Her boyfriend who introduced her to drugs such as cocaine caused her to become an addict. This destroyed her focus in school, loss of control and functioning and a diminished level of intelligence. The boyfriend had a negative impact on her life. She had a room called Ruby who was very close to her. She would be there to protect her in most situations.
Another benefit would be incorporating her parents into more sessions because I believe half of the issue lies with them. Unlike the movie I don’t think it is smart to have Lisa and Susanna in such close quarters, as they are not good for each other. Psycho The issue that caused Susanna’s parents to take her to the institution was her suicide attempt; it portrays her taking an entire bottle of aspirin followed by alcohol. The events leading her to this event see to be the stress she is feeling of having a relationship with a much older married
He had beeen a consumer at the court club. He was a violent alchaholic, jealous and possesive, and the marridge deterioated rappidly because he was cobvinced she was having an affair. Ruth left him several times but always returned. In 1951, while 4 months pregnant, Ruth appeared, uncredited, as a beauty queen in the rank film lady godiva rides again. She subsequently gave birth to a daughter Georgina, but George refused to acknowledge parenity and they seperated shortly afterwards.
She was going to be a surrogate mother again but she found out that she had a sexual transmitted disease. She didn’t take responsibility for this but blamed her boyfriend and his wife. When her boyfriend broke off their relationship she had a tantrum and wouldn’t leave him or his wife alone.
A lot of patients lose a reason or faith to get clean, The desire to become clean soon fades with some addicts; and this can occur for different reasons. I the case of Lucretia, losing her family is the reason she ended up losing faith in getting clean. Marcos used his addiction to deal with his troubled childhood. People turn to drugs for many reasons. In these cases, Lucretia and Marcos wanted escape unwanted feelings or bad memories.
She also experienced a lot of mental abuse from her mom, who seemed to cut her down more than anything. When it came to her relationship with Melchior, she just seemed to go with the flow. She kind of got sucked into doing things that she, possibly, may have not done if she would have had a closer, more open relationship with her mom. Wendla longs to feel loved and at one point, even confuses the physical abuse that one of her friends experiences at home as real love and begs Melchior to hit her. She was a very lost child that needed more attention on the home front.
Movie: “28 days” 1. Presenting addiction: In 28 days the main character “Gwen” is an alcoholic who ends up getting arrested at her sisters wedding for driving drunk and crashing into a house. 2. Observed underlying issues: An observed underlying issue is the relationship with her boyfriend “Jasper”. Jasper is also addicted to alcohol and prescription pills.
Medical At the age of 17 Fred had a motorbike accident which resulted in him going into an 8 day coma, this lead to him having outbursts of range. We feel this could be one of the reasons behind his aggressive nature. Feminist When Fred was 12 years old, he was sexually abused by his mother. As a result of this he believed that this was a “normal” thing to do, so therefore influenced Rosemary into following the same route. Also after Fred was charged for molesting a teenage girl when he was 19 he was disowned by his mother.
The most noticeable for moment displaying how serious their drug addictions were was when I witnessed Brenda going through a withdrawal because her body was craving the drug. Seeing her inject drugs into her body is still difficult to process in my mind. Watching Dicky was equally as sad because of the possible career he threw away because of a drug addiction. All three people have very sad stories. Unfortunately Brenda passed away and Boo Boo still supports his drug addiction by stealing.
Drug abusers will lose their close family and friends due to abusing drugs. There are many warning signs of drug use and abuse in teenagers. The challenge for parents is to distinguish between the normal, sometimes volatile, ups and downs of the teen years and the red flags of substance abuse. They will start being secretive about friends, possessions, and activities. They’ll have a new interest in clothing, music, and other items that highlight drug use.