Addictions can be something scary for everyone involved. There are several different types of addictions that are dealt with every day in our society. When someone has an addiction to something it not only affects them‚ but also anyone around them that could be impacted. There are many different treatments depending on the specific addiction. As well‚ there are many different causes to various addictions. This is an important topic to understand whether you are the one addicted or someone looking
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Cell Phone: A Cordless Addiction Marie Winn wrote an amazing article “Television: The Plug-in Drug” in which she introduces the argument about television and its overwhelming affects on families. She opens the minds of readers with explaining that the casual entertainment television was intended for has now become a troublesome problem within families. Winn proposes that the problem lies within the seductive act of TV watching itself. That extensive TV watching alters children’s relations
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these understandings on addiction to social care practice. The word “addict” originates from Roman law where an individual is compelled to his or her creditor place of payment of debt (Ross et al‚ 2010). As Dunnington states that addiction is defined a number of different ways. Addiction is defined as a “brain disease” personifies by “compulsive use of drugs” this definition comes from the Institute of Medicine (2011). The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as a “chronic‚ relapsing
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people who would say addiction is not a disease but a choice. Those people are looking at it in an object manner without even scrapping the surface of the true issue. Daniel Akst‚ a writer from New York’s Hudson Valley‚ wrote that‚ “Addiction is voluntary rather than compulsory” (Akst). While indeed the first act of engaging in drug use is voluntary the spiraling downward effect is caused by addiction taking over a person’s brain. Mr. Netherton implies in this statement‚ "Addiction is a crutch word that
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of portraying life. This gives each painting or drawing a unique look that is almost the artist’s way of signing their work. Such as‚ the difference between one of the mural study pieces at the Pearl Fincher Museum and Sheep Shearing by James “Buck” Winn. This makes each painting look different‚ and gives each painting a different feel. Made by an unknown artist in an unknown year a mural study piece from the museum is an oil painting on a panel. It is a painting of several men raising‚ shearing
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Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Josquin Despres (c. 1440-1521) was acknowledged by his contemporaries as the most accomplished composer of his time. Martin Luther proclaimed that‚ “Josquin is a master of notes‚ which must express what he desires; on the other hand‚ other choral composers must do what the notes dictate.” Although very little is known about Josquin’s early life in the lowland region of northern France‚ he most likely received his musical training through his
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of what we now call reality TV. In the 1950’s‚ came Truth or Consequence. In these programs people were recorded in their natural surrounds and their reactions to different situations. In the 1970’s PBS aired what would be the reality programming of our time in a show called An American Family. An American Family followed a family around in their real life and watched every personal moment unveil in front of them.” (Slocum‚ 2010) The research paper shows how reality TV provides negative values. Many
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Marie Antoinette How would you imagine your life as a king or queen in the 1700’s? Surely you would love to have royalty but that’s not the whole point of it. Marie Antoinette‚ born in Vienna‚ Austria‚ in 1755‚ became Queen of France at the age of 19! She married Louis the XVI(16) when she was just 15 years old‚ a man she never knew just because governments were interested in forming alliances with other countries which meant to unite their leaders with the offspring of other royalty. Marie Antoinette
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birthday‚ Marie Surprenant had suffered more than most people do in an entire lifetime. Her abusive parents beat her unmercifully eventually breaking many bones in her body and severing her spinal cord. Fortunately for Marie‚ she was taken out of custody of her parents and was adopted by Michele Surprenant. Doctors gave Marie a grim prognosis. They said she would need constant medical attention the rest of her life and she wouldn’t be able to walk or even stand up. Luckily for Marie‚ her mother
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Nothing‚ written by Carla Killough McClafferty. Marie Curie was born on November 7‚ 1867 and was raised in Warsaw‚ Poland. Poland was controlled by Russia. When Marie was born‚ her mother suffered from tuberculosis and died when Marie was only eleven years old. Her mother’s name was Bronsitwa and her father’s name was Ladislas. They were both teachers and Marie was the youngest of five children. Marie went to Warson’s Pension Sikorska. After Marie went to high school‚ she enrolled in the Floating
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