Alcoholism: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Effects Composition I April 1‚ 1997 Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States today. It not only affects the alcoholic‚ but also their family‚ friends‚ co- workers‚ and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many‚ as are the causes and the effects. Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker‚ yet‚ they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type
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Attacked from Inside What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.? Many people would guess cancer‚ but they would be wrong. The leading cause of death over the past few years has been heart disease. Last year‚ heart diseases claimed the lives of more than 600‚000 Americans. The most common of these is acute myocardial infarction‚ better known as a heart attack. Each year‚ about 720‚000 Americans suffer from a heart attack. That averages to almost two thousand heart attack cases a day! So why
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Causes of texting and driving would be if a young teenager heard their cell phone ringing and they automatically assume they needed to answer it. The effect would be they have less time to react‚ checking a cell phone takes away five seconds of teen’s attention to driving or moving at a stop light. Justifying that reading a text is way safer then actually replying or composing a text message. Texting or reading a text better is much safer at a red stop light instead of driving down the interstate
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and your life can be gone. what is a car accident‚ its an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm‚ injury‚ damage‚ or loss. Millions of people die from car accidents and many have long term injuies from accidents. In 2004 6.2 million accidents was reported to the police 2.8 million were injured and 42‚636 were killed. 36 percent of crashes involved alcohol and usually happens at midnight on the weekends. (Common Cause of Accidents). Drunk driving
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CAUSE AND EFFECT EARLY PREGNANCY Early Pregnancy is one of the problems in today’s society. Many teenagers today don’t know how big responsibility to raise a child when they are young too. Becoming a parent is a big responsibility that should give priority‚ but how can teenagers can handle this big responsibility if she was too young too? To raise a child involves a lot of patient and sacrifices which lot teens don’t have. The risk of pregnancy among teenagers is largely increasing. Some teenagers
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Kaylie Davis Cause and Effect Journal Eating Disorders About 24 million of US suffer from an eating disorder. Eating disorders affect almost anyone‚ but they target women‚ more specifically teenage girls between the age of 11-23 (National 1). Eating disorders range from anorexia and bulimia to taking laxatives and restricting what you eat. There are multiple causes of eating disorders. Biological factors and social media can cause a person to have an eating disorder. Biological factors such as
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The Terrible Causes and Effects of Depression Depression is an illness or anxiety that causes a person to be overcome with sadness and question their worth. There are many different reasons for the causes of depression. Depression comes in many different forms and is not just known as depression. It also carries with it many different effects to people’s lives. Depression occurs in people of all ages and genders. Depression is a terrible illness that harms many people in today’s society. There
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February 2013 Cause and Effects of Hiding Concussions Symptoms You hear almost every day now about‚ the dangers of sustaining a concussion. With all the recent attention this issue is receiving‚ new studies and research are being funded to further determine what damage a concussion does to the brain. However there is something more dangerous than just getting a concussion. Hiding a concussion and its symptoms is an extreme risk athletes have taken for decades. What causes these athletes
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CULTURAL SHOCK Kasie Sepeda Professor Scherf 11/19/2012 Outline I. What is Cultural Shock a. serious phenomenon and a long-winded process b. Real culture shock can happen in places you expect to be similar II. Effects of cultural shock a. Happen when you take a culture for granted. b. Can affect your job‚ family‚ etc. III. Causes of cultural shock a. Can cause mild uneasiness or temporary homesickness to acute unhappiness or even‚ in extreme
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Causes and Effects of Peer Pressure Everest College Cause and Effects of Peer Pressure Peer pressure is a way to control or influence others. A negative effect of peer pressure is anything that someone forces another to do that makes them feel uncomfortable. It causes young individuals to do things they know is wrong which can be very dangerous. A teenage boy can convince a teenage girl to have sex with him because “everyone is doing it”. The teenage girl
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