The Alcoholic Republic The colonization of America brought about many new ways of life: new living conditions‚ new skills to be learned‚ and new land to explore and settle. Relations with the natives provided food and basic skill sets‚ and it also paved the way for new colonists arriving in such a foreign land. However‚ life for colonists coming to settle America was no vacation. Depending on your family’s background and where you decided to settle‚ daily life was an adventure. In Virginia‚
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Jon Christiansen His 1101 Paper Assignment #1 February 14‚ 2011 A History of U.S. Drinking Throughout history America has been very keen to alcoholic beverages. There were many factors that lead Americans to alcohol in the past relating to health and the availability of certain beverages. In the early 19th century‚ alcohol was consumed quite frequently by Americans. There was also a time where Americans significantly decreased the amount of alcohol they consumed. Americans started to
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In “The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition‚” W. J. Rorabaugh effectively argues that the Antebellum Temperance Reform was motivated primarily by religious moralism. Rorabaugh claims that the temperance societies developed by evangelical Christian ministers served as socializing institutions which significantly helped ease social tensions and anxieties that contributed to alcohol consumption. Rorabaugh is a professor of history at the University of Washington and has published various research
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Contemporary Drug Problems 37/Spring 2010 57 The extent of global alcohol marketing and its impact on youth BY DAVID H. JERNIGAN‚ PH.D. Alcohol marketing is a global phenomenon‚ in which an increasingly small number of companies spend considerable sums to establish and embed their brands in the lives and lifestyles of populations. Market research data offers insight into the size and extent of the global alcohol trade‚ and the magnitude of alcohol advertising expenditures. Recent examples
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Name: Dariga Kassenova Are children of alcoholics more likely to be alcoholics themselves? In answering the question‚ researchers sampled 451 people in Alcoholics Anonymous to see how many would say that one‚ or both‚ of their parents were alcoholics. People in AA used in the study currently attend AA somewhere in Ohio‚ Michigan‚ or Indiana and were asked by people in charge of the local AA programs to volunteer to fill out a survey. The research found that 77 percent of the respondents had at
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Running head: CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS 1 Children of Alcoholics A Counseling Group Proposal in a High School Setting Ashley Foster & Dan Ladig Ball State University Running head: CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS 2 Introduction Children of alcoholics (COAs) represent a significant portion of the population. It is estimated that 9‚700‚000 children (or 15% of the 66 million children) seventeen years of age or younger are living with an adult diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence in the past
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Alcoholic Anonymous What I learned from Alcoholic Anonymous is that AA is meant for people who promise that they will never drink again and they drink again anyways. Its singleness purpose identifies that alcoholics work best with other alcoholics and the only difference from the twelve step fellowships out there is the first part of the first step and the middle part of the twelfth step. What I am powerless over and who we carry the message too? Many alcoholics in AA raise their hands introducing
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Growing up in an alcoholic family is certainly traumatic. In these homes‚ children experience a daily environment of inconsistency‚ chaos‚ fear‚ abandonment‚ denial‚ and real or potential violence. Survival becomes a full-time job. While most of us know that alcoholism is a disease‚ too few recognize it as a family disease‚ which may emotionally‚ spiritually and often physically‚ affect‚ not only the alcoholic but each member of the family. Little emotional energy remains to consistently fulfill
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Although this is the case‚ there is means of arresting the disease. Before rehabilitation programs individuals were places in sanitariums with the mentally insane. One program changed all that. The program titled Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) was the first of its kind. Alcoholics Anonymous is a 12-step program. To the common person A.A. may seem mystical. Except for the millions of individual who have gotten clean through A.A the steps are no magic fairy dusts. This paper will examine the first
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Therefore‚ not only does a person obtain certain alcoholic genes from their parents‚ but if the parents are alcoholics‚ then the person is also exposed to the unhealthy living environment‚ giving a more likely chance to become an alcoholic as well. Having an alcoholic parent does not only affect the child’s life‚ but the lives of future children‚ if the gene is passed on. Although most alcoholics who drink too much have no control over their life; according to WebMD‚ “some people seem to be just
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