Lily Bailey Recovery Support Experience Paper June 23‚ 2012 Week 4 Assignment There are a lot of things that people can be addicted to‚ but I am going to stick to one‚ which is alcohol. When addicted to something it’s when you are being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is expressively or physically habit forming‚ especially alcohol or narcotic drugs. There is different ways that people can go get help with something that they are dependent on‚ well in other words addicted
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Jasmine Diaz ENG 120D 4-12-12 Prof. Boylan Final Draft Less Talk‚ More Work Have you ever thought that there is a greater need to work constantly on a daily basis than to catch up on your social life with family and friends? Work addiction is a growing problem today. Most workaholics seem to put work‚ a main priority‚ before anything else such as time spent with others. The obsession with work is due to many reasons. For some people‚ work is needed to earn money to pay for necessary expenses
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April 10th‚ 2013 Anthropology 101 Participant Observation Project On Friday‚ April 5th starting at 8:00pm I walked into St. Peters Catholic Church in Olney‚ Maryland to witness my first ever open AA meeting. The meeting was being held in the basement area of the church. The room was small and comfortable. The atmosphere was very welcoming and relaxed. A younger gentleman wearing a nice clean button down shirt and khakis‚ who goes by the name Andy‚ stands by the door and greets people as they
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The Scio Township Hall was nearly silent when I entered. There were only a man and a woman sitting at a table on the one side of the meeting room. I was about to ask if I was in the right place‚ but before I could open my mouth‚ the woman greeted me and introduced herself as a member of the Land Preservation Commission (LPC). One by one‚ other commissioners started to trickle in‚ smoothly joining in on the conversation about ordinances presented at the Board meeting a few days prior. I wondered if
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Before the service learning project I had never attended an AA meeting‚ now I have attended two. When I first began looking into AA meetings‚ I noticed there was variety of different kinds. There are some meetings for young people‚ women‚ gay people‚ those who seriously want to quit drinking‚ and there are also some in prison. However‚ only some of the meetings were open (meaning anyone could come)‚ this slightly limited my options. Although I had done some research‚ I had no idea to what to expect
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In this article‚ the researchers studied the impact of Alcoholics Anonymous on sobriety as well as the impact of gender differences and extroversion on success in AA. In Alcoholics Anonymous‚ women typically consist of one-third of the members (Krentzman‚ Brower‚ Cranford‚ Bradley‚ & Robinson‚ 2012). Some studies have also shown that women more frequently attend AA meetings and tend to be more extroverted (Krentzman et al.‚ 2012). The researchers questioned if extroversion was a factor in women’s
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Running head: Keeping Rape Victims Anonymous. In rape trials‚ the names of victims should not be released to the public. Rape victims have been through more than they deserve to begin with. There is no reason their names need to be released to the public. Rape is a different type of crime‚ it leaves the victim with emotions and feeling I cannot even begin to describe. If the victim of a rape decides to go public with their name that is their decision‚ but it should be left up to them. I
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The possibility that Anonymous is actually hindering the efforts of the war on ISIS is also present. Firstly‚ many in Anonymous refuse to work with western governments‚ like the United States‚ because as they are combatting ISIS‚ they are also combatting many actions western governments commit. As there are many sects within Anonymous‚ however‚ there are some which work directly with the United States government. One of these groups‚ Ghost Security Group (or GhostSec) has continually infiltrated
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For these people this is the first step of overcoming their addiction and to get their life together. Alcoholics Anonymous isn’t a religious based organization‚ but they do believe in a higher power to help people through their emotional or physical problems (Johnson and Pagano A.11). After the passing of denial for help the person can finally make changes to their life
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Gambling Addiction 1. Introduction Gambling is created for purposes of leisure such as horse racing‚ poker and cards. However‚ when the gamblers are mentally inability to control their behaviour in engaging gambling activities‚ it becomes a problem. Terms like pathological gambling‚ problem gambling‚ or gambling addictions are used to describe such condition. American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) characterises it as a disorder of impulse control. Features
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