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The movie 28 days follows Gwen an alcoholic and drug addict. She is sent to rehab and we follow her journey of trying to get clean and become a better person. Along with the ups and downs of being an addict. Gwen’s drug and alcohol affected many aspects of her life. Her social life was ruined. Her sister wanted nothing to do with her. Gwen ruined her wedding and was showing up drunk and late. The only kind of friend she had was Jasper, her boyfriend, and he was the same if not worse than she was. It is not good for addicts to be around people who are worse than them, don’t want to get better, and don’t think the have a problem. No one at rehab wanted to be around her she was rude and was lashing out against people. Her intelligence went out the window, literally. We see that when she jumps out of the window to get her pills and when she drives and crashes the limo, which got her into rehab in the first place. Her emotional state was bad, she was having hallucinations and was having mood swings. Gwen's physical state was just as bad, she was shaky and having bad withdrawals. …show more content…

At the beginning all she had was Jasper, who was being a bad influence on her life. Getting her to smoke, drink and do drugs. He didn’t understand why she would want to get clean and thought she should continue as she was before. But when she made friends with the people at rehab she started to get better. She became friends with Andrea. Andrea was a very big positive on her life and journey to get better. With everyone at rehab being like a friend to Gwen she got better, instead of looking to alcohol or Jasper she started making real friends, probably not the best ones but still

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