Psychological Disorders In The Film When A Man Loves A Woman

Alcoholic abuse and mental disorder does not just happened to individual’s alcoholism adversely affect the entire family dynamic. The persons who suffers are often hurt the most by an alcoholic is the family; role confusion, problem solve, physical and emotional safety, and psychological. The alcoholic choosing the substance over the family-is essentially abandoning the family. Such is the case in the film, When a Man Loves a Woman, is about an alcoholic who had to hit rock-bottom to see the effects on her life, which prompt the recognition for change, and getting and staying clean through rehabilitation.
There are many different kinds of addictions, from drugs to interpersonal relationships. And therefore there is no single theory that can
Rather, both disorders may be outcomes from a shared set of environmental conditions and genetic profiles. Alice's family history provides a strong argument for the impact genetics plays in her substance abuse. I was said her father abused alcohol while she was growing up. In addition Alice may have learned this way copping and could have been doing at a very early age but if so, this was not relieved in the movie (assuming base on story plot). The greatest influence of any is learnt behaviors; especially behaviors that are done by the people who mattered the most to a child growing up. Counting parents, siblings, grand-parents and other family members. Teachers has a strong influence on the student’s social learning as well as the community. Alcohol socially acceptable and therefore is a frequent and often central feature of many settings. If so, this suggests some familial predisposition to alcoholism. Research have shown that alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use and SUDs is transferable both through genetic and environmental influence from parent to child (Thatcher & Clark, 2008). Also there have been several twin studies that attributed family genetic as a factor to SUD (Sher, Grekin & Williams, 2005). It is important to note that environmental and genetic risk factors interact in complex ways to create conditions that encourage the development
The family is operating in a dysfunctional manner that is normal for them underscored by Michael; if I can’t fix it, then what the hell am I supposed to do? Believing that all problems are fixable and him being the man in house it’s his job to protects his family and fix his wife. Fixing is what drives this family. It shows that this family seems to like to look away and avoid conflict than deal with it head-on. Generally Michael is doing the fixing and believes that by “fixing” the problems and moving on like nothing is happening (Michael role as an enabler). For example: When Alice showed signs of being overwhelmed after being home from rehab Michael being overwhelm too he offered to fix Alice and him issues by wanting to go on vacation to Mexico. Rather than addressing the overwhelming feelings and challenges they are both facing.
Some of the feelings overwhelming this family is guilt, shame and abandonment. Alice in particular struggles with these for many years causing her hide her drinking. Not having a voice in her own family and home this become her downfall. Alice’s drinking has become her identity, and her worst enemy. Which lead to her physical and mental abuse of Jesse (daughter first child for Alice and is Michael