The Downward Spiral

“Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin is a story about a struggling addict named Sonny. Sonny’s family was born and raised in the housing projects of Harlem, New York in the 1950’s during a time where heroin was booming and racism was still alive. As an African American man Sonny’s paths in life were limited. Like most of his African American community Sonny turned to music and drugs to numb the pain of life’s endless disappointments. According to an article by 12 Keys Rehabilitation, “Most…

Unit 2 Essay – Janet Chow Case Study Case Study Three showcases an inexperienced manager, Janet Chow, struggling to earn a critical authoritative presence with her direct reports. Janet was a highly regarded at her company for being a team player. Janet seems to respond to praise and recognition of a job well done by perpetuating successful outcomes on her assigned projects. It appears that Janet is motivated by intrinsic stimulations, reflected in her continuous successful work…

The major purpose of this psychoeducational group is raise awareness about the behavioral, medical, and psychological consequences of substance abuse. This group implements prevention and early intervention strategies, designed to help clients incorporate information that will help them establish and maintain abstinence, and guide them to more productive choices in their lives. This group will also teach participants strategies that will help relieve stress without the need for drugs.…

before I found out I was going to be a mother. The thing that makes me the most successful in life would have to be my son. I truly believe that he saved my life, because if it wasn't for him I don’t know what would have happened to me. I was on a downward spiral to myself and others. He is the reason I do anything in my life. He makes me a better person and, more than anything he makes me the person that I am today. When I found out that I was welcoming a beautiful baby boy into my life, I knew…

In most of your years of education, you experience something called homework. Just hearing the word makes you cringe. In grade school, it 's things like worksheets and reading thin books. In college, you practically write thin books for homework. So you start off with easy homework, but as the years go on, the homework becomes harder. Not only did the homework become harder, but it became more cumbersome as far as how much it was. Should it be steeper to the point that it buries you alive? If…

started when I was fifteen and my step-father, the man who raised me, passed away. It was at this point that I tried marijuana for the first time. The next week I took my first narcotic pill, while also drinking alcohol. This started off a quick downward spiral,…

of them even slightly disrespects him, and he disregards the prophetic messages. While both men fall to rather low points, they fall because of different factors. Hamlet’s moral ambiguity is a huge obstacle for him while Oedipus’s hubris causes his spiral…

Cruelty is a vital tool in the development of the amazing story that Wuthering Heights is comprised of. It comes as a great surprise because such a classic beautiful story is the last place that someone would look for such violent, sadistic acts. The book has such a light calm atmosphere in the beginning, but this soon turns into a dark cruel one. This atmosphere is perfectly created using the cruel acts throughout that book, while these same acts reveal a lot about some of the main characters.…

The year is 1967. Shahid Khan wakes up, puts on his dilapidated outfit, and heads to work. He spends his endless days washing dishes, struggling to make a living as this tedious job pays just $1.20 an hour. But Shahid can not complain because he knows things can only get better. Khan is just 16 years old and has recently immigrated from Lahore, Pakistan in search of opportunity and freedom. What Khan is in search of, is what some may call the American Dream. Flash forward to a chilly December…

begins to tell his story. Vladek was a holocaust survivor along with his wife, and Art’s mother, Anja. Artie and Vladek grew distant after his mother, Anja committed suicide. Valdek later remarried to Mala, also a survivor. Vladek's health is on a downward spiral and Artie wanted to write down Vladek's story about surviving the Holocaust before it's too late. In 1944 Vladek and Anja were in hiding and tried to flee from Poland to Hungary, they were betrayed at the border and sent to Auschwitz…