Essays Tagged: "Narcotics Anonymous"

Finding A Way Out. A cause and effect paper on the disease of addiction...

e that the disease is present long before the first time one uses a mind-altering substance. In the Narcotics Anonymous: a recovery program based on 12 steps that teach an active addict a way to live ... used on recovery from the disease of addiction to include any and all mind altering substances, and Narcotics Anonymous was formed. To help the suffering addict that want to be helped, many of these c ...

(3 pages) 221 1 4.0 May/2004

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

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

ance among addicts. These individuals need to be around people who care for them and Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous provides these individuals with the support that they need.In order to fully und ...

(4 pages) 113 1 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Trip to Narcotics Anonymous meeting, NA.

Attending the narcotics anonymous meeting was definitely an experience I will never forget. When my mom and I firs ... at in the circle, I sat in the circle.The meeting started with people taking turns reading from the Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text and a sheet of paper. This is how they always start a meeting, and al ... a sheet of paper. This is how they always start a meeting, and also how they did start in school. "Narcotics Anonymous is a nonprofit Fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become ...

(2 pages) 38 0 4.3 Dec/2004

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

Special Populations: Chemically Dependent

medical insurance, military insurance.Another local resource available is Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. These help the addicts to stay in recovery and provide sponsors along with seve ...

(6 pages) 79 0 5.0 Apr/2007

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

Mistakes Make Us Human (legalization Of Marijuana)

risks of drugs should get a portion of that money. We can also give counseling to addicts, such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA).Next, it would significantly lower drug related crimes. Addicts would stop ...

(8 pages) 73 0 3.7 May/2001

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

The Beginning of the End

s clear and the birds' chirping was a beautiful sound. On that day Sept 2nd 1997 I went to my first Narcotics Anonymous meeting. I announced "My name is Jacque' and I am an addict." What a feeling of ...

(6 pages) 8 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Recovery from Addiction & Role of Health Professionals

nety-five percent of inpatient addiction treatment programs in the United States incorporate AA and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) at some level (Brown et al., 1988). In her research with AA participants, B ...

(12 pages) 138 1 5.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Substance Abuse

ve behavior by rewarding the client for staying clean. Other programs include 12-Step programs like Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous, Cue Exposure Treatment, and Alcohol Treatment Matching ... eling. I talk with a therapist once a month, and a life coach twice a week. I'm active in the local Narcotics Anonymous meetings and I do have a sponsor. I also live at a have way house here in Rocky ...

(3 pages) 4 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Interdependence

ring additional support for the relationships.Consider the support groups, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, better known as AA and NA, promote their programs via attraction. Familiarity i ...

(6 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology