13 Jan. 2016 Blaser, Larry, Zoran Minderovic, and James Hoffman. “Alcoholism.” The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner.…
The quality of life is spiraling down due to health problems related to alcohol, such as fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome can also affect two in every thousand babies born in some reserves, leaving them with a lifetime of developmental and neurological disorders. Education and treatment are valuable tools to assist in the road to recovery from addiction to alcohol. They are also required for families, communities and other social supports. Alcoholism is an addiction and genetically linked disease.…
Most people have a confused idea of alcoholism as a disease that invades or attacks your good health. Use of such a strong word such as "disease" shapes the values and attitudes of society towards alcoholics.…
The book, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie is about a native tribe who go through a lot of difficult things but somehow manage to get through it all. They fight through it all and they preserve their culture. To them, family is the most important as well as their traditions. This book has a lot of interesting topics, such as, how spirituality plays an important role in the novel. They also explain how many of them have been destroyed by drinking and doing drugs at a young age.…
Just before the times of the great Americans, the United States was founded by the Native Americans. In a matter of years, the Natives had their power taken away from them by many different groups from other lands such as the British and the French. During these times of European rule, the Natives had many hardships to overcome, such as religion, freedom, and maybe the most negative of them all, the dependency they had towards the Europeans. Since the Europeans came to America wealthy and wanting land, they had to make agreements with the Natives who lived there. One of the biggest trades the Europeans and Natives made for land was alcohol.…
Anthropologists have named uneasy alcohol cultures like the United States as ambivalent drinking cultures, while cultures that perceive drinking alcohol as a daily activity are referred to as integrated drinking cultures. Although naming these two kinds of drinking cultures doesn’t help in understanding how a culture influences…
The separation of families along with poverty and discrimination has been contributing factors to poor mental health amongst Native Americans and the depression has led many Native Americans to escape their reality by intoxication or even…
So why are drugs and alcohol particularly evident upon the indigenous? This is because of the undeniable feeling of hopelessness traditional people face. In the Native American episode (S3 E6) of “30 Days,” Morgan Spurlock, the star of “30 days” asks the man at the store on the way to the Navajo reservation what he will be seeing. The man tells Spurlock that he’ll see a lot of poverty and alcohol. Why is this so?…
Suicide in Native Americans Suicide is a tragedy that runs rampant through our society. When a tragic event like this occurs, we are often left with what can we do to prevent such ideas. Native Americans are no stranger to this concept. Many kids in their community are seen to have higher rates of suicide compared to other Americans. While researching this topic I found it interesting how different sources approached and addressed this issue.…
The effect the European American’s culture had on the Native Americans is still very prominent today because the stereotypical American Indian still persists both in life and literature. By erasing their languages and teaching European ways exclusively, the Native American culture has slowly disappeared. The culture has been slowly degraded by an increase of acceptance of Native American stereotypical attributes such as alcoholism, laziness, and gambling addictions among others. Indigenous people were deeply affected by European American culture and have been fighting stereotypes to rebuild the foundations of their identity that have been neglected throughout a painful history. Often times, stereotypes can be positive, but more often than…
Open-ended (200 words maximum): What ethnic groups in the U.S. experience the most severe alcohol-related problems? Briefly summarize the key findings of epidemiological research on ethnic differences in harmful social and health outcomes of alcohol…
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the physical, social, and mental effects of alcohol abuse. Central Idea: Alcohol abuse can cause serious physical problems, lack of a social life, and strain on mental stability. Introduction I. Think of a person you know who is healthy and has everything going for them in life with a strong support system. A. Attention Getter:…
The effects of alcohol abuse vary from person to person, but the devastation of this chronic disease can have a permanent effect on family and friends. It is reported that alcoholism can have devastating effects on the body and physiological issues can also arise from this problem, but it can be treated for people willing to better themselves. Alcoholism, also known as alcohol dependence, is a common disorder. Lifetime prevalence rates vary widely according to the methodology used, but probably close to 10% of the U.S. population is affected (Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse). Personally, many members of my family, to include extended family, have suffered from this affliction resulting in several deaths and conditions which required several…
The United States is a place where people are free to do what they want. This is an entrance to have people abuse that privilege. During the prohibition here in the United States, Alcohol was banned throughout the entire country. This went on for thirteen years ending in 1933. Now today Wisconsin has the highest alcohol abuse population in the country.…
The problem today that Alcoholism is having on our society are accidents are happening and people are dying. Another problem that alcoholism is having on our society is people are drinking their problems away and then they end up becoming addicted to alcohol. Alcohol is affecting our society by when people are becoming addicted to alcohol they can become very abusive. Alcoholism is also affects the society by families leaving the alcoholic because of they’re addicted to alcohol. One other way that alcoholism affects our society is people start to gain a lot of weight then they end up being on their way to become obese.…