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    Homelessness and Alcoholism Aaron Roberts ENGL 111 University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska has many local advocacy issues; but the one that stands out the most is homelessness. When I first moved to Alaska‚ Anchorage in 2011. What I realized in the first month living here; is the homelessness and drunks everywhere in Anchorage. This homeless issue is getting worse every year. In 2007 there was 1‚653 homeless people‚ and the next year there was 2‚199. Each year the population for homeless people

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    Alcoholism and Bullying

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    today my topic is on about Alcoholism and Bullying. Alcoholism and Bullying is one of those things where its not so easy to get out. It’’s like you are being a mime‚ and you have this invisible box that’s impossible to get out of. It’s not always easy to see when your drinking has crossed the line from moderate or social use to problem drinking. But if you consume alcohol to cope with difficulties or to avoid feeling bad‚ you’re in potentially dangerous territory. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can sneak

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    Effects of Alcoholism

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    experiences under ether are those experienced by a person drinking alcohol. Alcoholism Alcohol consumption is a learned behaviour- no one likes the taste of alcohol at first. People drink out of curiosity‚ because of custom (let’s “toast” the bride and groom)‚ or o escape from an unpleasant feeling with a sense of well- being and euphoria. Alcoholics are perceived as being weak people or as having bad habits. Alcoholism is the disease produced by the repeated misuse of ethyl alcohol. It is a Primary

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    Treatments of Alcoholism

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    Treatments of Alcoholism Alcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic ’s family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: *In 1988‚ alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United States an estimated $85.8 billion in mortality and reduced productivity; *Fetal alcohol syndrome‚ caused by a woman ’s drinking during pregnancy‚ afflicts five thousand infants

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    Alcoholism Research

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    Alcoholism An illness characterized by significant impairment that is directly associated with persistent and excessive use of alcohol. What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is an illness characterized by significant impairment that is associated with persistent and excessive use of alcohol. Impairment may include physiological‚ psychological or social dysfunction. Psychologically speaking‚ alcoholism has less to do with “how much” someone is drinking‚ and more to do with what happens when they

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    Medicalisation of Alcoholism

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    * * Medicalization of Alcoholism: * Moral Issue or Disease of the Will? * * * * * Charmaine Tan Xin Yi * A0085302N * Discussion Group: E2 * Bachelor of Science (Nursing) * AY2012/2013 Semester 2 * 25th March 2013 * This paper focuses on the medicalisation of alcoholism. Through the critique of the medical discourse of alcoholism‚ the paper seeks to understand better the social process in which alcoholism has changed from a moral issue

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    Alcoholism In The Scapper

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    Irish fiction is a unique genre that dives deep into the realities of many Irish families and how these realities both help and hinder them.  These realities include alcoholism as well as strong family values. Alcoholism and family values have both helped and hindered Irish families as shown through The Snapper‚  by Roddy Doyle‚ with Sharon’s drinking while pregnant and her family handling her pregnancy as well as The Butcher Boy‚ by Pat McCabe‚ with Francie’s alcoholic dad and his family lacking

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    Alcoholism Essay

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    12 April 2011 “The Inside Story on Alcoholism” Going back to the early 1920’s‚ alcoholism was an issue for many men‚ evident by the push for the Prohibition by many women at that point in time. Women wanted the 18th amendment so that their husbands would stop throwing their money away at bars‚ when many families lived from check to check‚ this was when the phrase “when you have a relationship with someone who is addicted‚ you have a relationship with an addiction‚ not a person” was coined by individuals

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    Teenage Alcoholism

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    Teenage Alcoholism By Austin J. Russell December 14‚ 2011 Teenage drinking. What is it about drinking that teenagers find so attractive? Social influences? Confidence? Respect from others? The focus of this article is on why the highest percentage of alcohol drinkers is young people and teenagers like me and the reasons behind that percentage. Statistics show that the highest percentage of alcoholics‚ at least in the United States lies in the younger population. This figure is 31.5% (www

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    Alcoholism and Smoking

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    Smoking kills? (Should Smoking be banned in Public Places?) Looking at the health hazards‚ including lung cancer‚ impotency‚ asthma and heart disease‚ which smoking can cause‚ banning it in public places is long time due. However‚ this is just one of the viewpoints. Most smokers and many restaurant owners will sing an altogether different tune with regards to banning smoking in public places. So‚ let’s get to the bottom of this debate by looking at its pros and cons. Arguments for... Let’s

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