Many poets use poetry to express their feelings on their relationships with their parents or children. ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker is about a girl who has grown into an adult and is thinking back to when she was younger. In the poem she talks about how much she misses her father because he has passed away. ‘Piano’ by D.H. Lawrence is about a man that is reminded of his mother who always played the piano for him because of a woman that he hears singing. ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua
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I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a comfortable house in Santa Monica‚ California. The room was occupied by approximately 70 attendees‚ and even more sitting on the outside porch. The focus of this particular day’s meeting was step six of the 12-step program. The sixth step is stated as follows: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character” (Wilson‚ 1939‚ p. 76). Following the definition and interpretation of the sixth step‚ the main speaker of the
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liver 12 years ago. Alcoholism has been in my family for many generations which made a good candidate. All of the men in my father’s family drank alcoholically and most of them died due to alcoholic related illnesses. I started drinking in high school at a young age. By the time I was 18 I was a full- blown alcoholic. I have always had very bad anxiety or panic attacks and I found out that alcohol relieved these. Everything I did and everywhere I went included alcohol for fear of a panic attack. I remember
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During the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended‚ my eyes were opened to the disease of addiction. When I walked into the meeting‚ I introduced myself and announced that I am a nursing student and was there to observe. In sync‚ all of the people attending the meeting greeted me. Twelve people took turns to read the twelve steps on the road to recovery. After the twelve steps were read everyone introduced themselves and then everyone greeted them at once. It was announced that each person that
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Questionnaire I am a 5th form student of the Antigua Girls’ High School . I am carrying out a questionnaire on the problem “How can alcohol affect a teen’s family and social life”. This questionnaire is part of my Social Studies SBA and must be filled out as accurately as possible. Please answer all questions with a () and follow any instructions that are associated. Your co-operation and participation is greatly appreciated. 1. a) Gender □ Male □ Female b) Age Range
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Behavior A.A. Meeting Reaction Recently‚ I attended an A.A. meeting‚ which stands for‚ alcoholic anonymous. The meeting I went to was located in Penfield‚ NY at 1601 Jackson Road‚ area code 14526. It was called the Yellow House. When I walked in‚ everyone was very welcoming and nice. Many people stared at me intensely as I entered the Yellow House. I think they thought I was a recovering alcoholic‚ until I explained to them later that I was there to listen and observe for a school project
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This paper is an attempt to explore the possible research stances available to me involved in participant observation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) of the Lehigh County. For this field study I chose to be a complete observer. I have to stay in many assignments I’ve done I never thought I had to study a group of people with a drinking problem‚ it was quite sad to listen to a young girls story. I felt like some sort of snitch‚ spying on a serious group of people‚ so please take this study seriously
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Alcoholic Family Help By Timothy G. Odum | Submitted On January 17‚ 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Is there an alcoholic in your family who needs to make a decision to get help? What about you‚
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life is miserable‚ painful and lonely. The few moments he is sober‚ the reality of what his life has disintegrated into causes so much pain and suffering. Although most alcoholics do not admit that they have a problem‚ those who suffer most are their families and close friends. They are left to feel the gap left behind by the alcoholic. If you are living this life‚ do not lose hope because there are alcohol addiction treatment programs that can help you control the habit. Here are the steps you should
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(memory loss) often occurs in alcoholics. It was believed that toxins from the alcohol was the reason for brain damage. It was later discovered that Korsakoff’s syndrome can also be caused by thiamine deficiency‚ hence converging operations. It was found in malnourished individuals who had little to no alcohol. Another support to converging operations is the experiment that compared thiamine-deficient rats with an identical group of control rats. Now‚ not only are alcoholics advised to stop consuming
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