Alcoholism

Alcohol Paper In class, we have read the book written by Caroline Knapp entitled, Drinking, A Love Story, and watched the movie “Days of Wine and Roses”. These are both stories of people struggling with the illness of alcoholism. Caroline Knapp’s book explained both what it was like for others to deal with her, being the alcoholic, and also how she had to deal with the illness herself. It was the story of her …

…Cullum-Swan. I have done so with Cooley’s theory of the “looking-glass self” with the example of the main character in the movie seeing himself as a bum. I have also used many theories of Cullum-Swan. I have also connected them with symbolic interaction by talking about Knapp’s empty self-esteem needing to be filled by sleeping with various men while drunk. I feel I now have a clearer understanding of alcoholism in the self.