Our Lady of Fatima University Valenzuela City Partial Fulfillment of Requirements in Practicum in School Setting Ψ 19C “Case Study of an Individual with Substance Abuse Disorder” Submitted to: Mr. John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta Submitted by: Andagan‚ Joseph I‚ 2009-108233 SUBSTANCE – USE DISORDER CLINICAL HISTORY Miguel’s symptoms of alcohol dependence started at the same time he learned how to smoke. At the tender age of 14‚ Miguel started engaging in drinking alcohol
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characters throwing down a few drinks and then partaking in a drunken car ride away from their problems. Eventually‚ they are pulled over and we see Alicia (Ingrid Bergman)‚ in a drunken fit‚ lash out at Mr. Devin (Cary Grant)‚ who mocks her apparent alcoholism. For Alicia alcohol is an escape from her guilt and pain created by her father’s treason. She attempts to camouflage her emotions with whiskey‚ brandy‚ champagne‚ and even coffee. The early moments in the car and in
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If the virtues are an intricately knitted sweater‚ alcoholism is like pulling a snagged thread until the entire thing comes undone. Alcoholism leads to lying‚ violence‚ laziness‚ social irresponsibility‚ promiscuity‚ injustice‚ inability to love and be in relationship to others and it also often causes the alcoholic to neglect her bodily health. So why do teenagers still drink alcohol? Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to the influences of peer pressure and pop culture‚ and may be inclined
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James Survoy Intro Bus Critical thinking exercise 4-2 Ethical Dilemmas 5. You are the vice president of a beer company in a state that sets the legal drinking age at 21. Your boss asks you to organize a lobbying effort to have the drinking age reduced to 18. What would you do? A. I would do research and report my findings to my boss. Although it might seem like a good idea to do so -higher sales‚ and therefore higher revenue and profit- lowering the drinking age would be a losing battle
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Each and every single day‚ we walk past many different types of people that come from all walks of life and some who are the typical definition of “normal” that are battling addictions to alcohol. My eyes were opened up a great deal when I attended an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that had a guest speaker named James and if I would have walked past him on the street‚ I would have never known the internal battles that he has faced and does face everyday he gets up out of bed. I went to an early
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his breath could make a small boy dizzy; but hung on like death; such waltzing was not easy.” (258). This poem is one of many effective devices that Sanders uses to clearly and decisively convey to us the readers of how profound the effects of alcoholism are. Sanders reflects back to his childhood and explains his complex relationship with his alcoholic father and the after effects now that he is a grown up. One of Sanders memorable comments in his essay is when he states his father “ He would
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has to consider whether he thinks the patient will cope with the transplant and become sober before transplanting the organ. Liam was young and young adults tend to recover better when illness strikes and if Liam was truly determined to stop the alcoholism‚ he should have been given a transplant. Doctors had tried many alternative advanced treatments to cure the advanced cirrhosis yet Liam still needed a liver transplant‚ which shows he was either still a heavy alcoholic and had made no change
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To understanding the metabolism of alcohol‚ we should know that what is alcohol‚ how is it affect human body. Alcohol is being considered one of the most commonly used drugs because it has adverse impacts on human’s health through how it’s metabolized. Alcohol is a compound of hydrogen‚ carbon and oxygen‚ which can be combined in many different ways. The commonest as known as ethyl ethanol‚ which is a specific alcohol compound (C2H5OH) and formed from the fermentation of yeast‚ sugars
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narrator uses a lot of symbolism and descriptive elements in his story‚ and in turn‚ how the reader will interpret the narrator as a person. A few characteristics that will be highlighted are death‚ psychosis/state of mind of the narrator‚ and alcoholism. The narrator admits an alcohol dependency right from the start. “One night‚ returning home ‚ much intoxicated‚ from one of my haunts about town…”(2). This gives the reader the impression that it is in the narrator’s normal character to be under
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drinker because I like to go out and party mostly every weekend. After learning so much about alcohol I started to wonder if I depended on it in order to have fun. Honestly it is quite scary to imagine that I could possibly be in the first stages of alcoholism. The biggest impact I had this semester was while watching the film where the mother hits her daughter because she is under the influence. My parents never did that too me so I do not think my future children should have to go through that either
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