When_A_Man_Loves_A_Woman

When A Man Loves A Woman When a Man Loves a Woman This movie was very realistic about the way alcoholism affects the fabric of a marriage. So many movies about the disease simplify it into a three-step process: Gradual onset, spectacular bottom, and eventual recovery. Real life isn't that simple; most alcoholics never even give themselves a chance to recover. Recovery is a beginning, not an end. This movie also dealt with that subject well. This movie begins amidst Alice's downward spiral to rock bottom. Early into the movie we have seen how much in love he is, how attentive, how accepting. To some degree, he is giving himself points for being such a nice guy. Sure, Alice hid a lot of her drinking (a practiced alcoholic can easily drink three or four more times more booze than others might be aware of). But the drinking she couldn't hide (the episode with the eggs, the almost drowning in Mexico, or the night she locks herself out of the house) would be unacceptable to many spouses. Not to good-hearted, accepting Michael who is a born enabler. It's easy to see Alice is ashamed of her drinking (hiding her bottles movie, alcoholism, drinking, very, michael, family, disease, children, alice, alcoholic, woman, understand, treatment, time, relationship, recovery, realistic, old, man, loves, incident, i'd, house, himself, hide, drunk, drink, denial, bottom, bottles, booze, because, alice's, accepting, about