Mattie Silver: Zeena’s cousin; has feelings for Ethan; around 20 years old; lively; happy; upset by small things-breaking pickle dish; is often red or wearing red; bad at domestic chores…
Also keeping the turnover rate down to save money on training new employees. Overall improving the cohesiveness of the team by having healthy employees with a long tinier of service. With a strong and well trained team the company can move forward at a swift pace producing quality products for the company covering the cost of the drug testing and increasing over-all economic growth of company. Just like in your personal life, drug abuse affects the workplace. Some of the most common symptoms of a drug abuser in any work place are absenteeism productivity, and morale. Most co workers will start to notice the lack of time spent on the job, or the multiple times calling in sick. Eventually a lack of interest for work comes along. For careers having to do with manual labor, a drug abuser will start to become lazy and not complete projects in a timely manner. For less labor intensive careers a lack of integrity for work can be noticed. When general morale starts to be observed such as depression or anger; the morale is not just affecting the drug abuser but the entire company. Co workers will no longer tolerate the attitude causing anger through out the workplace. Some symptoms that are not easily detected are the accidents, theft, and turnover. Depending on the intent of the company, an accident here or there can lead to the nickname of accident-prone. Theft will not be just at the workplace but also in personal life. Drug abusers start by stealing from family and friends and lead to workplace theft. According to National Institute of Drug Abuse; “Sometimes they steal property to get money for drugs. Or often they will commit crimes while “high” on drugs.” A thorough background check and drug screen should help prevent an up and coming abuser. As well as a well though out policy and quarterly training on spotting an abuser will help sustain…
Addicts make rational decisions causing them to create a web of lies and steal possessions just to get their next dose. They surround themselves with people who have similar backgrounds and manipulate their loved ones. Their outlook towards non-addicts are negative and pre-judge them as judgmental or stuck up, they have developed a type of dissonance to feel superior. The more they believe it's okay, the less likely they will get help. Before they became addicts, there may have been a sense of guilt but once they become numb to the guilt, their reality becomes a fantasy. As Festinger’s theory predicts an addict will create false beliefs to hide their true behavior or, in this case, addictive behavior.…
My 48 hour ice cube addiction simulation turned out to be very different than what i had expected. I don't put an ice cubes in my water cup at all. So my ice maker in the freezer is always empty. So I have to keep the ice maker full of ice cubes to use it in my addiction simulation. My first hour in the 48 hours simulation I was trying to fill my water bottle with ice cubes. I spilled some of ice cubes on the floor. My dad got suspicious when I filled a water bottle full of ice cubes, because I'm not used to put an ice cubes in my water bottle. My dad yelled at me and asked me why I needed that much ice anyways. I said that I needed to keep my water cold. He said we have a cold bottles in the refrigerator. I said it's better to drink water with ice cubes, he looked at me and said you weren't do that before. I said yeah, but i just want to try it. He didn't believe what i said. So it was so hard to keep my ice cubes addiction from my dad, and my friends also. My friend Johne when he saw my water bottle full of ice cubes, he kept asking me about, and made it very difficult for me to try to come up with a descent lie. It's easy to see how all the lies of an addiction can destroy a relationship and cause multiple problems.…
When making a decision to act in any way, one must evaluate the consequences of that action by deciding whether or not that the actions positive outcomes outweigh the negative outcomes, by their own standards of good or bad. A ‘liberal account’ of addiction may use this final premise in order to claim that an addict is procedurally autonomous and therefore their actions have no difference from ordinary human actions. However, I aim dispute this claim on the grounds that an addict’s capacity to process and rationalise information is weakened. Although I acknowledge that a hard disease view, such as Leshner’s, goes too far in asserting that actions, for addicts, become mere reflexes, to deny the importance of the lack of stimulation in regard to the planning and…
