I chose the movie 28 days starring Sandra Bullock. Sandra’s character Gwen was an alcoholic and addicted to Vicodin. She had gone through the cycle of addiction and was ruining her life from the drugs. She is sent to rehab after stealing the limo at her sister’s wedding and crashing it into a building since she was driving drunk. She was given the choice to do jail time or 28 days of rehab and she chose the rehab. While at rehab she had a rough time going through the withdrawal symptoms and following the rule of the rehab. After the first few weeks of rehab, she loses the support of her family and friends. At first, she doesn 't believe that she has a problem and struggles with following the rules, but by the end of the movie, she is over her
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Gwen tells her doctor at the rehab facility that she drinks alcohol because she is a writer and that 's just what writers do. Many people become addicted to alcohol, an article I found says that “Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States: 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence” (Facts about Alcohol, 2015). She believes that she doesn’t have a problem and shouldn’t be in rehab. She intends for it to make her more relaxed and to help her have fun. She says that the intended consequence for the Vicodin was to relieve her back pain. Once she started using vicodin she became addicted and not relies on it. When she got to the rehab center, her bottle of Vicodin was taken away and right away she called her boyfriend to sneak her in some more. She knew that with her addiction to the drugs she couldn’t go without her Vicodin. Gwen isn’t the only one struggling with an addiction to Vicodin, “Estimates suggest that nearly two million individuals across the United States suffer from Vicodin addictions” (Vicodin Addiction Statistics). Vicodin is a huge problem in today’s society and many people aren 't aware of it. The movie portrayed this really well, many people who are addicted to drugs don’t think they have a
Gwen tells her doctor at the rehab facility that she drinks alcohol because she is a writer and that 's just what writers do. Many people become addicted to alcohol, an article I found says that “Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States: 17.6 million people, or one in every 12 adults, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence” (Facts about Alcohol, 2015). She believes that she doesn’t have a problem and shouldn’t be in rehab. She intends for it to make her more relaxed and to help her have fun. She says that the intended consequence for the Vicodin was to relieve her back pain. Once she started using vicodin she became addicted and not relies on it. When she got to the rehab center, her bottle of Vicodin was taken away and right away she called her boyfriend to sneak her in some more. She knew that with her addiction to the drugs she couldn’t go without her Vicodin. Gwen isn’t the only one struggling with an addiction to Vicodin, “Estimates suggest that nearly two million individuals across the United States suffer from Vicodin addictions” (Vicodin Addiction Statistics). Vicodin is a huge problem in today’s society and many people aren 't aware of it. The movie portrayed this really well, many people who are addicted to drugs don’t think they have a