A). Common Roles within the Family System
Rosie's mother has a drug problem and often sleeps well past the time her children need to get up for school. Rosie takes it upon herself to get her siblings up, give them breakfast, and get ready for school. She, being the oldest child, has been assuming more and more responsibility for tasks around the house.
Answer the following:
o Which of the four most common roles in family systems do you think Rosie is taking on?
o What are the potential long-term consequences for Rosie in taking on these heavy responsibilities?
o What message do you think Rosie's role as "second mom" sends to her siblings about Rosie and their mother?
B). In a Relationship with a Substance Abuser Your paper should be 4-5 pages long.
Directions:
Nearly everyone probably knows someone who places other people's health, welfare, and safety before their own. When they do this, they can lose contact with their own needs, desires, and sense of self-worth.
1. Please watch the movie When a Man Loves a Woman. It is available from Amazon On-Demand rental for streaming or download and Netflix DVD rental. You may also be able to find the movie at your local public library or video rental store.
2. Refer to the characteristics of codependent people as discussed in the assigned weekly readings. Choose three of the characteristics to examine.
3. Search the AUO library and include at least one peer-reviewed journal article on treatment for codependence to use for research.
4. Based on the character of the husband in the movie When a Man Loves a Woman, your weekly readings and the research article you reviewed, write a 4-5 page paper that addresses the following for each of the three characteristics you picked:
1. Explain three codependent characteristics. Explain why you have chosen each particular characteristic. Provide three examples, one for each characteristic, of how those codependent characteristics specifically apply to the husband's character in the film.
2. Evaluate how each codependent characteristic is detrimental to this person's ability to establish and maintain healthy relationships.
3. Analyze how the codependent behavior has evolved within the substance abuse environment.
4. Apply what you have learned from the assigned readings and the peer-reviewed article to recommend at least two strategies for breaking codependent behaviors within a substance abuse environment.
Please note that you may locate the movie, When a Man Loves a Woman on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOW0dCcun0