Anonymous

Anonymous, local, and addicting. The three things that make the new anonymous app, Yik Yak, desirable to college age students. Yik Yak’s website says “Join the conversation. Share your thoughts with people around you while keeping you privacy.” More often than not, the thoughts of the people are not appropriate. In this day and age, it seems like there is always a new app being created, and it seems like they all have major drawbacks, especially Yik Yak. Yik Yak was created in November of 2013…

Narcotics Anonymous Meeting On Tuesday September twentieth, I attended my first narcotics anonymous (NA) meeting to observe the process of how a NA meeting is conducted and what it entails. I expected the NA meeting to be held in an authorized medical building or church. It was not. Recovery and Beyond functions out of a small, run down residence off West Mahoney Avenue in Mesa. There were a handful of people outside smoking cigarettes and talking on their cellphones before the meeting,…

Cyber War: Anonymous vs. ISIS We are now living in an era of technology, or what many call, the “Digital Age”, the reason for this name, is due to the fact that most, if not all, of our current technology is centered around the internet. In this Digital Age, around 3.2 billion people, or 42.4% of the world, uses the internet. The internet is used in many different ways. For instance, one can find almost any information, by simply typing whatever they are looking for into the search bar and…

I chose Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous or my 12-step reaction paper and attended the Thursday evening meeting at the Unitarian Church at 7701 SW 76 Avenue in Miami. This meetings is held between 7:30 – 8:30pm and is restricted to women only. I did not know much about this affliction and therefore, even with the understanding that this was a 12-step meeting, I did not know what to expect when I walked in. Much like someone who doesn’t understand 12-step meetings at all, I found myself…

Venomous animals such as scorpions, snakes and sea anemones secrete bio-toxins which are vital in the regulation of ion channel activity. Envenomations induced by these animals cause a spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from mild cases such as local edema to severe ones such as intravascular hemolysis. In particular, marine snail, Conus geographus toxins such as μ–conotoxins GIIIA, GIIIB, and GIIIC affect the Nav channels. These toxins block current flow thereby reducing membrane…

Personality Type According to AnonymousProtagonist (2016), this writer’s personality type is an “ENFJ-A” (e.g., “The Protagonist”) that translates as “Extroverted,” “Intuitive,” “Feeling,” “Judging,” and “Assertive” (See Appendix B; AnonymousProtagonist, 2016, Your…, para. 1-18). To further elaborate, this writer is a people person who proceeds through the following steps when making a choice: 1) Internally focuses on a decision, 2) checks it with gut “emotions,” 3) implements that decision,…

available are: Sexaholics Anonymous and Sexual Recovery Anonymous. The meetings held by these organizations, locations, the purpose of each organization, the latest news, and any publications available will be discussed. Who Can Attend the Meetings Held by Each Organization? For Sexaholics Anonymous, men and women can attend the meetings. The website states, “The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober” (Sexaholics Anonymous, n.d.). With…

During an anonymous Methadone addiction study, a participant articulated experiences with addiction stigma: “They look at you like you’re a drug addict and then they look at you like they can treat you any way they want. You know what I mean. You’re a drug addict. Well, you’re lower than I am if you use drugs.” (Earnshaw, et. al, 8). In addition to affecting the lives of misusers, addiction impacts the community as a whole. However, administration of psychoactive medication is a valuable…

he taught me how to be a man. And to me that will always be one of the most valuable lessons on life I will ascertain. Strong role models in my life “A smart man learns from his mistakes, but a truly wise man learns from the mistakes of others”-Anonymous. For me, I learn lessons from everyone in my life, but I find I have learned and applied the knowledge from a few people more than others. If it weren’t for my grandpa I would not be the man I am today, I know how to do more hands on tasks…

Method Participants 19 college students of Florida State College at Jacksonville participated in an anonymous online survey which collected zero demographical information. The students were handed a physical laptop in class and asked to answer the 10 survey questions they saw on the screen. This survey was handed out 5 after Hurricane Matthew passed by the Florida Coast (Hurricane caused a loss internet, power and cellphone service for some parts of the area). Procedure A survey was created…