Intervention Strategies Summary Paper Learning Team D BSHS/445 May 25‚ 1025 Alysha McCuistion Intervention Strategies Summary Paper Everyone has problems. Some people are aware enough to acknowledge the problems‚ while others need help identifying issues. There are those that will deny that a problem even exists‚ though there are several identifying factors that scream otherwise. Individuals in denial of their problems often spiral downhill until they reach rock bottom. They may need to be given
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Overeaters Anonymous- 12 Steps to New Life Shelley N. Fischer BSHS 431 Monday‚ May 14‚ 2012 Gary Zarchy Overeaters Anonymous- 12 Steps to New Life I decided because I don’t drink and have never had a drug addiction that I wanted to find a 12- step program that would be relatable to something I felt could help me in my life now. I decided that the program would be Overeaters Anonymous. I have known for a long time that I have an addictive nature‚ as I tend to become very focused on something
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A.A Today I went to my Alcoholics Anonymous class‚ and needless to say‚ I did not know what to expect. I went to the Step program at Memphis Memorial‚ and the entire group was very accepting of having nursing students attend. The class began with one lady reading from their big book‚ and then the group recited the serenity prayer and the 12 steps. Once this was completed‚ the nursing students in attendance introduced ourselves and stated our reason for being there. The leader of the group
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Lenae Gomez ENG 110.3 Professor Unger February 11‚ 2013 Au Contraire In “Conte” by Marilyn Hacker‚ Cinderella shows the reader a glimpse of her life after the childhood tale ends‚ a less happier ending than the original story implies. She feels trapped in a constant state of misery and boredom in the royal palace. Without life experience guiding her‚ Cinderella is in a dilemma caused by her ignorance of the potential consequences of her actions. With the use of irony‚ structure‚ and diction
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12-Step/Mutual Support Group Meeting Directions and Requirements Read Chapter 10 in advance of attending the meeting. 1. Students should choose the type of meeting they wish to attend: Alcoholics Anonymous‚ Narcotics Anonymous‚ Overeaters Anonymous‚ Reformers Unanimous etc. Look in Chapter 10 for a list of others. Often these meetings are held at churches‚ shelters‚ and helping agencies. They are offered at various times of the day and multiple times each week. Rocky Mount has some really
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For my Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting assignment I attended an AA meeting held at Annunciation RC Church in Paramus. I was a bit nervous before coming in to the meeting. I had my own personal feelings towards alcoholics for some time. I had a few relatives that dealt with alcohol with some of their lives. Like most families from my background‚ talking about alcoholism just never happened. It was something that was kept secret and never discussed. My religion tells us that drinking any kind of
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you were saying‚ all I could think about was “that doesn’t sound like me”! It had to be though because no one else wrote that paper for me. After a lot of thought I went back quite a few years to a time when I was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous because my drinking and behavior got out of hand and I needed help. It got me through a period of time‚ but I have still managed to stay sober three years after leaving AA‚ and I was told that was an impossible thing for a person to do. They tried
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Abstract The level at which the internet is taking over the traditional Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) old ways of face-to-face conversations is immense. Having attended the AA meetings both online and in person‚ I noticed that. Fifty-two people attended the online AA meeting and only twenty-six participated in person. This shows that most people struggling with alcohol addiction are now attending AA meetings via computer in search of sobriety than in person. In my thoughts‚ it is questionable whether
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Gambling Addiction Gambling affects the person doing it and anyone who is close to them. Through personal experience getting hooked on gambling is mainly from the action and thrill of everything associated with gambling. When gambling they are part of the action and not just watching people play a game for money. If one is truly a pathological gambler‚ just like lying they cannot stop unless they are helped. When gambling it is very difficult to come to the realization that one is addicted. They
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Kristen Paul Week 7 December 1‚ 2012 The Rights that Inmates Possess Upon entering prison‚ inmates will lose most of their right as a free citizen. Although most of our rights afforded to us are a result of how we live our lives here in the United States‚ some of our rights still are maintained within the prison walls. These rights are listed within the First‚ Fourth‚ Eighth‚ and Fourteenth Amendment. The First amendment states we have the right to freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion
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