With individuals who are addicted to a substance or habit decision making is abnormal (Fecteau, 2010). When an addict partakes in the substance they are addicted to there is often a rush or feeling of relief. If an addict is attempting to quit using a substance, they often attempt to obtain a similar feeling of satisfaction. Typically recovering addicts turn to risky decision making due to the fact that when one makes a risky choice the two experiences share similar behavioral sensations (Fecteau, 2010). Understanding how addicts make decisions based on their addiction is crucial in planning treatment options in order to suppress drug cravings in substance abusing patients.…
My heart was pounding. The next break point was two miles away and I was already breaking down. The soles of my feet were hurting because I brought the wrong type of shoes. I had been told to prepare myself physically for this backpacking trip, but I thought how hard can a weekend of backpacking be. So I let my ego and laziness take over me. As I look back at that moment, I realize that I was not physically ready for that trip. I also wasn’t mentally ready. I didn’t realize that there was a right way of packing a backpack; instead, I just tossed everything in the bag. I didn’t even ration the amount of food or clothes I would need. And this skewed planning paid back during the trip. Before I was down to the next breakpoint, I opened my backpack to get some water and darkness struck. My plastic bottle, lodged in the…
A lot of times there different ways that people go about dealing with addictions. Addictions are a result of drug abuse and dependence on the drug. There are a lot of possible explanations to where addictions come from and their effects on a patient. Addictions were once considered to be a disease but there's more to it than that. Two explanations in particular that can show how drugs are associated with addictions fairly well are the psychological and the biological models.…
After a while, the first trickles of a frozen stream, melting in the spring sun, creep up my left arm. This trickle develops into a wave, as my thoughts begin to cloud and my mind starts fading in and out of conscious. A mask is placed over the lower part of my face, feeding my lungs with strawberry scented chemicals. I’m fighting a losing battle with my eyelids; eventually, I succumb. The once distinct, monotone beeps and baritone voices in the room begin to drown out. My hearing can be likened to that of a scuba diver, slowly submerging into the deep abyss.…
In the area of addictions counseling, which is the primary area of practice I seek to work professionally, my biggest strength is my own personal experience with addiction. When I read things, such as the upcoming Week 3 addiction simulation assignment, I feel truly blessed to have a thorough and personal understanding of the obsession and compulsion of addiction. While others need to where a bracelet to understand what hiding track marks is like, I physically used to hide my track marks with female concealer for important family events and professional gatherings. While others need to simulate “using” ice cubes at their places of work, I was sneaking away to bathrooms to inject heroin, and on one occasion,…
Unfortunately, this turns on the user and results in pathological consequences, often life-damaging. According to Pamela Merten, the individual becomes addicted to the experience, which often leads to impulsivity: individuals “lacking in impulse control tend to act in accordance with their mood of the moment, tend not to plan for the future, are depressed and suicidal/self-destructive, suffer chronic anxiety, and tend toward irritability” (Merten, 2010, p. 6). She also explains that these individuals often do not have effective coping skills and take on an external locus of control. They also tend to have avoidant personalities and do not perceive themselves as empowered to change their…
So why do people use such addictive drugs? Dr. Charles Zastrow identifies that there are a plethora of reasons why people use illicit drugs, such as to feel good, escape from reality, or to “get high“ Zastrow (2009). “Tweaking”, which is a common word used to describe a user who has just inhaled or injected meth (Street Drugs 56), often find themselves experiencing an increased sense of euphoria, or enhanced libido and well-being Watanabe-Galloway, Ryan & Hansen et al. (2009).…
Excessive absenteeism, which holds a significantly percentage of occurrences of drug users as cited above, costs an organization lower productivity, damaged moral and consequently lower product quality. The US Dept of Labor reports that annually, 500 million work days are lost solely due to alcoholism. In addition to absenteeism lowering moral, workplace theft is an experienced and related problem. Approximately 18% of cocaine users steal at work, from either the employer or their co-workers (Facts for Employers).…
A state of physiological or psychological dependence of a potentially harmful drug, that motivates a person to do or be affected by something; disturbing the totality of somebody's attitudes, interests, behavioral patterns, emotional responses,…
Evidence/Examples:If doctors believe that it does help, and will be useful to the patient, they have the right to appoint it!…