Enablers, The
- 1978 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
- (Presented by the Johnson Institute) Shows how the family and friends of an alcoholic working woman unknowingly enable her to progress into alcoholism. Presents the repercussions of the illness in the lives of people around the alcoholic: the arguments, the embarrassments, the fear, the anger. Identifies some common behaviors by which families enable dependent persons to continue drinking. The film ends as one family member begins to confront the drinking problem.
- Topics: (Alcohol/Alcoholism, Family Life)
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