Appreciation of the book: While I cannot say that I had an easy time reading Under the Volcano‚ I can say that it was an enjoyable experience. The book is laid out in 12 chapters of similar length that progress the story in a pleasant fashion. I very much enjoyed the character development and their interactions with each other. It was easy to care about the characters and their issues. The way Lowry depicts Mexico truly emphasizes the sense of despair and darkness that surrounds this novel. While
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tonight was on a higher power and how believing in that higher power helps you stay sober. After brief introductions and stating their names‚ they began discussion and whoever wanted to speak had the opportunity to do so. Listening to all of their stories was really interesting. Almost all of the members have been sober for at least 30 days and more and about four people were just recently sober‚ with one being sober only three days now. One of the member’s stories really stood out to me. He said that
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run. These factors‚ and others‚ played a big part in how I felt after leaving the meeting. When I was released from jail‚ the most important goal I had was to stay sober. For a long time going to 12-step meetings was a big part of my life. Being able to socialize with other people in recovery helped me not to feel alone. Being sober meant that I needed to cut ties with any of the people I knew who used drugs. The problem was that all my friends used drugs.
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When people are drunk their sense of judgement is seriously affected some drunks have saidthey feel like they are better driving drunk than sober. That is a scary thought that people actually feel that way. That means that when they decide to drink and drive they do not feel like they are doing anything wrong. What’s worse is that in one case in the video about drunk drivingit
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However there is one that curiously is rarely discussed and that is drinking. In a life and a book saturated with liquor both the main characters‚ Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan‚ are repeatedly described as non-drinkers. In the book the drink and sober duality is overturned so that the characters that act "soberly" and down to earth are the drinkers and the non drinkers are out of touch with reality; they are dreamers and act "drunk." On another level Fitzgerald ties multiple themes with drink going
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since being sober for a year and on half. He was proud of his “new high” that comes from helping new members and speaking at functions and proud to belong to this community of friends that come from all walks of life. He openly admitted that although he enjoys seeing the love and the compassion that the others enjoy through their connection to God‚ he is “not quite there yet with the God thing!” The other three speakers all spoke of similar stories of their daily struggles to stay sober. They told
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If someone in class today was asked what their personal identity was‚ they would likely respond with an affiliation to one or several groups that would reflect physical appearance or the perception they had of themselves. The person may respond by associating themselves with a gender‚ age‚ ethnicity‚ or sexual orientation that most closely aligns with how they view themselves. John Locke‚ a modern empiricist philosopher‚ argues that personal identity is solely dependent on consciousness and not on
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moments of my life. My experiences before and after quitting prescription pain killers have shaped my life‚ and myself into what it is and what I am today. I would like to compare and contrast my experiences before and after getting sober. Before getting clean and sober my addiction took away my ability to take care of myself and my loved ones emotionally and financially. My addiction to prescription pain killers made it physically and mentally impossible to be able to work a job‚ go grocery
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completing a 12-step program into sobriety. In this meeting specifically‚ we read verses from what they called “The Big Book” which is kind of like their Bible. The book talks about different peoples stories of how they overcame their addiction and became sober. Next‚ people talked about their experiences during their addiction and how these AA meetings really helped them admit to having an addiction as well as admitting to others‚ which is one of the many steps to the program. The AA meeting was located
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of his seventh mixtape and second extended play. Kauai include a very popular song that goes by the name “Sober”. The music video has won awards for best video and as of November 29th‚ he has gathered over 30 million views. Glover was very creative when producing the song and video. I feel that he intended to create a second meaning to the song through the lyrics and the video. The song “Sober” by Childish Gambino does an excellent job of using video to create the idea of being high even though he
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