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- 71: Alcohol Use Among Teens and Young Adults
- ... More and more teens are introduced to the use of alcohol at exceedingly younger ages. This is a growing problem that is having to be combated in various ways. Another very serious problem connected to alcoholism is binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as consuming the equivalent of five drinks in a row for men, or four for women. This particularly occurs on college campuses. A report released from the Harvard ... more that twice as likely to binge drink. Students involved in athletics are one and a half more times more likely to binge drink. Involvement in a fraternity or sorority increases likelihood as well. Further, alcoholism often runs in families, and children or grandchildren of alcoholics are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves. Colleges are doing their best to take care of this problem. Many of them are instituting a ...
- 72: Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
- ... product of both genetics and learned behavior. As evidence of this, I submit my mother's side of the family, which contains many alcoholics. In my mind, the evidence overwhelmingly supports that a predisposition to alcoholism is hereditary. Yet, the Bible says "do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery." I cannot explain why there is an inherited trait for something condemned as a sin, nor will I attempt to. My point is that if there are genes that sway people toward homosexuality, they are to be fought just like the predisposition to alcoholism I have inherited must be. Things that "feel" more natural are not always inevitable, and simply because I have the genes to make me more likely to be an alcoholic does not mean I will ...
- 73: William Faulkner 2
- ... interesting than that of the average person. Faulkner tried to keep his personal life a secret, but he was woefully unsuccessful. Among many of Faulkner s personal problems was the fact that he suffered from alcoholism. Gwendoly Chabrier is quoted as saying, The marriage of Estelle and Faulkner was fraught with one problem that seemed to supersede all others Alcoholism (32). To add even more problems, Faulkner had more than extramarital affair. One of the affairs was with his own stepdaughter. Gwendolyn Chabrier states that, Faulkner s generally disharmonious family life surfaces in while families ...
- 74: Employee Assistance Programs
- ... is having problems with child care or home responsibilities, her work performance may be significantly affected. Studies show that this type of stress on a woman in the workforce contribute to the high rate of alcoholism among working women (Myers 7). It is suspected that this stress contributes to higher rates of drug use as well. Also on the list of troubles are gambling, legal problems, violence and mental illness. 80 ... stressors that an otherwise outstanding employee may have to tackle, causing him to be violent or in some other way troubled. An employee may have other issues that may not be as obviously dangerous and alcoholism or violence. However, these other issues may be equally or more costly. An employee may have physical and mental health issues. It is estimated that employers lose approximately $17 billion dollars per year due to ...
- 75: Similarities in Fitzgerald's "Two Wrongs" and "An Alcoholic Case"
- ... bad it requires him to have a nurse. This is an obvious and maybe at first glance, the only similarity between the two stories. In Fitzgerald's stories, fictional problems are often the result of alcoholism. There are, however more similarities than that. There are also similarities in the supporting characters. Emmy Pinkard in "Two Wrongs," is Bill McChesney's wife who is struggling in her pursuit of a career as ... Two Wrongs of an Alcoholic Case." The two wrongs of an alcoholic case are that the alcoholic is hurting himself as well as those close to him. The two artists' careers were brought down by alcoholism. There was also the matter of being power hungry in Bill's case, which may have in the end, caused him to lose his wife. It's ironic really, that what starts out as a ...
- 76: Binge Drinking
- ... that students who consider parties or athletics important and those who drink to get drunk appear most likely to binge drink or to drink heavily (Shalala, 1, 1995). Although alcohol use by adolescents is frequent, alcoholism is very rare. Still, alcohol consumption by adolescents hinders normal development. Alcohol intake by children can result in learning impairment, hyperactivity, and personality and behavior problems, because today's society has accepted the casual use ... these programs appear to have minimal effect on drinking and on the rates of alcohol problems. According to Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services at The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, it seems that binge drinkers appear to engage in more unplanned sexual activity and to abandon safe sex techniques more often than students who do not binge drink (Shalala, 1995, 2). The purpose of this ...
- 77: An Autobiographical Portrayal
- ... Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald, born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, is seen today as one of the true great American novelists. Although he lived a life filled with alcoholism, despair, and lost-love, he managed to create the ultimate love story and seemed to pinpoint the American Dream in his classic novel, The Great Gatsby. In the novel, Jay Gatsby is the epitome of ... marry Scott. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre were married on April 3, 1920. Over the next four years, Scott and Zelda managed to maintain their unstable marriage despite numerous problems. Scott completely succumbed to alcoholism, and Zelda s odd behaviour often got her into trouble. She would drink excessively, and then expose herself in public. After having their first child, a girl named Scottie, Zelda went on to have three ...
- 78: The Admirable Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... makes her one of the most heroic women of the twentieth century. Throughout Eleanor’s life there were many obstacles that she had to over come. At a young age Eleanor was surrounded by drunks, alcoholism ran in her family. When Eleanor’s mother died her father was placed in an asylum because of his alcoholism. Eleanor’s father was deemed unworthy to parent. Eleanor was sent to live with her very strict Grandmother. For many years Eleanor wanted her father to come and take her to live. She would sit ...
- 79: Excessive Alcohol Consumption--its Effects And Social Accept
- ... deal with health; consider the fact that drinking is a leading cause of social and personal problems and loss of income (Fettner 276). Individual factors, environmental factors, and genetic influences all impact drinking behavior and alcoholism risk. Two broad dimensions of personality deviance proneness and negative emotionality have been associated with the risk of alcoholism through research. Deviance proneness, also termed behavioral undercontrol and behavioral disinhibition, is marked by unconventionality, over-activity, aggression, and impulsivity, while negative emotionality is characterized by depression and anxiety. There are three main environmental factors ...
- 80: William Faulkner
- ... interesting than that of the average person. Faulkner tried to keep his personal life a secret, but he was woefully unsuccessful. Among many of Faulkner’s personal problems was the fact that he suffered from alcoholism. Gwendoly Chabrier is quoted as saying, “The marriage of Estelle and Faulkner was fraught with one problem that seemed to supersede all others – Alcoholism” (32). To add even more problems, Faulkner had more than extramarital affair. One of the affairs was with his own stepdaughter. Gwendolyn Chabrier states that, “Faulkner’s generally disharmonious family life surfaces in while families ...
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