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I talked to the man, who asked to go by “Richard”, after the meeting concluded. We sat outside the conference room and drank coffee while he told me about his lifelong battle with alcohol and drugs. I think what struck out the most to me was just how sad and regretful his tone of voice was as he told his story to me. He recalled how he first shot up with heroin at the age of fourteen, and how his life was a vicious cycle of drugs and depression afterwards. “Richard” told me that he was in and out of juvenile halls throughout his teenage years and how, when he was supposed to be in school, would skip classes to drink on the curb or inject himself with heroin in some dirty gas station bathroom. “I was in and out of prisons too, once I got old enough.” I remember him telling me. After two three year stints in prison on drug and alcohol related charges, the correctional

David Sheff’s purpose is to illustrate what it is like to live the life of a parent who is not only taking care of is addicted son but who has to learn to take care of himself and the rest of his

Inside my family structure, my mother’s parents struggled with addiction. My grandmother, Ellen Sweeney, who has since deceased, was addicted to opiates, and my grandfather, Wayne Smith, who has also passed away, was an alcoholic. My mom was one of five children, her siblings included, Margaret “Markie”, the eldest, , Catherine “Kerrie”, the second eldest, my mother, Marian, the middle child, Amy, the second youngest, and lastly, Matt, the youngest. Moreover, my mother and my aunt Margaret “Markie” Smith have also battled alcoholism and my aunt Amy has since been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Due to my mother’s family struggle with alcoholism, addiction, and mental disorder, my mother’s childhood was particularly difficult. Not only was she undoubtedly influenced by her parent’s substance abuse when she was a child, but it has continues to affect her as an adult raising her own children.

Up to this point David has tried so many times to help his son relinquish his drug addiction. But now, it seems as if he feels defeated, and is trying to accept the fact. That his son can not or will not, ever change. Prior to this he has tried so hard to help his son. He would talk to conselors about his son's condition “... and continue to drag him to the therapist, even as he becomes increasingly furtive, argumentative, and reckless” ( David Sheff 91).

Along with illegal behavior often a substance abuser will find themselves as homeless, spending their paychecks on their habits of using substances (Tracy, 2005). Children of abusers are affected by both possessing negative role models that set the example that drug use is not wrong and sometimes the children are placed into the care of the community because of neglect and abuse by the substance user (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health [CDC], 2009). Other medical, social, and economic issues also are being experienced from substance abuse and use.

A case study about a 39 year old African American male named Tony Taylor Described this man as very Manipulative and Charming, this man has also had a large background history with substance abuse with alcohol, cocaine and heroin. He was admitted to a psychiatric program in the shelter he lived it. Tony often complained about sudden impulses to stab other residents. Tony ha been arrested for several felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping. He always comes up with excuses after the arrests are made on him to minimize his responsibility of his actions. When Tony was young, his father had left him before he was born, and his mother had been with several men, having a total of 9 children. All of the children had psychiatric problems or problems with substance abuse. Tony was abused by many of his mother’s boyfriends. He was often whipped with belts and sometimes electrical cords. Tony never finished school because he dropped out during the 7th grade after claiming that a teacher embarrassed him. Entering the job corps at age 16 Tony began to start drinking, and throughout his

That's where a top program like the one found at Sober College could play a pivotal part in helping you or your child recover from the disease of addiction. The treatment concept used at Sober College in Los Angeles, California, is to create a college atmosphere where treatment is administered through a partnership with Woodbury University. As part of the treatment process, "students" are given the opportunity to take specified classes that have been designed to help with their addiction issues while also allowing them to accumulate college credits. Along the way, it's quite possible for student to come across a possible career

In this section of my integrative seminar assignment, I will be reflecting on the information and experiences that I have acquired throughout my assigned practicum – Center for Addiction and Recovery Studies (CARS). As stated above in my preceding sections, I decided to focus on the centers evidenced-based parenting curriculum – New Connections Parenting/Drug Psychoeducational Program, with a specific interest for the dad’s classes. Moreover, and as a Community and Administrative Practice (CAP) student, I approached this assignment with the mind-set of evaluating the program and to see what improvements and/or modifications the center can do to better accommodate dads with an open Child Protective Services (CPS) case within the Dallas, Texas

