Essays on Alcohol

Introduction

Pregnancy is a special period in women’s lives and while for some women it represents a time to increase their health and safety strategies for protecting themselves and their unborn babies, for others this period is solely stressful as they are trying to cope with their substance use. The alcohol and drug consumption among pregnant women is an increasingly concerning issue, as it affects both the child-bearing women’s health and the development of the fetus and later, of the child. This essay examines three research articles that discuss the effects of alcohol and drug use during and

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The risk for alcohol-related problems and alcohol consumption constantly change over an individual’s life span. Getting a good understanding on the effects of alcohol across different stages of life is very important in treating, diagnosis, and controlling alcohol abuse. This is a research conducted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This paper outlines the different stages of line ranging from infancy to the seniors, and how they respond to alcohol consumption.
The first stage of alcohol effects on the body system is at the infancy stage. Research findings indicate in the United States, ten children

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Oral cancer mostly affects the mouth, lips and tongue of a person. It affects people across all genders and class in societies. It arises from many factors that boost up its prevalence. In this study, however, our main concerns will be on the possible effects that may be resultant as a result of alcohol and tobacco intake. In this regard, effects of tobacco and alcohol intake can either be joint or on independent angles. It means that, the effects can exist singly or in collaboration. In this study, my point of reference will be a research article in Pub

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There are a variety of birth defects that are influenced by the actions of the parent while the child is in utero. From the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol, to the physiological changes that occur within the mother’s body as a response to stress and dietary deficiencies, the influence of such prenatal events can prove to be lifelong for the child. One such disorder associated with the prenatal environment is known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which falls under the category of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The spectrum of disorders under the FASD umbrella also includes Partial

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The idea of legalizing medical Marijuana has created heated debate not only y in the United States but globally. There are those who are in support of this move with around 20 out of the 50 states in the US having legalized the drug. Those in support of the legalization argue that the medicinal properties of the drug make it a legal drug in the US, research shows that those who have used the drug have reduced cases of nausea and also act as a pain killer. This is the only reason given by those who support the legalization

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Organizational ethics refer to a set of standards that express the values of an organization in relation to employees and other entities absent governmental regulations and the law in place. Ethics is central among other core issues that an organization strives and endeavors to uphold. Matters of ethics remain a global concern; various organizations and institutions seek to address and uphold the same. There is always a constant drive for organizations to set conducive ethical atmospheres that promote a healthy working climate that enhances the performance and reputation of the organizations. Ethics is critical as it helps the employees

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Medical Ethics involves moral principles systems that are used to apply judgments and values in the practice of medicine (Henningfeld, 2011). This can be seen to direct medical practitioners on the best cause of actions to take to ensure professionalism of the field. This involves written and un-written ethical issues and policies.
Cindy and Jenny could be seen to be both medical students at their university. This means that they are under the Medical ethics regulation. At all times, they are regulated to observe these policies in the most ethical manner possible
As it is known, it is not

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Addiction, which will soon be commonly accepted as a manageable chronic disease affects the brain, which science has shown to have the ability to recover from addiction. According to Mark L. Willenbring, M.D., the Director of Treatment and Recovery Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the vulnerable group to enter into drugs and addiction are the youth between 18 and 25 years. However, Dr. Volkow indicates in her interview that genetic differences are responsible for different vulnerability in people as well as the resistance or response to treatment. The resistance or response to treatment,

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In a lot of countries Alcoholism is considered to be a "disease number 3" after cardiovascular diseases and cancer. At the same time, there is no consensus on the issue of alcohol addiction as a disease. Not only the general population, but also many experts do not want to recognize alcoholism a disease. Along with the belief that alcoholism is a progressive disease with severe complications and high mortality rates, there is also the view that affection to alcohol is nothing but a lack of discipline. Alcoholism is ambiguous. And if alcohol dependence is still a disease, it is

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Illicit drugs such as MDMA are typically thought to be in a category of their own when compared to alcohol. Most think illegal substances share nothing in common with ones that we are allowed to purchase on a daily basis. Many forget that MDMA had very humble roots, having been synthesized in a lab and used for therapeutic purposes. Eventually, it morphed into something that could harm people. Alcohol has a similar history. Once used as something that would relax an individual after a long day of work, it is now something that people become addicted to every day.

