Essays Tagged: "Alcoholism"

Alcohol Abuse

Very informative paper on the conditions and models of alcoholism Well organized, but needed more citationsALCOHOL ABUSEAlcohol abuse is a very dangerous c ... on in that it can cause many problems in a persons life and affect many aspects of their lifestyle. Alcoholism (or alcohol abuse) somehow effects everyone's life at some point in time; through a paren ... the psychodynamic model, and the multidimensional model (McFarland 457). Each different model, for alcoholism have varied explanations as to how and why people use and abuse alcohol.The biologic-gene ...

(3 pages) 296 1 4.4 Mar/1997

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

Alcholism

AlcoholismAlcoholism, chronic and usually progressive illness involving the excessive inappropriate ... cohol, whether in the form of familiar alcoholic beverages or as a constituent of other substances. Alcoholism is thought to arise from a combination of a wide range of physiological, psychological, s ... creasing numbers of alcohol-related problems in other nations, including the Third World.DevelopmentAlcoholism, as opposed to merely excessive or irresponsible drinking, has been variously thought of ...

(3 pages) 118 1 4.4 Jan/1997

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

Alcohol

eless, alcohol has very damaging effects, not only does it cause self-inflicted diseases resembling alcoholism or cirrhosis of the liver, but it harms unborn fetuses as well. Many women drink alcohol ... ates is $321 million each year. A recent survey done by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism(NIAAA), consisted of 23,000 men and women ages 18-44 to determine their perception of FAS ...

(7 pages) 131 0 3.7 Dec/1996

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

This essay tells you: What Alcoholism Is, What Are It's Side Effects?, and Why To Avoid It.

AlcoholismAlcoholism, also known as alcohol-dependence, is a chronic disease marked by a craving for ... e. Hangovers cause headaches and usually makes your eyes sensative to light.I am personally against Alcoholism. Setting goals and boundaries for yourself is a must. The most basic is perhaps telling y ...

(1 pages) 285 5 4.4 Mar/2002

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

Alcoholism

AlcoholismAlcoholism refers the drinking of alcohol to such a degree that major aspects of one's lif ... erfered with. These aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health. Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known physical, psychological and social symptoms. An alc ... cal and social symptoms. An alcoholic continues to drink even despite the destructive consequences. Alcoholism is serious and progressive. It can be fatal if not treated. Alcoholism is a very complex ...

(3 pages) 84 0 3.0 Jan/1996

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

effects alcohoism has on children. the final outcomes and possible social and personal effects it has on the child's life.

Alcoholism and the Effect It Has On ChildrenWhen you see a drunken parent with a small child, you ca ... ld, you can't help but to feel sympathy for the child. What will become of the child? The topic of 'Alcoholism and the Effects It Has On Children,' had a great appeal to me because of the personal exp ... nal experiences that I have been through. Not only being a child of an alcoholic, but also allowing alcoholism to play a leading role in my life as well. Alcoholism has had a great effect on my sister ...

(5 pages) 266 2 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Essay on "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe.

d his moms death. The narrator is self-destructive by killing or hurting all things that loved him, alcoholism, and recognizes his self-destructiveness.Alcoholism was a factor in the narrator's self-d ... ness.Alcoholism was a factor in the narrator's self-destruction. He wasted hours at the local pubs. Alcoholism drives him to stab an eye out of his cat, Pluto by saying, "My disease grew upon me-for w ...

(3 pages) 135 1 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Designer Babies

re and more genes that can be linked with things, such as cancer and heart disease, to things, like alcoholism and homosexuality. It has also been suggested that there is even a gene for shyness. The ...

(5 pages) 91 0 3.5 May/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Alcoholism

e world, for this reason there is no wonderwhy we have alcohol problems. The most common problem is alcoholism. Alcoholism isa chronic usually progressive disease that includes both a psychological an ... otally consumes them, all their thoughts and actions have to do aresomehow associated with alcohol. Alcoholism like other illnesses will become worsewithout treatment and remain life-threatening as lo ...

(8 pages) 232 1 3.8 Mar/1997

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

Treatments of Alcoholism

Alcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic's family. But it also ha ... o has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence:*In 1988, alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United State ... thousand people die annually inalcohol related car accidents. (Institute of Medicine, 1989)Clearly alcoholism harms society in numerous ways and it is in society's best interest to find effective tre ...

