Essays Tagged: "Alcoholic Anonymous"

The first three steps in the twelve step recovery program of Alcoholics Anonimious.

g it, you have already started working the first three steps in the twelve step recovery program of alcoholics anonymous, which I will generally take you through and attempt to relate to you my person ... sonal experience and struggles with each. Through my personal struggles and interviews with my A.A.{Alcoholics Anonymous} sponsor I discovered that these first three steps in laymen's terms mean, "I C ...

(7 pages) 95 1 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Alcoholism

on the wall. You are going through theD.T.s [delirium tremens]." My grandma said that D.T.s are for alcoholics and she realized thatshe was one also! She eventually got help soon afterward and stopped ... ines the four stages an individual goes through as the drinkingprogresses. At first, there is a "Prealcoholic" stage. The individual drinks occasionally torelieve stress and tension. Later is the "Ear ...

(5 pages) 66 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Alcoholism Is One Of The Concerns In United States.

a chronic disease marked by a craving for alcohol. People who suffer from this illness are known as alcoholics. Alcoholism is a substance-drug used to suppress ones feeling and emotions during depress ... cause severe biological damage or even death. There are various treatment options that can help an alcoholic avoid drinking and regain a healthy life style. One of the crucial treatments is prevalenc ...

(2 pages) 37 3 3.9 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Treatment Options Paper: Chemical Dependency in the Workplace

f treatments available for drug or alcohol abusers. It will also discuss the twelve-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous.Treatment Can Occur in Different Types of SettingsResidential treatment deliver ... e is in treatment, preparing for his or her return home, and information about family support group.Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience ...

(8 pages) 238 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Attending Alcoholics Anonymous

I did not know what to expect, and was actually quite nervous when I left to go to the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I decided to bring a friend with me to alleviate some of the anxiety. ... ople and how their addiction drastically changed their lives. I personally have a friend that is an alcoholic and wanted to let her know that the meeting wasn't as bad as she may think. Some of the pe ...

(2 pages) 57 0 5.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Alcoholism

Introduction: Attention-getter: A story of a person who was an alcoholic. Reason to listen: a) Alcoholism is one of the problematic diseases in the world to ... n the world today. To be exact, ninety five percent of untreated alcoholics die from alcoholism. b) I became interested because the person d ... A. Brief definition of alcoholism. B. One cause is a family member who is a alcoholic. C. Another cause is the use of other substances. D. Depre ...

(4 pages) 56 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Untitled

On Wednesday March 15 and 22 I attended meetings of the Serentiy Group, a local meeting group of Alcoholics Anonymous that were held at the Congregational Church in East Bridgewater. The meetings s ... tereotypes that are attached to being a drunk, and not what the positive effects of a group such as Alcoholics Anonymous could be. In this small group of individuals I found somewhat of a famil ...

(4 pages) 1100 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Alcoholism

have experienced the problems of this disease second hand. In my early child hood, my father was an alcoholic. At the time I didn't quite understand this but I later realized his problems. There would ... e already dealing with alcoholism are not forsaken. Many have found recovery through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. They say the first step, of their 10 step program, is that you must admit that ...

(4 pages) 32 3 4.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Healthy lifestyle

. With this danger, groups have been founded to help stop using alcohol. The most familiar group is Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, has no affiliation to any company, g ... overnment, or private enterprise, and only requires the members to have the want to stop drinking. (Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 2008).Overeating and obesity is a common health problem among A ...

(2 pages) 13 0 5.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Alcoholics Anonymous

Step programs refers to recovery programs in the Alcoholics Anonymous tradition. Although these programs are distinctly organized, they share a spiri ... ore deemphasized (e.g., client motivation for change- Prochaska & DiClemente, 1986; children of alcoholics — Lewis, Dana, & Blevins, 1988), there has been little or no attention to the sp ... of self-efficacy enhancement that do not include a sense of self in relation to others.BibliographyAlcoholics Anonymous. (1976). (3rd ed.). New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services.Bandura, A. ( ...

(7 pages) 79 0 5.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Treatment Opinions Paper

p provide the person through his or her addiction of drugs and alcohol. The paper will disclose the Alcoholics Anonymous program, the modalities used, demographics of the population served, the referr ... rison between the program described in the site visit to the treatment models presented in the text.Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery ProgramAA Preamble:"ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS is a fellowship of men and wo ...

(9 pages) 71 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Teen Drug Abuse

ones that become successful of finding a new life style usually use NA, Narcotics Anonymous, or AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, to help turn their lives around. These support groups have a very high success ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Nov/2013

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Narcotics Anonymous

til the formation of NA.2. Narcotics Anonymous was derived from another well know fellowship called Alcoholics Anonymous.a. The 12 steps and 12 traditions laid a foundation for the early members of NA ...

(6 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol