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    a strong work ethic, and I do not drink to the point where I am drunk and inebriated. I also feel as if I have learned to be a better parent to my own daughter by not repeating the “mistakes” that my mother had made. It has been debated if alcoholism is really a disease. Do you feel that it is a disease? Why or why not? Here is a website that provides an alcoholic test to see if one is considered an alcoholic https://ncadd.org/learn-about-alcohol/alcohol-abuse-self-test. Here are…

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    The impact of substances abuse to a cultural group can create problems in the long run such as the integration of the substance into the cultural patterns. Native Americans are the most prevalent to become dependent on alcohol among minority groups. Many of the side effects of alcohol abuse include teen suicide, birth defects, break up of families, violence in the home, high incarceration rates and affect the education of the youth. Among Native Americans and Alaska Natives 11.7 percent of…

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    both shared towards the pets they owned. When the narrator begins by explain how this idea got into his head, at first is not able to make the transition of events until he realizes that his mood swings started getting out of his hands due to his alcoholism problem he had developed. As Poe mentions in the narrative; " My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight away from my body and a more…

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    Alcohol Health Risk

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    These children are then at a higher risk for alcoholism and drug abuse than non- alcoholic. The American Academy of Pediatrics states “There is no safe amount of alcohol when a woman is pregnant. Evidence-based research has found that drinking even small amounts of alcohol while pregnant can increase…

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    They play a large role in what can happen in the future to help the one with the addiction to overcome the roadblock. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) also play a large role in helping with this difficult drug. The NIAAA are constantly researching programs dealing with prevention and treatment. According to Failures in Prevention by Peter E. Nathan, a Psychologist from Rutgers, 584.1 million…

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    CAGE Questionnaire

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    Alcoholism becomes a major issue in the United States. It is an extremely serious problem in our world today, meaning that more people become a heavy drinker and abuse more alcohol daily. This situation should be a concern to the public knowledge and understanding of its symptoms and effects is highly important to reduce the statistics that show rising numbers in its causal injuries, diseases, and fatalities. The problem with alcoholic people, they easily deny that they have an addictive…

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    drank more alcohol after interacting with deviant children than normal children. If both Pelham’s study and Hussong’s study are analyzed or even performed together, then the results may show a correlation between a parent’s lifetime diagnosis of alcoholism and their child’s deviant behavior. A parent may have previously suffered from a drinking problem, but maybe gave it up once they had their child. So does the child become more deviant as a consequence of their lack of attention from their…

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    Alcohol Among Adolescents

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    who may suffer from alcoholism. Carrying further, it is important to note that some of the physical and emotional effects may include the following: weakens brain activity, motor coordination, retention of memory, the amount of time it takes for the body to react. There are other effects as well, such as self-control which can be seen in different outcomes such as becoming an alcoholic, misconduct behavior, harmful to others and to oneself. It is important to note that alcoholism till this day…

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    It addresses issues surrounding alcoholism, violence, sexual abuse and women's rights. However, all of these issues in the play are based around the central theme of alcoholism. Through the element of sound I will portray the mood and environment of the scene in a way that emphasizes the negative effects of alcoholism. Through various forms of sound, including music, speech and sound effects, the audience will gain an understanding of just how severely alcoholism can affect an individual, as…

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    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. In 2015 the amount of deaths with the connection to alcohol was around 2,008 deaths. This is more than the town of Eagle River, WI, my hometown…

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