The abstinence experience in my case was a process of learning about myself. I learned how I reacted when I had to stop doing a behavior that was giving me satisfaction and pain. I learned how to come up with ways to help my process and achieve my goal. At the beginning‚ it was difficult as it was the first time abstaining from a behavior that I had for many years‚ I can say it started during my life as an adolescent. It was seen as a fun thing to do at school with friends and at parties. However
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My label experience took place at the Jackson Medical Mall. I am a very shy person and this activity was really challenging. As I walked up to the first person and explained the assignment I was greeted with a smile. The first word of the day was friendly‚ followed by happy‚ energetic‚ three people choose humble‚ important‚ conservative‚ shy‚ and kind. Although I was so very nervous and hesitant to do this project it turned out nice. As I walked the mall people looked at me very strangely with the
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Volunteering as a diet aide at Camp Carefree‚ a children’s summer camp for type one diabetics‚ gave me the opportunity to know what it felt like to step into these innocent children’s shoes. Throughout college I was told I needed to get volunteer experience in order to get a dietetic internship‚ so I did. I volunteered at a medical center under the guidance of a dietitian‚ gave nutrition education to adults with physical disabilities at the Easter Seals‚ was the treasurer for the
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I thank my dad for bringing out the skill and mindset of an athlete. I not only use my competitive nature on the field but I also utilize it in the classroom. When I was younger‚ I would despise the person who got a higher grade than me. I wouldn’t actually hate them‚ I would hate that they beat me. But when I would get the highest grade in the class I would feel like I had won the championship football game. Now onto where I am from. I am from Laguna Hills California but I say I am from Mission
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Hello everyone. I am Martin Luther King Jr and I am a very important historical figure. I am an American Baptist minister‚ activist‚ humanitarian‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights. Some of my influences were; Mahatma Gandhi‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Bayard Rustin‚ and Henry David Thoreau. I am going to give you three reasons why you should keep me in the balloon; first I lead the March on Washington in 1963‚ I was in charge of the Birmingham Campaign‚ and I lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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You walk into a room and are instantly greeted by rows upon rows of evenly spaced desks. The only think you have with you‚ is you pencil and calculator. You sit down‚ silently‚ and feel your nerves begin to kick in. You are told that you have only sixty minutes to answer sixty questions. As time ticks down‚ you realize you are not going to finish‚ so you start randomly guessing. This is a real life example of what happened to a fellow peer of mine‚ during the ACTs. The topic I decided on‚ is why
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“My Traumatic Experience” I was so devastated. I would not have thought in a million years that I would lose someone so important to me. It was mid-day September 12‚ 2013 I had just gotten out of school as soon as I walked through the door and sat down my mother told me the sad news. The pain i felt on that day hurt my heart. My mom told me the news that my cousin had been in a car accident . Not only was she in an accident but she was pronounced dead on the sight. My cousin‚ Teaundra‚ was my best
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My Experience with Abstaining I chose to abstain from sugar for the assignment. Sugar has been a part of my life ever since I could remember. All of my happy memories as a child included sugar and it is my go to when I feel overwhelmed‚ frustrated‚ or upset. This experience was eye opening and I feel that it has better equipped me to help others through the process of recovery. It’s easy to see why addictions are difficult to recover from and why it is considered a lifelong practice. I learned
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I had a traumatic experience of an eight-years old kid whining in gibberish‚ crying until gagging‚ shrieking at an ear-splitting pitch‚ and throwing up an obnoxious blob of mess all at the same time right before my eyes next to me in a car. Ever since then‚ I put some distance between little children and myself‚ trying to avoid any kinds of interactions with them as much as I can. Babysitting was a fearful task and when I was once asked by a teacher to babysit his three little children for a couple
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Visiting nursing homes‚ assisted living facilities‚ and hospitals has always been a part of my life‚ so I wasn’t nervous or uncomfortable or with this aspect of the experience more so than others‚ but instead I was nervous about my ability to adapt to my new responsibilities‚ roles and expectations as a student in this setting; however‚ while it most certainly been a huge growing time for me so far in terms of gaining
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