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Ethical Disclaimer:

This paper discusses the psychological aspects of Drew Barrymore in light of etiology of her drug addiction and alcoholism. The contents of this paper are gathered from various resources available online and on print about the life of Drew Barrymore. This paper is a product of research from other first-hand sources already available for public reading. Facts are merely collected and selected to come up with the final output. Thoughts and opinions embedded in this article do not represent the subject, any website or any medical institution. This paper is intended for academic purposes only. Several works are quoted

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Behavioral changes in your 14-year-old and are concerned that he/she may be using drugs or alcohol

Behavioral changes in your 14-year-old and are concerned that he/she may be using drugs or alcohol

Dear JessicaI hope and guess you are doing well in your new area and city, and your recent job is exciting as well. We are doing well here in Washington except for a few issues that have put me into a lot of worry and concern. I believe you do understand the challenges that come with adolescent children and the temptations that they face in life due to the different developments and changes that occur into them, as well as adventurous steps and

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Introduction

My personal experience back in college as a young adult can be described as wild and care free. I was the captain of my college football team and this made me very popular. I was expected to constantly remain physically fit in order to lead my team to victory and simultaneously achieve good academic performance. However, there was nobody to stop my newly-acquired status as a free individual. I recall the frequent drinking sprees with my friends. These were of course accompanied by cases of rowdiness and restlessness. In other words, I had a high affinity to disrupt the

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Introduction

This article discusses the classification of alcoholism and investigation of personality traits. As the subjects were selected 100 men with excessive alcohol consumption. They were interviewed by telephone or visual conversation. Thereafter, they were designed to a research center for examination. And as a result, the hypothesis that male individuals with excessive alcohol consumption do not have a specific ‘‘addictive’’ personality, was confirmed in this study.

Body

Authors tried to answer the question about do male individuals with excessive alcohol consumption have a specific “addictive” personality or not?

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Introduction

It is common knowledge that regular consumption of alcohol to excess can result in becoming addicted and can cause various adverse effects. The wide ranging effects of alcohol over-consumption, which can affect not just the individual’s own health but can also adversely affect the person’s family members and acquaintances, and can – in severe cases – lead to a life of crime and even premature death, are researched in the following paragraphs.

The Research

- Facts about Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
Excessive alcohol consumption is acknowledged to be a recognized disease. “Facts about Alcohol and Drug Abuse” published by the Florida

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Introduction

Drunk driving, or driving under the influence of alcohol is posing a great challenge on the roads because it is risking the lives of the drivers, their passengers, and other road users such as pedestrians and drivers of other vehicles on the road. According to the national statistics released by The Century Council: Distillers Fighting Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 32,900 people died in traffic crashes in 2010 (NHTSA/FARS and US Census Bureau, 2011). However, 31 percent of these deaths (10,230) were as a result of drunk driving. Despite

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Essay

Abstract
In today's fast moving constantly changing world every person might need some certain means for relaxation once in a while, thus, it will be very difficult to find a person who has never tasted alcohol in his life. Alcohol is one of the lightest forms of addictive substances, but still the danger of becoming addicted is huge, especially if drink alcoholic beverages on a usual basis. Of course it does not mean that our human body has any physical need for alcoholic beverages at all. This need, if appeared, is only psychological, that is why psychological programming is

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- My Genogram (Patrick Bines)
- Narrative
In my genogram, I, Patrick Bines (Pat) am the index person, whose issues are the purpose for the family analysis. In my family, members tend to have fairly long lives. My paternal grandparents (John and Emily), died at the age of 82 and 89 respectively; the rest are still alive in their 70s, 80s and 90s. In the last hundred years, only three deaths happened in the family. Death in a genogram is indicated by an ‘X’ through a person's name and square or circle. Next to the persons in the genogram,

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Introduction

Drinking alcohol is too dangerous to be allowed at teen age. There is no single mind about this issue. In some countries, the youth is allowed to drink alcohol at the age of eighteen; in other countries, it is illegal to buy alcohol until a person is twenty one. There has been many debates devoted to this issue. Obviously, both age have their advantages and disadvantages. The main aim is to realize at what age the youth can be allowed to buy and drink alcohol. This essay is aimed at studying this issue. In the essay, I will outline

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Addiction is a major focus of an individual’s life which makes him or her to forego and lose control over other things in his or her everyday life. The addiction can be an action, substance, a thing or even a behavior. The addiction becomes an addictive behavior if whatever the individual is addicted to is causing harm to him or to other individuals either physically, psychologically or socially. An individual can happen to be addicted, reliant or even compulsively possessed with anything. Addiction can be grouped into two categories in regard to its cause. The first one is

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Introduction

For many people, drinking alcohol is a pleasing way to relax after a tiring and demanding day. However, drinking a glass of wine to relax is another than drinking to excess, which endangers both the individuals that drink and others, as well. According to facts from the National institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one in twelve adults is an alcoholic or alcohol abuser, in the US alone. Binge drinking is typical in the 40 percent of US adults between 18 and 25 years old, making them more susceptible to alcohol problems (National institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).

