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28 Days Movie Reflection

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Research Reflection Paper on the Movie: 28 Days
There are different types of addiction, there is substance use addiction, behavioral addiction, alcohol addiction, and prescription use addiction. For this paper, I will be writing on the movie, 28 Days. This movie is about alcohol and drug addiction as they are the most common type of addiction in this present society (Galanter & Kleber, 2008).
Gwen, who was the main character of the movie was addicted to drugs and alcohol and would keep drinking with the influence of her boyfriend, Jasper. She had an impaired memory that she forgot that it was her sister’s wedding and arrived late. Gwen was so uncoordinated that her knocking down the wedding cake made a scene at the ceremony. She promised her sister she was going to replace the wedding cake; in search of a new wedding cake, she stole the limousine that the newly wedded couple was supposed to drive. Only for her to crash the car into a house because she was driving under the influence of alcohol. For her sentence, she had the option of 28 days in the prison or the rehabilitation centre. She chose to go to a rehabilitation center, which was not a voluntary decision as she did not see anything wrong in her disruptive behavior.
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