Sandra Bullock played Gwen Cummings, a woman who is always the life of the party. Gwen had an alcohol addiction. Life began to be different when she was drunk at her sister's wedding, fell on the cake, stole the limousine and ran her off the road into a house. Gwen was charged with drunk driving and sentenced to 28 days of rehabilitation. It took about a week to get used to rehab and overcome the withdrawal urges, but Gwen learned to find happiness in other ways.2. Identify all the characters in the film who use substances. Do any of them meet the criteria for substance abuse or substance dependence? If yes, then which one(s)? What symptoms of substance abuse or dependence have they experienced? If they reach the level of abuse, what consequences continue to occur? If they meet the criteria for addiction, which of the 7 symptoms do they exhibit? You will be deducted 5 points if you do not answer this question completely. Characters Using: Gwen, Andrea, Jasper (There are other people in the film who are in rehab so apparently use drugs/alcohol, but these three are the ones who are shown in most detail abusing.• Gwen Cummings: (main character ) substance addiction; Gwen shows alcohol tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, fainting, vomiting, most of the activities she was doing in the movie she was drunk, she started her morning with a beer, she distances herself from her sister, especially after incidents at his wedding. At first, he only hangs out with party people. Consequences include: Causing a public spectacle at his sister's wedding, falling into the cake (outrageous behavior). Legal problems. Drinking with friends with little memory of the behavior due to blackout,Separation from sister and...... middle of paper......desperate need to turn his life in the right direction.12 did you help them if you were working on your current career goal? Inpatient treatment like that shown in the film, attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after she is released from rehab, and follow-up sessions with a counselor or support group as she tries to make new sober friends and rebuild her life and his relationship with his sister.13. Who would be the hardest to help? Why? Convincing Gwen to ask for help when she needed it would be a process. Gwen was stubborn and sarcastic and didn't like asking anyone for help. Plus, if she hadn't gone to rehab and gotten clean, it would have been difficult to distance her from negative influences like Jasper. She had to get clean and sober to see what was going on in her relationship with him.