PSY 317 "When A Man Loves A Woman"

Four Roses Bourbon

       This movie portrays how an alcoholic wife and her husband struggle their way through before and after dealing and treating alcohol. A tear-inducing movie that revolves around the family and their interaction with each other.

Alcoholism

       This film displayed how Michael and Alice Green, including their daughters Jess and Casey, were involved into the drinking habit as well as their way of seeing alcoholism. Alice was at first a normal woman with no signs of alcohol abuse until after her marriage. The director made Alice depend on alcohol because of her lack of ability to deal with stress. Alice also claimed that she was belittled by her mom and Michael, not smooth at work, and would suddenly feel down and very sad. The daughters also proclaimed that their mother always hide in the toilet and cry before she drinks and become drunk.

       Before treatment, Alice is aware of her doings but could not control the behavior and the urge of drinking. There were many bottles of wine hidden cleverly inside the house. The turning point that made her want to change is that she hit Jess and fell down unconscious on the bathroom floor.

       When in the treatment centre, we can see how hard the alcoholics go through when deprived of alcohol. Alice was sweating and frustrated when she was under detoxification.


       I find it quite amusing to how most of the alcoholics in the end develop smoking habits in order to relieve and substitute for the alcohol consumption. To be fair, smoking excessively will only deteriorate own and others health whereas drinking excessively could risk someone's safety and lives. In this movie, Alice did not return back to drinking alcohol but did not adapt well to life at home after coming out.

Ripple effect

A ripple effect is as the phenomenon displayed in the picture. A drop of water spreads little waves of water outwards and become still water again. Many drops of water spread their own water waves outwards but in the end meets with other waves and gradually stops. The ripple effect in this movie is how groups of people suffering alcoholism and alcoholics' spouses get together and share their own personal stories, learn new experience or improve own mistakes, along with learning there are others who are in similar situations or are going through worse. This group activity also helps by empathizing others, care for them, as well as influencing others.

Finale

         Based on current statistics, there are not much successful relationships and marriages. With little or many conflicts in and out of these relationships, not many couples could fight through reality. I believe that if a couple "really" loves one another, they could go through many obstacles and still be together in the end. A happy ending needs a lot of damned hard work to make it possible. My believe haven't changed after watching the movie but has added some points to it.

Couples who "really" loves each other, have respect to self and the other as well as find ways to adapt to changes in life will still be together in the end till they die.

       In a sum, alcohol can be beneficial in small amounts as well as deathly, dangerous in large amounts. Even if someone became alcoholic, it is never too late to stop. But, it needs real determination to change. There are obvious symptoms of alcoholism as well as a few treatment centre's withdrawal symptoms. SO...... Be careful with your own drinking and remember to control yourself.