Substance Dependence; Gwen exhibits tolerance to alcohol, withdrawal symptoms, blackouts, vomiting, most of the activities she was doing in the movie she was drunk, started her morning with a beer, She is estranged from her sister, more so after the incidents at her wedding. In the beginning, she only associates with people who are partiers. Consequences include: Causing a public spectacle at her sister’s wedding, falling in the cake (outrageous behavior) Legal issues Drinking with friends with little memory of behavior because of blackouts, Separation from sister and... ... middle of paper ... ... desperate need to turn her life in the right direction. 12. How could you have gone about helping them if you were working in your current career goal? Inpatient treatment like what was shown in the movie, attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after she was released from rehab, and follow-up sessions with a counselor or support group as she tries to make new sober friends and rebuild her life and her relationship with her sister. 13. Who would have been the most difficult to help? Why? Getting Gwen to ask for help when she needed it would be a process. Gwen was stubborn and sarcastic and did not like asking anyone for help. In addition, if she did not go to rehab and be clean, it would be difficult to get her away from negative influences like Jasper. She had to be clean and sober in order to see what was going on in her relationship with him.
In the end it seems as though there is no real moral or lesson to be learned. She wasn't really an addict; she just liked to drink. No long recovery, no epiphany. No treatment, no withdrawal problems. No lasting health issues. No real permanent problems in the end.
Honestly, all the treatment plans in the world may fix a problem but there will always be a reoccurrence if support from friends and family is not provided. For instance, going through family therapy is a positive option to choose from when trying to treat a disorder. Also with outside influences contributing to Brandy’s disorder, there is a limited chance she will recover completely. For example, societal pressures from coworkers contribute to her prognosis alongside her parents influence. Brandy’s family environment is rather negative considering her mom’s own personal weight issue and her father’s sexual overtones. In conclusion, if Brandy does recover, there is a high chance she will have a relapse and turn to her previous pathways. However, there is always hope she overcomes her issues after treatment and eventually find a supportive base of
The very beginning of the novel The Death Cure by James Dashner starts off with Thomas, the protagonist, trapped in a solid white room. He is trapped there for months. As he is in the room, he may have thought “ Oh, me, myself and I, solo ride until I die” (G-Eazy). This is a lyric from G-Eazy’s Me, Myself and I. The song is about being alone and not wanting to be with no one. Although Thomas does wish to see and to somebody, he goes perseveres through his problems just like the singer in the song.
Karen has decisions to make as to her health, both physical and spiritual. If she attends meetings, which are biblically based, and continues therapy there is a fighting chance of recovery. She also needs to know that her husband, friends, and other family members are there to support her ideally with their sobriety as well. As a counselor, and a Christian, I can only suggest courses of action. In the end, her sobriety and her recovery is her
In the film 28 Days, Sandra Bullock plays Gwen, a troubled alcohol and drug addict, who is required to complete 28 days in rehab or prison time after a troubled incident under intoxication. With prison being a choice nobody wants to take, Gwen chooses rehab in order to help herself stay out of prison and attempt to relieve herself from her addictions. Throughout her time in rehab, film viewers can understand a type of drug treatment program an addict can go through. In the film, the program features a way for addicts to change whether in the end they succeed or fail and have to try again.
Another way these characters avoid living their life is by drinking continuously, in a way to make the time pass by faster and forget. ?Haven?t you had enough? She loses count after 10 cocktails,? (pg.11) proving to the audience her own self denial, and how she wastes every day. Unfortunately, there are many, who in society today, do the same thing to get out of a situation they?re trying to hide or a difficult time they?re going through. This relates back to their affair which they?re obviously hiding and trying to get through this time in their life.
Andrea, her roommate, is seeking treatment from addiction to heroin and self-harm. Gwen refuses to having anything to do with the treatment center and group therapy. She believes she doesn’t have a drinking problem at all and therapy is silly. While still denying she has a problem, her boyfriend Jasper slips her a bottle of pills while visiting her. Gwen and Jasper leave the campus and have a night of partying. Gwen arrives back in her room the next morning clearly intoxicated. Cornell, the director of the rehab facility, confronts Gwen and informs her that she violated the rules of the facility. Gwen is told she is being kicked out of the program and is being sent to jail. She becomes outraged and denies that she has a problem and can quit whenever she chooses. Leaving the director’s office, she goes to her bedroom and decides to take the pills that Jasper slipped her. She ends up spitting out the pills and throwing the rest of the bottle out of the window.
To begin with, I believe that Nicole has a mental health problem that stems from a couple of things: genetics, the way she was raised (nurture), and the abuse of alcohol. Genetics is a source of illness because of her mother, who committed suicide. The manner in which she was raised is also a factor because she has no limits and can do anything, and her father and stepmother seem like they try to disrespect to her throughout the movie. Lastly, the abuse of alcohol is a problem because instead of attacking her problems straight on, she is diverted by alcohol.
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
Throughout her life, Demi Lovato has fought with many disorders including bulimia nervosa and bipolar disorder. In 2011, she voluntarily checked into a rehab facility to receive treatment for bulimia nervosa; however, the facility’s doctors soon diagnosed her with bipolar disorder, most likely bipolar II disorder. After receiving this diagnosis, Lovato’s struggles in her past made much more sense. As a child, she was frequently bullied, and it was at this point in her life when the depression
...piring person for everyone especially regarding her eating disorder. As for her bipolar disorder she received a lot of different medication from lithium to (other drugs). Her treatment also included a lot of group therapy and support from her family and husbands.
From the individual perspective, the client was a victim of child abuse, which led to feelings of fear and sadness and a desire to avoid these emotions. Socially, she came from a family of alcoholics giving her easy availability. There was also the pressure of keeping up appearances due to her mother’s status in society. The initial individual consequences of the client’s alcohol use were reinforcing. She felt invincible, warm, and it helped her avoid the thoughts in her head. Everything was right with the world as long as she was intoxicated.
In the movie, the antagonist, Rebecca is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. However, the movie does not initially introduce her as someone with this mental illness. Rather, at the start of the movie, Rebecca acts naïve, innocent, and completely normal. As a result, no one gets the slightest impression that she is abnormal in any way. Ultimately, the truth is revealed to the leading character, Sara, when Rebecca’s mother asks if she has been taking her medication. Moreover, things become significantly clearer when Sara and her love interest, Stephen, find a full bottle of Zyprexa pills in her room, implying that she has not been taking her medication. Thereupon, they find out that it is used to treat bipolar disorder.
Around 2003, Winehouse began developing a reputation as an unstable party girl, often showing up to her club or TV performances too drunk to sing a whole set. Even her most popular song “Rehab” is based off her refusal to receive treatment for her drug abuse. Winehouse’s health greatly deteriorated. Her weight dropped to a scary estimate of ninety-five pounds while her skin took on a sickly pallor. Her iconic beehive hair fell dull and limp along with her bold signature makeup. There are countless photographs of the singer walking the streets of London in an incoherent, strung out daze appearing as a shell of her former self. In addition, the drug abuse took a serious mental toll on Winehouse. Her behavior became violent and erratic; on multiple occasions she is documented fighting with fans. The various drugs in Amy’s system distorted her public image, career, but most importantly her
She did make it. Despite all the odds, she made it through the toughest part of recovery. She found herself in spite of the dramas. She did this all drug free. She found normalcy when deviance was her home.