Alcoholics Anonymous

By the end of the year, approximately 5,000 underage kids will die of drinking related causes and 190,000 others will be seriously injured. Society and many organizations are constantly trying to fight these unnecessary tragedies and Cal Poly can too. The first step is to realize that underage drinking will happen regardless of rules and regulations stating otherwise. Sober supervision of drinking activities is one of the ways that we can assure preventable incidents can be avoided. However, Cal…

Binge Drinking: Main Cause of Death in U.S. Binge drinking spiked in the mid-to-late 90s (“Making Sense of the Stats on Binge Drinking”), in 2006 alone it cost the United States $223.5 billion (“Fact Sheets - Binge Drinking”). Some people think binge drinking should be defined as anyone who is overly intoxicated which leads to harmful or destructive behaviors (Hanson). Binge drinking among men is more common than among women (“Fact Sheets - Binge Drinking”), but statistics show 23,000 deaths of…

Cody Smith Ryan Scariano English 101 November 1, 2014 Minimum Legal Drinking Age There are many things that factor into what the people of today’s society think the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) should be. This research paper is going to, first, give a little background on alcohol and what has happened in the past. It will then continue to provide evidence from either side of the argument as to whether or not the MLDA should be lowered or kept the same. I believe the minimum legal drinking…

alcohol causing alcohol dependence. Consuming alcohol heavily allows the person to be tolerant to high levels of alcohol, making them consume even more than the previous time. This will make it harder for a person to stop drinking and to become an alcoholic (Fundukian & Wilson 139). “Studies show that more than 35 percent of adults with an alcohol problem developed symptoms – such as binge drinking by age 19” (Shannon 259). Long-term drinking such as binge-drinking leads to health…

The consequences of alcohol is not only limited to the drinker, but the people that surrounds them. Alcoholism is becoming a leading problem in today’s society. Unfortunately, most people are failing to see the effects that it is have on their mind, body, and health. If alcohol is consumed too much at one time it is considered alcohol overdose, and could cause the person to have slurred speech, vision, and maybe even a coma. In addition, if alcohol is consumed too much over time this could…

In the United States, it is against the law to operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Operating Under the Influence (OUI) are often measured by a driver’s Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC). Driving with a BAC level above 0.08 is against the law and may result in criminal penalties such as jail time, probation, community service or mandated rehab (DUI Offense Basics). According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…

Every eighteen year old at some point has had the thought of tasting an alcoholic beverage. Is it a good idea? No not at all. Little do we know, our brains are still developing at the age of eighteen. It is scientifically proven that the rational part of a teenager’s brain is not fully developed, and will not be until he or she reaches the age of twenty five. Which is why recent studies show that an adults brain works quite different than that of a teenagers. Which means that alcohol can have…

of U.S. adults say that they “have occasion to use alcoholic beverages” where as half, at 36% are identified as total abstainers. According to Gallup, an American research company, this is on trend for the company since they first researched the percentage of “U.S. adults who drink alcohol” back in 1939. Most of the Americans who drink alcohol seem to do so regularly. 67% who were being used to research said that they have had at least one alcoholic beverage within the past week, where as a…

So I have been ask to come up with a market plan for owls. Owls I believe is a restaurant that is going to change the landscape of the restaurant industry. For we seek where others have left off and seek to grow well seek to fall. Why I’m I proud of Owls well I’m proud of Owls because its main goal is to make people feel good about themselves. It’s a place you want to go to all the time. Go even if you don’t plan on eating their. owls is a place where everybody knows your name. Owls is the…

Every year more than forty-thousand people die in car accidents whether it is their fault or not. This number varies on all the deaths including adults, children and most of all teenagers. “There are about one-hundred deaths per day in the United States.” Most of these fatalities occur during evenings on weekends than on weekdays. In North Carolina the average deaths per year are one-thousand and forty-eight percent of that are due to impaired driving .There is a one-thousand percent change…