Step One

My biggest personal challenge in social action and community advocacy is in learning with the community, gathering its history, and having the passion to build relationships with others. I learned this while working within a recovery setting, which proved to be very challenging. But helping women at the program gain a new outlook on their own recovery, for the better, was a challenge I was up for. Understanding the importance of community and relationship is the key to success. Keywords:…

Austin Hogan Kendra Gallos English 3 30 November 2016 There are many problems in the world and there is one specific one that is not only unsafe but also deadly, and that problem is Meth. Meth is a drug that not only is addictive, it is extremely dangerous. The problem with Meth is what it does to someone’s body and how it affects others around them. Brief description of Meth; it is a drug that is cheaply made out of normal everyday products such as: gas cleaner chemicals, the red stuff on…

Nic attended twelve-step meetings in the past so the behavioral, spiritual and cognitive aspects will be familiar to him if he joins a TSF outpatient program. TSF helps people in their early recovery abstain from alcohol or drug abuse. The counselor assesses each client coming…

Change is a part of life everyone must deal with. Change not only applies to individuals, but also to organizations. An organization typically approaches change from one of two perspectives. One of those perspectives is the organizational learning perspective. A company operating from an organizational learning perspective learns from problems and adapts to respond to outside issues (Akin, Dunford, &Palmer, 2006). In her article, Managing Change Successfully, Eileen Brownell shares her insights…

matter is approximately 17 million adults 18 years or older have an alcohol use disorder (AUD) . Alcohol abuse, or alcohol dependence can lead to AUDs. It is one of the most significant public health issues in the United States, and the fourth leading preventable cause of death. AUDs can affect the individual and also family members. One in ten children have a parent who has some form of drinking problem. There can be several different forms of alcoholism, such as, drinking too much, too fast,…

first step involves the member admitting to their addiction. The second, is when they come to believe that there is a higher power to help them get through their addiction. Third states that they will turn over their lives to the higher power, God. The fourth step involves analyzing themselves and their morals. In the fifth step they admit to their wrong doings. Sixth, they allow God to rid themselves of their flawed character. Seventh, God will rid their past failures. In the eighth step, they…

Not proud” and “The Tyger” by William Blake. For sure death is just a temporal state. “Death, Be Not Proud” by John Donne The theme in this poem is death. The author refutes the claim and general perception of people that death is powerful and goes a step further to order it not to be proud. Further, the author rubbishes the claim that death has the power to overthrow sarcastically…

"In order to arrive, you must follow the signs. God inscribed on the world the path that each man must follow." In the book, The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho emphasizes this quote to express that each one has its own Personal Destiny. Clearly, each one has a predestined path to follow; it is a matter of recognizing the importance of the choices people make in following it through. The author wants the readers to carefully recognize the signs as they journey toward their own destiny. In The Alchemist,…

started with one of the AA members reading some sort of Alcoholic Anonymous definition that despite its short length I cannot reconcile a 100%; but it included a phrases that basically said that an AA member acknowledges that the alcohol took over them and that they couldn’t control it without help. The meeting continued with a portion read out of the Alcohol Anonymous book, which they call the BIG BOOK. The passage of the day was a portion of Chapter 5 it includes three basic steps that every…

The 12 step meeting I decided to attend were the AA, NA and CA. The first meeting I attended was Narcotics Anonymous on the 7th of October. I went to the NA website to find meeting locations. I found a meeting in Huntington Beach at a Community United Methodist Church that was on Friday nights . I personally didn't want to go to the meeting by myself, so I decided to team up with a few classmates to go as a group. I don't know why I felt nervous when driving there; maybe because I didn't know…