Alcoholics Anonymous

worry or care in the world, when in reality, it is a whole different story. While people spend fortunes on alcoholic beverages, there can be a human price to pay at the end. Fortunately, people can make the choice whether to get help with their alcohol addictions, or they can slowly end up taking away their life. Alcoholism is the term used to describe the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages which leads to alcohol dependence. Although a very large amount of people abuse…

happen. I interviewed a man who claimed that he had his first alcoholic beverage at 11 years old. For nearly, 30 years of his life he was controlled by this drug. He would like to remain anonymous, but explained to me the various effects of alcohol that had happened to him. He discussed physical health effects and told me that, “There were physical traumas due to a lot of things, including trips, falls, car and motorcycle accidents” (anonymous).These physical traumas can not only happen to the…

A community nurse would be in a good position to listen to pleas from the family and connect them to services like Alcoholics Anonymous, which Joe is already a member of, but there are also peer-to-peer services like Al-anon which specializes in care of the family that is being burdened by alcoholism (Latham, 2014). Diagnosis and Expected Outcome Because the problem deals with…

late Monday night in November, I had the chance to attend an Alcoholic Anonymous support group hosted in a church called Forest Hills Presbyterians church. The support group name was not the typical name we mostly hear about an AA group, the name was Progress Not Perfection. Which made me question if it was an AA support group or a group for other meeting but it turned out to be an AA support group. The purpose of the group is for alcoholic individuals to come together and exchange support with…

The growth of technology has sparked a new addiction all across the globe. Many youths have suffered from the epidemic of Internet Addiction Disorder, commonly known as Problematic Internet Use. It took the internet only 4 years to reach an audience of 50 million. (15 Amazing Facts about the Internet 1) The Information Age has officially taken over everyday lives. Although the internet can be utilized for education, it makes things too easy for us. “While we used to have to think about things…

problem. If someone decides to not drink when they go out the person automatically thinks that the person is a recovering alcoholic. Many of the nurses that I work with have an exasperated behavior towards alcoholics, these patients are not the ones they want to care for and seem irritated to have to deal with these type of patients. I was able to sit down with a recovering alcoholic to learn about some of the stigma he experienced during his drinking years. The person I interviewed Don started…

Alcoholism is a huge problem and a common lived experienced by many people. I recently had the opportunity to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous support group in Ashland, Oregon. If you are not familiar with this type of support group it may consist of people currently struggling with alcohol dependence or in a recovery/sobriety phase. This prevalent disease, depending on someone 's alcohol intake level , can cause psychological and physical harm. However, for some people, "social drinking" often is…

alcohol, called alcoholism. I believe and have personally seen, people live in long-term sobriety from alcoholism. An alcoholic is a person, while alcoholism is the illness. An alcoholic suffers from alcoholism. One can start drinking at any age and become addicted to the alcohol, depending on various factors. A survey was taken and results from…

The mayo clinic said that if the pattern of drinking results in repeated significant distress and problems functioning in the alcoholics daily life, they most likely have alcohol use disorder. It can range from mild to severe. If they have been drinking too much for too long it can change the way certain areas of the brain would normally function and cause issues to the part of the…

rising numbers in its causal injuries, diseases, and fatalities. The problem with alcoholic people, they easily deny that they have an addictive disorder. In the clinical presentation of this disorder, the CAGE questionnaire is used as a screening tool which focuses on their drinking issue. According to Buttaro, et al. (2013), this is the following 4 questions make up the CAGE questionnaire: • Have…