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The study and understanding of addiction is important for everyday life. Professionals in the field of healthcare, education, government and non-profits rely on the existing information about addiction in order to do their jobs and interact with the public. Understanding how addiction works is important for anyone who works with people, given that addiction can affect anyone, regardless of race, gender or socio-economic status. The more everyone knows about addiction, the easier it is to break down the stigma attached to addiction so that more people feel comfortable seeking help.
An example of how knowledge about addiction is as

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The Black Cat short story is a narration of a man’s story that revolves around his pets and how he treats them. This man was since being a boy a calm person with a great liking for animals. In any case, he was made fun of for his disposition in his early age. The man owned several animals that his wife also endeared. However, his attitude and deep affection for these animals changed so much when he began to indulge in alcohol. The man whose favorite animal was a large black cat named Pluto especially inflicted harm on

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Much like the earlier Populist movement, the progressives sought changes in the US Constitution that promoted democratic reform by allowing a petition by the people to be voted into a law, public referendum where voter approval would be sought for laws proposed by politicians, and for Senators to be elected directly instead of relying on state legislatures. However, while the Populists were focused on the labor and farming class, Progressives were anchored in the increasingly influential middle class. As they belonged to a higher class and were generally better educated than the Populists, Progressives succeeded in having several reforms

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DIETARY ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT

Spring, 2014
Overview The ultimate purpose of this activity is for you to evaluate the adequacy of your diet and improve your current dietary intake patterns. You will use a federally-supported, public software program (SuperTracker, associated with ChooseMyPlate.gov) to analyze your diet and energy balance. The printout will tell you how well your diet meets your recommended nutrient and caloric intake values (RDAs, AIs, and AMDRs). You will also identify 3 areas that need improvement.

When using SuperTracker, please enter a personal “profile” so that your dietary requirement estimates are as accurate as possible.

Recording Your Dietary Intake You will need to write down everything you eat and drink and your activity patterns for a three day period (

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The sociological strategy toward social problems varies from other approaches in that the sociological strategy has a focus on self-consciousness and building attention that causes outside of the single person's control or area of command can frequently influence the interaction with community. Certain problems in consideration are more essential, than other problems due to a sociological viewpoint that obtained popularity in the 1960 was “Social Constructionism” (Mooney, Knox & Schacht, 2012). This viewpoint states, when attempting to describe why community places more importance on some problems rather than others that “they (the issues) become real only when they are subjectively

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Assignment 1: CHCAOD408B and CHCAOD411A

Assignment 1: CHCAOD408B and CHCAOD411A
1. What are you required to discuss with a client prior to an assessment?
Although the exact sequence for preparing a client for an assessment might vary across different organisations, the personal/organisational introduction should always be the first step because it allows us to engage in small talk, establish rapport, and it makes the client feel comfortable. However, in addition to establishing rapport, this phase of the meeting also serves for the purpose of observing the client’s reactions and behaviours. Examples of presenting behaviours in clients with a history of alcohol or other

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Of the many factors that determine the characteristics of a given wine, many crazy grape varieties are showing up, winemakers seem to be ready. The most popular grape varietal Alvarelhao is an outstanding classic Portuguese varietal. Ruby red color with slight amaranth reflexes. It exhibits aromas of freesia, blueberry and raspberry, and Gardenia. The tannins are smooth and polished, providing wonderful structure and balance in the wine. The tannins are smooth and well-polished, providing good structure and balance in the wine. Good texture and excellent balance. Its most popular synonym is called brancelho. Popular Alvarelhao wines are blackberry and

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Alcoholism is a widespread problem today among societies. According to the 2011 World Health Organization (WHO) report, “The Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health” approximately 2.5 million people die from alcohol abuse every year. The report further revealed that not only is alcohol a cause for many diseases, but it also leads to injury and violence.
There are several reasons why alcohol can be considered a curse. It is a curse because it is a highly addictive substance. If taken in moderation, alcohol does not produce any harm, but if taken without control, it may cause severe problems.

