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Essay / Character Q&A - 1364
Sandra Bullock played the role of Gwen Cummings, a woman who is always the life of the party. Gwen was addicted to alcohol. Life started to look different when she got upset at her sister's wedding, fell on the cake, stole the limo and drove it off the road to a house. Gwen got a DUI and was sentenced to 28 days in rehab. It took her about a week to get used to the rehab and overcome her withdrawal urges, but Gwen learned to find happiness in other ways.2. Identify all the characters in the film who use substances. Do any of them meet the criteria for drug abuse or substance dependence? If yes, which one(s)? What symptoms of drug abuse or substance dependence did they have? If they reach the level of abuse, what consequence continues to happen? If they meet the criteria for addiction, which of the 7 symptoms are they exhibiting? You will be deducted 5 points if you do not answer this question completely. Characters Who Use: Gwen, Andrea, Jasper (There are other people in the movie who are in rehab, so apparently they are using drugs/alcohol, but these three are the ones who are shown in more detail abusing.• Gwen Cummings: (main character) Substance dependence Gwen exhibits tolerance to alcohol, withdrawal symptoms, fainting, vomiting, most activities that she does; she was in the movie, she was drunk, started her morning with a beer, she is separated from her sister, even more so after the incidents at her wedding At first, she only hangs out with party people Consequences include: Provoking a. public spectacle at sister's wedding, falling for the cake (scandalous behavior) Legal issues Drinking with friends with little memory of behavior due to power outages, Separation from sister and...... in the middle of a paper......desperate need to turn his life in the right direction.12. Did you decide to help them if you worked towards your current career goal? Hospital treatment like that shown in the film, attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after leaving rehab, and follow-up sessions with a counselor or support group while she tries to make new sober friends and to rebuild his life and his relationship with his sister.13. Who would have been the hardest to help? For what ? Getting Gwen to ask for help when she needed it would be quite a process. Gwen was stubborn and sarcastic and didn't like to ask anyone for help. Plus, if she didn't go to rehab and get clean, it would be difficult to keep her away from negative influences like Jasper. She had to be clean and sober to see what was going on in her relationship with him..