Survival to Happiness Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope. Their main purpose is to stay sober. AA defines alcoholism as a disease as well as a spiritual problem. In the book Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill points out, “That was the beginning of a new life, a fuller life, a happier life than I ever known or believed possible” (206). Most of these people come into these rooms because of their unhappiness and don’t want to live like that anymore.
Alcohol dependence and drug abuse The abuse of alcohol and drug abuse can effect a person’s economic, psychologically and physically. Drug and alcohol addiction is said to be the worst kind of addiction that one can have its common and costly. It can cause or worsen many medical problems and destroy families. With most street drugs outlawed in the United States the question still remains: Why is alcohol legal when it has been proven to be a leading cause of death? With that being said alcohol and drug addiction also takes a toll on wallets and families.
However, amid all this suffering and despair, Morrie reconnects with his former student, Mitch Albom, a successful yet emotionally and spiritually bankrupt sports columnist. Mitch Albom was Morrie’s former student at the university and although he had promised Morrie that he would keep in touch with him after graduation, he failed to honor TUESDAY WITH MORRIE MOVIE REVIEW3 his promise. One night as Mitch was flipping through the channels, he recognized Morrie in a television program “Nightline” hosted by Ted Koppel. Surprised to learn that his former professor was dying of A.L.S, Mitch decided to get in touch with him. A reunion of friends turned into an opportunity to appreciate life’s little pleasures.
Addiction is a Family Problem …..and More Wino, alco, drunk, lush, crack-head, dipso, junkie. These are just a few of the common every day street words often used to describe and label people with a disease called addiction. General perceptions of addicted persons are usually formed by society as a result of reports in the media of the behaviour (misbehaviour) of the person, and it is these behaviours that are used to form a totally negative opinion of addicts. People forget that an addict was not born this way and did not choose to be taken over and controlled by a chemical substance. In other words, there is a human being behind the addiction, one who entered this world just like everyone else, but for some reason, or many reasons, got caught up and trapped in the world of addiction along the way.
Although I am against cigarettes and it’s bad health problems, I disagree because why ban cigarettes when they shouldn’t have been legal to begin with, there are so many people already addicted, people are going to smoke regardless of what the law is, and the profits of Tobacco Company are high. Smoking is a very common form of addiction which nicotine becomes part of persons thought process. Cigarettes cause discoloration of teeth, nails, cancer, heart attacks and multiple health problems. From all of the health issues that come with cigarettes I can say that the purpose of cigarettes is to kill. In the My Health News Daily article, tobacco causes over 450,000 premature deaths a year in America (Rettner 1).
Larger doses are taken to achieve the same outcome. Since these medications have high dependence potential, this frequently results in addiction. This is true whether the initially reported pain was legitimate or over dramatized. The same cycle occurs in patients suffering from terminal illness. Regardless of good faith effort or not, the end result is often the same and there’s a link between health care providers and addiction.
Possible causal factors in drug abuse include the influence of peer groups, the existence of so- called “drug culture,” and the availability of drugs as tension reducers or pain relievers. Some recent research has explored a possible physiological basis for drug abuse. The discovery of endorphins, morphine-like substances produced by the body, has led to speculation that a biochemical basis of drug addiction may exist. The so-called “pleasure pathway (MCLP) has come under a great deal of study in recent years as the possible potential anatomic site underlying the addictions. The treatment of individuals who abuse drugs is generally difficult to treat and often fails.
What I found alarming is that Michael did not know anything about the partying and club scene, much less anything about drugs. It just took that one chance to be drawn in the club and partying scene, to destruct and destroy his life for good. Michael was just a simple victim of the negative outcomes that partying in the wrong type of clubs and with the mistaken crowd of people can possibly lead to. This is a common occurrence in present day, when constantly parents unfold stories of how their straight A child started associating with the wrong crowd, and got introduced to drugs and now they are faced with the addiction that needs the attention of urgent medical care before it can possibly lead to something worse. This is what happened to Michael, he like many, was not associated with the club scene, but just like everything in life, he was intrigued to be a part of it since he had no friends.
He finds himself addicted to drugs. He feels that he is isolated into a different social class. This social class he believes is looked upon and judged by lower classes. Eminem desires personal space, yet he never receives any. He is puzzled at the thought process of the inconsiderate people that don’t realize what he is going through.
This never helps the poor look like normal people because the society starts hating them. There are always stories covered about the poor which sometimes even trick me. (need some evidence...to be researched........) Sometimes the media makes the poor look really good. A great example is Ted Williams who was homeless, a drug addict and an alcoholic but had a