One of the mental health issues that could occur from childhood abuse is the use of illicit drugs or alcohol abuse. Childhood abuse is related to drug or alcohol dependence, more than any other psychiatric disorder. Survivors of childhood abuse are 13 percent more likely to abuse alcohol and 26 percent likely to abuse drugs. Male child abuse victims with more six or more childhood abuse experiences are over 4000% more likely to use intravenous drugs as adults. The higher rates of substance abuse problems among adult survivors is to self-medicate from symptoms common with anxiety or depression. Childhood abuse typically ends up in addictive behaviors, but it doesn’t have to. A good support system and care from the right people will help adults abused as children to live a normal life. Along with a higher risk of addiction,

Throughout Mr. P’s life he has experienced lack of family support, victimization, rebelliousness, friends who use drugs or in gangs, lack of social and economic opportunities, and even more expanded list of risk factors that had led to adverse outcomes. His everyday life growing up consisted of reoccurring violence and abuse contributed to developmental disruptions which led to violation and wrong doing. Continued sessions with Mr. P. will focus on improving client’s social and interpersonal difficulties as client lack trust and intimacy and often finds it challenging to establish new relationships as well as utilizing resources to assist with improvement of health and wellbeing.

As a child, I was surrounded by drug and alcohol addiction. In fact, I didn’t realize this was even abnormal until I was nearly a teenager and saw that not all of my friends’ parents used illegal drugs on a regular basis or threw wild parties every weekend. It was unfortunate, but it was my reality. Being surrounded by addiction made me do everything that I could to stay away from drugs and other illegal substances. I saw the toll it had taken on my friends and family and wanted no part of it. I wondered for years if there was even anything that I could do to help the ones I loved as they battled their demons. Over a year ago, my younger brother was placed in the drug court program. I began to ask about the process, his meetings, I wanted to hear anything he would share. My wife was in a counseling program and began to talk about addiction counseling and it peaked my interest. I made an appointment to talk to the enrollment coordinator for the program and the wheels began to spin in my head. I began to feel like there might actually be a way for me to reach out to a population that I knew needed help and that I felt close to. It was then that I began to think that I might have a calling to be an addictions counselor and help people who battled the same demons as many of my friends and family.

Mr. Y’s mother was a prostitute and a drug addict, and he never knew his father. He had a history of very serious conduct problems from a young age. He began getting into fights with other children almost from the day he began school and was caught torturing animals on a number of occasions when he was in elementary school. When he was 9 years old, Mr. Y threw his baby brother out of the window of their first floor apartment, causing multiple fractures. During his childhood, Mr. Y spent several years in a group home and stayed many in many foster homes, but these placements were never successful. He would occasionally stay with his maternal grandmother, who was taking care of up to eight other grandchildren at the same time. Mr. Y began using drugs at age 10. In early adolescence, Mr. Y joined a gang where he became involved in selling drugs and running numbers. He fathered his first child at the age of 13. Before he was 17, he was arrested on a variety of charges that included theft, possession of illegal drugs, and assault, but, because of his age, he received a series of suspended sentences. He was constantly truant from school and dropped out permanently at age 15. At the time, he began living on the street with other friends from his gang who

He is addicted to drugs and has lived on the streets for over 25 years. In the beginning my family and I tried everything we could to help him be we lost the battle to his addiction. His dependency and addiction cause his mind to forged manacles that are truly the hardest to break.

In a home without parents, you’re drug addicted and dropped out of high school freshman year. How could God possibly use you for anything good? For 16 years you give others what they need to stay addicted. But it supports your unhealthy habits. You don’t want to be a drug dealer and all you want is to be clean and a good father but you just can’t do it. You ask yourself how can I stop? The situation I just described sounds like something from a movie or something you see on the news but this was the reality for Mr. Heath Duncan.

Growing up, my life was different than other kids’ my age. While most parents were very involved in their kids life, mine weren’t. My dad worked every day almost all day at our family business and when my mom wasn’t working there, she spent her nights at home drinking or out with her mischievous adult “friends”. My mother’s drinking problem was more than just a drinking problem. It affected my whole family negatively and she never realized it because she saw everything through a state of intoxication. When my mom would drink, she turned from the loving, caring, happy women I use to know to a rude, abusive, illiterate stranger. Unfortunately, I have spent the majority of my life so far seeing her from this angle and I have little memory of her when she didn’t struggle with alcohol, because I was so young when she was completely sober. Now as I grow older, I see so many people struggle with addictions and some people I’ve known are not as fortunate as my mother and have lost their lives due to their sickness. Since thus far alcohol and drug addictions have exhausted my mental, physical, and emotional health, I have decided to help myself by understanding more about addictions. My main focus has been on how addictions affect family and friends, how they arise, and who is most vulnerable to developing an addiction.