When a Man Loves a Woman

When A Man Loves A Woman : The Movie

THE DISASTER CALLED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY

What is Chemical Dependency

It may start from one drop of beer one stick of a cigarette or one snort of the white powder ' - maybe for the experience , or , part of the right of passage ' syndrome , or , a moment of grand celebration of getting away . THAT one particular only once ' may trigger a disaster called chemical dependency . It is a disease that progresses - from a one , slow time until the victim realizes he is hooked . Then he

finds himself in an unmanageable situation . Then he falls apart . Then he hurts and breaks his family , looses his job , antagonize his friends becomes a burden to one too many

Yet , he goes on and continued being dependent on a substance , on a chemical . By his own volition or through the motivation of others he might try treatment and /or rehabilitation . He may or may not succeed He may or may not try again . Thus , it is very important that the healing process that a chemical dependent patient will be part of , must be worked out with professionals

As Illustrated in When a Man Loves a Woman

A poignant movie of a picture perfect family - everything about Michael and Alice Green as husband and wife and father and mother to Jess and Casey , will make the audience be tickled pink . The love they shared was enormous and contagious and scintillating . There was utter pure affection and care and peace they all showered each other 's being Michael works as a successful airline pilot with erratic work schedule and Alice works as a school counselor , faced with the daily burden of so many problems of patients that she must find a way to be solved . Then something went wrong

Amidst their seeming contentment and happiness , one night Michael misses his flight schedule because of the mysterious delay of Alice to get home to take over the care of Jess and Casey . Alice finally makes it home and she was drunk . Thus begins the unraveling of the devastating truth that came into the Green family : Alice is an alcoholic

The ensuing scenes show the struggle for both Alice and Michael to solve the problem : rehabilitation , separation , group therapy counseling - all to naught as they ended up being at odds with each other

When they finally decided to separate , Michael takes a re-assignment of post in Denver . The 4 months of separation enabled Alice and Michael to sort themselves out . Michael and Alice realize that there is a way out without necessarily pinpointing at each other for the problems of adjustment they seek . The simple answer is : the man loves the woman

Why Alice Became An Alcoholic (The Etiology

During the 180th sober day of Alice she made a valedictory speech that actually concludes the film - she admitted on the alcoholism of her father . To which , her mother lashed out her frustration to both the father and Alice

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