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- 81: Teenagers and Alcohol Do Not Mix
- ... or in the morning when you wake up this is one of the tell tale signs of addiction. Drs. Robert Morse and Daniel Flavin who wrote for the Joint Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and The American Society of Addiction Medicine. This is how they define alcoholism “A primary chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is also progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupied with the drug. Use ...
- 82: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... t look at him because he was a boy, became the second and last of the Reagan's children. John Edward Reagan, who was of Irish-American ancestry, earned his living as a shoe salesman. Alcoholism cursed the life of Jack Reagan. His older son Neil said bluntly that it prevented him form becoming a business success. However, Ronald blames the twin curse of drink and the Depression. Both boys escaped ... His older and only brother, Neil, who also has been successful, has memories of their shared boyhood. He rembers better than his brother, the family interancy and proverty and uncertainty inflicted by their father's alcoholism. He rembers sharing a cramped bed with Ronald, which both boys wet. Here is the way that Neil describes his Saturday morning chore in Chicago when he was seven years old and Ronald only four ...
- 83: Jack London
- ... Jack began to develop his mind at school. Unfortunately, also in Oakland was Jack s first experience with alcohol. At age seven, Jack began drinking his stepfather s beer, which lead to his problem of alcoholism. Later in his life, he wrote of his problem of alcoholism in one of his most influential books, John Barleycorn. When Jack was ten, he developed a passion for reading, visiting the Oakland Public Library nearly every day. Four years later, Jack was forced to work ...
- 84: Binge Drinking 2
- ... 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 ...
- 85: Alcohol Consumption by Adolescents
- ... 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 ...
- 86: Edgar Allan Poe 6
- ... had been married. On October 7th, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found unconscious on a street in Baltimore. He died three days later in a local hospital (Nilsson; Thompson). His death has been attributed to alcoholism, however some researchers at the University Maryland Medical Center suspect he might have died from rabies (Shea). Edgar Allan Poe faced numerous obstacles during the course of his life. Although raised by a family with ... Allan Poe New York: Haskell, 1970. Nilsson, Christoffer. Qrisse s Edgar Allan Poe Pages 1996-1998. 29 Nov. 1999 Poe s Tales of Mystery and Imagination. London: Dent, 1963 Shea, Christopher. Researcher Says Rabies, Not Alcoholism, May Have Killed Poe Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 1996. 2 Dec. 1999 Thompson, G.R. Edgar Allan Poe. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 3. Antebellum Writers in New York and the South. 1979. pp ...
- 87: Cold Mountain Essay
- ... both Federals and Confederates looking for companionship and advice from other means. The result of this search end with other soldiers for the men. This generally demoted the values one admired and brought about mass alcoholism and prostitution. In Cold Mountain, we see the drinking of Stobrod greatly increase and Inman stumbles upon two whorehouses coming back from the hospital. Though these may seem as isolated examples, research has shown that stress and loss increases alcoholism by up to thirty percent! So it is logical to conclude it was an epidemic during the Civil War. As for the women, the lack of men changes their role in society. Just as WW ...
- 88: Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... boredom, or a way to relax. Alcohol is a drug that is depended upon by the majority of our society. Nonetheless, 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 when they do not even know that they are pregnant yet. Alcohol can cause disorders such as Fetal Alcohol ... States each year. It has been estimated that the economic cost associated with FAS in the United States 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. Only 73% of the women and 55% of the men were familiar with the subject. Even more discouraging ...
- 89: Charismatic Leadership
- ... the status quo of an industry” (Conger 133-134). Charismatic leadership has also been successful in non-business organizations as well as business organizations. In a study of Alcoholics Anonymous and the National Council on Alcoholism, both founded by charismatic leaders, Trice and Beyer found that participants were more successful when four characteristics of charisma occurred. They were: 1. “the development of a plan that puts the leader’s program into ... and mission into organizational traditions” (Conger 59). 4. “the selection of a vision by the leader that goes above and the status quo” (Conger 59). “When participants in Alcoholics Anonymous and the National Council on Alcoholism were exposed to this type of charismatic leadership, their success rates in the program were significantly higher than those that were not exposed to a form of charismatic leadership” (Conger 59). There is little doubt ...
- 90: Reasons For The Fall Of Socialism/Communism In Russia
- ... it was made extremely difficult for them by the government and the official attitude towards religion was that it was a relic of the past and Atheism was encouraged. There was a substantial amount of alcoholism mostly due to the living and working conditions. There was also a substantial amount of crime. There was extreme discrimination against women. There was a strong sexist attitude and women found it hard to find ... in effect, mirror those of the Communist administration. Religious and ethnic animosity and the lack of proper education in this new political and economic system has lead to public discontent and a rise in the alcoholism problem. There has been recent improvements in the distribution of wealth. There have been improvements in the privatization process, especially in the building sector, this could bring the expansion of small-scale property ownership, which ...
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