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    Father's Alcoholism

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    This is an autobiography comprised on how a dad’s alcoholism affects not only the author but his family. The circumstances in which you are raised have a large impact on the type of adult that you will be. Thus, how you are raised also affects how you will raise your own children and how they will grow up. What caught my attention about the writing of the autobiography was the how relatable and clear the details within the document were. For example, the first line of the story is “my father…

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    Raymond Chandler

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    House (Moss 3). Chandler began writing at age forty during the Great Depression when he lost his job. Throughout his career, drinking and depression became his main obstacle. This appeared in his novels too with Marlowe developing an interest in alcohol. He drank many times throughout the novels and would often black out when exceeding his limits. For years after his wife’s death, Chandler made his addiction evident and later died from his illness (Server 1). Furthermore, the audience assumes…

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    do get charged as adults if we get treated as adults then we should be able to drink like adults. If we cannot buy alcohol or consume alcohol until the age of 21, we shouldn’t be charged as adults for anything because are we really given the same right as an adult, absolutely not. “Return the drinking age to 18 -- and then enforce the law. The current system, which forbids alcohol…

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    Kylee Roller looked at the waterproof torch in her hands and felt shocked. She walked over to the window and reflected on her pretty surroundings. She had always loved warm St. Petersburg Beach with its sleepy, salty sunny days. It was a place that encouraged her tendency to feel shocked. Then she saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the figure of Micky Walls. Micky was a happy mean with handsome feet and tall eyes. Kylee gulped. She glanced at her own reflection. She was a…

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    invincibility inside. Studies have proven that teenagers are more likely to be involved in car accidents than adults, furthermore, alcohol at a teens disposal would be unfathomable. Drunk driving is said to be the highest among the ages twenty-six to twenty-nine. This may lead one to believe if men in their twenties can’t make good judgment, how could an eighteen year old. Alcohol has harmful effects on developing brains…

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    The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism confirms that alcohol consumption in any amount has damaging effects on the brain and the body. The institute also confirms that the damaging effects can persist long after an alcoholic achieves sobriety. What is obvious is that people who consistently engage in heavy drinking are at a far greater risk of permanently damaging their bodies and their minds. The long-term effects of alcohol abuse also reach farther than the body and the mind,…

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    powerful technique that it makes you aware of your situation, as well as a strong reminder that you should change now. The requirement for the fellowship member is easily understandable and genuine: the only request is your desire to stop drinking alcohol. It is not simple for people to stop drinking. However, although people may fail, every time they recall this request, they aware that why they want to join the fellowship and do all the work. As long as the awareness increased, they are…

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    Stop Migraines in Several Minutes with This Awesome Drink Many people around the world suffer from migraine headaches. This is one of the most common reasons why people miss a day at work. The number of people suffering from migraines and missing work because of this pain may be drastically reduced if this remedy is widely known. Nobody wants to experience this terrible pain. The symptoms of this headache are pounding and head-throbbing that may last from 4 hours to 3 days. The signs that…

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    To many individuals Alcohol is simply a drink, however it's one thing something that, it is a drug. Adolescents develop drinking issues for many reasons - because they're bored, because of peer pressure, because there is nothing else to do. A report last year by the National Drug analysis Institute found girls aged fourteen to seventeen were worse abusers of alcohol than eighteen to twenty four year recent men. The media portrays as Adolescents are drinking to excess and this can be, by many,…

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    On Saturday April 23, I attended an Al-Anon group called Caring and Sharing. This meeting is held every Saturday that starts promptly at noon. It is held at The Recovery Club located at 1953 Sartain St in Horn Lake, Mississippi. I was able to easily find this meeting by accessing http://memphisareaal-anon.org/ which is Al-Anon locate website. This website abled me to search meeting on different days located in the Mid-South area including Mississippi, where I reside. I decided to attend a…

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