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It is widely assumed that the skin has organisms that contaminate it and which might cause pathological transformations when injected into the body through the injection of a needle. With this assumption as basis patients, nurses, trainee doctors and medical students are trained to prepare the skin before injecting it through cleansing with a kind of antiseptic to keep away any infections at the site of injection. Alcohol swab that is comprised of 70% of isopropyl has been used since the 19th century as the oldest and most highly effective antiseptic for the preparation of the skin just before

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Background of the study

The content of alcohol in the blood stream popularly known as the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the main source of evidence that the police present to the courts to decide if or not an individual has been driving while drunk. The BAC level is tested by the use of an ‘alco-blow’ device known as a breathalyzer, blood and urine tests conducted in clinical facilities. High amounts of alcohol in the blood system may affect proper driving as drunken persons seem to be oblivious of the danger that they expose themselves and other road users by driving under alcohol

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It is becoming almost inevitable that at one time or another, senior human resources managers to be confronted by the dilemma of what to do with someone with an alcohol dependency problem in the workplace. The dilemma always revolves around whether to support the employee to try and recover or to go down the warning and disciplinary route. Employees engaging in abuse of alcohol and other drugs, either on their own time or at work, pose significant and a wide-range of problems to their employers, their managers, fellow employees and their societies as well (Hall, 2003). Some of these

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The article extensively discusses alcohol consumption by nurses during their practice. It advocates some reasons that largely make them to drink such as looking at the cancer patients and several aspects that emerge during their work in regard to their profession. M.C is one of the nurses in the article that is said to be so hardworking and can even work both shifts; day and night when they have a shortage of nurses in their hospital. She is categorized among the seven nurses in the hospital who have worked in less than two years of nursing experience in their

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Alcoholism is a very tentative social indulgent, activity, hobby or maybe a form of social medicinal assistance to people based on basic perceptions of the various factors that affect people. Alcoholism may be more specifically referred to as the consumption of alcohol persistently or mental illness associated with alcohol dependency.The rationale or motive behind this topic is to offer an insight to the effects and impacts of alcoholism on people, how we can filter the bad and impart the good or positive benefits of alcoholism on society in order to build a more positive social set up. The market

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Research Paper

UNDERAGE DRINKING
Under –age drinking is a major stigma in any colleges today mostly due to the social tenets that accompany college life and the facilitators around. This is a pertinent issue and this research paper focusses on evaluating the development of underage drinking, its causes, effects how people view it in the outside world and how it can be treated or controlled.
According to an American health education journal by Dodd, Virginia (201), ‘why underage College students drink in excess: qualitative research findings ‘, participants attach positive expectations to alcohol abuse and the negative consequence as disincentives. This has

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Of Alcoholic Drinks on the Human Body

Effects of Alcoholic Drinks on the Human Body
Christmas is fast approaching; many people are now busy with their holiday shopping and most of the malls are now crowded with buyers aiming to buy goods at a cheaper price. Aside from the food ingredients, the holidays are not complete without a bottle of alcoholic drinks. Beers, wines, vodka, martini and Bloody Mary are one of the few popular names for alcoholic drinks, Tempting it may sound but alcoholic drinks are harmful to the body. Gifford, Friedman and Majerus (2009) argue that drinking alcohol causes the human body to become

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ALCOHOLISM

Alcoholism is defined as the consistent uptake of alcohol and alcohol related liquor that stems from an unending desire to consume more alcohol in trying to reach a certain climax or ‘heaven’ of some sort as perceived by the partakers of this activity. Alcoholism is a social problem and is triggered by various reasons known to man. Numerous research has been made on the causes of such behavior and the causes are infinite based on different levels of perceptions by individuals in the world.

CAUSES

Many people drink alcohol to try and avoid stress or severe mental pressure that they

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Introduction

The social behavior of an individual, even though impacted by the norms and outlook of the society, is solely dependent on his or her individual perceptions. Social interaction may include business meetings, meetings with parents, relatives and friends or even meeting a member of the opposite sex to which an individual may feel a special connection or bond. It needs to be highlighted that the kind of interactions and the depth of the relationships are dependent entirely on an individual’s sole perspective. Many a times, questions are asked as to what happens when individuals are not able to

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Introduction and Background

Tom Scott is a thirty-three year old man living in Fargo, North Dakota. His case is a point of interest because he is struggling with alcohol addiction and cigarette smoking, he used to take drugs, and has developed a negative attitude towards life and habits that places his wellbeing in jeopardy. Tom’s upbringing was unlike that of most children, particularly those that grew up in stable home environments. From Tom’s family history, it has been learned that he was brought up by a single mother, who was a drunkard and was often physically and emotionally abusive towards

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Introduction

Group behavior is the tendency of human beings to congregate. Humans are social beings, and therefore, they have a tendency to come together and cooperate in the performance of different activities. Group behavior can vary greatly, just like the factors that lead to group pressures. Group behavior is an interesting subject of study in epidemiology, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and many others (Le, 2012). The primary preoccupation in group behavioral studies is usually to understand crowd reactions and how people influence each other in varying situations such as danger, fun, precaution, wrecklesness, and many more. Guillaume, Knippenberg, and

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