(7 pages) 166 0 4.3 Dec/1996

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

Autobiographical elements in the works of Edgar Allan Poe

early age. Another of his major battles, actuallythe only one he really lost, was his struggle with alcoholism. Of all thesetopics, Poe's favorites were the death of a beautiful woman, a feeling which ... portrayed encounters of social isolation,periods of fear and irrationality, and extreme bouts with alcoholism. Hisobsession with the subject of death, particularly the death of a beautifulwoman, was ...

(6 pages) 182 0 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

"The Black Cat"

the true events of the story. The narrator admits throughout the story that his bad habits, namely alcoholism, lead to his irrational state of mind. His alcoholism was the root of his downfall. While ... come obsessed with doing evil things for the sake of their evilness. This evilness is linked to his alcoholism. The narrator was most-likely in a drunken state when he hung his cat, which only infuria ...

(3 pages) 73 0 2.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Drug Alcoholism Abuse

Drugs and Alcoholism: Why are Teenagers Involved?By: Rhiannon ElliottAdolescence is much like a midpoint in on ... e parents whom are meant to control their children from getting misleading information about drugs, alcoholism and lots more.Sadly, in the past year, alcohol and drug usage among teens have increased ... is responsible for the frivolous information, has increased amount of information about drug abuse, alcoholism and their long and short-term side effects. The internet and web sites are some of the tr ...

(2 pages) 74 1 3.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The Language of Hawaii

The dialect has been associated with the members of theseneighborhoods and their problems, such as, alcoholism, illiteracy, and a poor standard ofliving. I come from a diverse family background, my mo ...

(2 pages) 53 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Alcoholism

AlcoholismAlcoholism refers the drinking of alcohol to such a degree that major aspects of one's lif ... erfered with. These aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health. Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known physical, psychological and social symptoms. An alc ... cal and social symptoms. An alcoholic continues to drink even despite the destructive consequences. Alcoholism is serious and progressive. It can be fatal if not treated. Alcoholism is a very complex ...

(3 pages) 67 1 4.0 Oct/2002

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

Employee Assistance Programmes

at drug/alcohol abuse is responsible for most modern-day EAP's.According to The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependance, 25 percent of all hospitalized patients have alcohol related problem ... ity, treatment programs, accidents, crime and law enforcement.Although it is most costly at the top alcoholism/drug abuse affects employees at every level of an organization. One company found that in ...

(6 pages) 165 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

This is an essay about the originality of mental health and where it is going from here. How mental health use to be viewed and how far we have come from there.

re learning about the biological origins of many mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, autism and alcoholism. The mental disorders that cause severe social problems are the most extreme forms of men ... uffer from other mental illnesses, such as depression, including manic, major, or minor depression. Alcoholism is also classified as a mental illness, and has been diagnosed in approximately 14 millio ...

(7 pages) 410 2 4.2 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Alcoholism

Alcoholism is an overwhelming desire to drink alcohol, even though it is causing harm. Alcohol is a ... ng desire to drink alcohol, even though it is causing harm. Alcohol is a drug. In the United States alcoholism is the most widespread form of drug abuse, effecting at least 5 million people. About one ... lcoholic. Drunk drivers account for one half of all fatal automobile accidents each year in the US. Alcoholism also creates many severe physical problems. More then three drinks a day over a few weeks ...

(5 pages) 136 0 4.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Compulsive Behaviours - Alcoholism

nces with my paper. My topic was on my experiences with an alcoholic father.Compulsive Behaviours - AlcoholismMy father was an early riser who got our breakfast ready while we were getting ready for s ... rate, to entertain friends. And through me they, too, share my father's genes.My father's turn into alcoholism caught me by surprise, and his as well, I think. Suddenly, it seemed, he had crossed from ...

(9 pages) 67 0 3.0 Dec/2002

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

An essay(with outline)on the novel by Caroline Knapp titled Drinking: A Love Story

Thesis: Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp is a story of one woman's strugglewith alcoholism. She discusses the possible link between heredity and alcoholism, howshe is effected by a ... yA. Michael vs. JulianVIII. Hitting bottomA. The death of her parentsIX. RealizationA. Her father's alcoholismB. Playing with childrenX. Rehab and afterDrinking: A Love StoryDrinking: A Love Story is ... nd afterDrinking: A Love StoryDrinking: A Love Story is the description of the author's ordeal with alcoholism andher decision to quit drinking. She reflects on the familial pattern of this disease an ...

(7 pages) 100 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American