Mission Hill Neighbors Summary

When a child receives an emotional wound, it often creates an ‘infection’ that they must spend their lives overcoming and growing beyond. Mary Karr lived through a very difficult childhood and adolescence, and her reaction to it and attempts to escape from the pain caused a self-perpetuating cycle of pain and addiction in her life. Eventually, she realized that her dependency on alcohol was hurting her son and causing her to act like her mother, so she, reluctantly, turned to others and eventually the Lord for help. She learned to pray and submit instead of depend on herself and it radically changed her life. She never would have expected it when she was young, but over time praying became as necessary to her as breathing.

Resiliency describes a patient’s ability to return to base-line level of functioning after an illness or injury through use of compensatory and coping mechanisms (Lindell, Reimer, Swickard, Swickard, and Winkelman, 2014). This patient suffered the psychological trauma of losing her unborn baby as well as the physical threat to her own life all at the same time. She demonstrated admirable resiliency as she faced such unfathomable events. After two days of care and observation in the ICU, she was able to be discharged to home. It would certainly take time to experience the different stages of grief; however, she possessed an admirable faith that she, her husband, and their

In the short story Vida and Mission Hill Neighbors, we get a glimpse on just how common prostitution is. In different countries, such as Colombia, prostitution is a significant part of the economy and is legal. Although this is a crime in the USA,  we cannot deny that prostitution is occurring due to human trafficking or through a person's choice behind closed doors. Various people stated that since it's already happening in this country that we should just legalize it. However, America should not ever make prostitution legal. Firstly, if you take into consideration Vida’s and Christina’s life, Although one was forced into it and the other was not, they were both unhappy to have those experiences. Emotional scars that cannot go away were left

According to one study, 26.9% of individuals were influenced by other’s personal health (Siminoff 2012:5). This seems low, but after sharing their symptoms with others an astonishing 66.7% of individuals ended up either getting medication, or going to the doctor (Siminoff

The last five weeks of my clinical rotation I was able to spend my time at the Marjorie R. Oakley Home for women. This is one of two recovery homes that is administered by The Recovery Group of Southern West Virginia, the other home ran by this organization is the New Beginnings Home for Men. While I spent much of my time with the ladies that stay at the women’s home I was also able to meet a few of the males that was staying at the men home. The recovery home was a type of “group” home created to help provide opportunities for both adult men and women trying to free themselves from the nasty cycle of addiction. The main goal of the homes is to help these individuals to get clean, and avoid relapsing due to addictive environments. The

If I was a Mental Health clinician working with Paul to overcome his anxiety issues, I would also make sure to utilize a multidisciplinary team including an addictions counselor since Paul has been exhibiting signs of a drinking addiction. I would collaborate with the addictions counselor to come up with an effective treatment plan for Paul. To ensure working in a collaborative environment, I would encourage Paul to have a session with me immediately after he has his session with the addictions counselor and vice versa. This will allow both me and the addictions counselor to meet after the sessions to review everything and to share ideas with one another to see what is working and not working with Paul and to implement the next steps in the treatment process. Both the addictions counselor and I should be able to evaluate treatment outcomes and set treatment goals to ensure a full and effective prognosis for Paul. In terms of Paul’s addiction issue, I would suggest

And while plenty of people do have the ability to beat addiction by themselves, many others do not. Yes, the prime personal strength and change needs to be self-motivated, but it can also be guided by a professional who can help streamline the process and make it more effective. Rehab should not be scorned with a negative stigma, but embraced as an effective treatment.

Certain things begin to take place within one’s self and the effects are far reaching. What is most important during a spiritual awakening is surrendering. When doing this, you are acknowledging the fact that you do not have it under control, you are struggling, and you are in need of help. It is at this crossroad that many times people choose to figure life out on their own, however the ones who seek help are more likely to recover. In one account, a woman was begged by her son to seek help. It was only a few hours later her son was found dead, and as she asked God why, she came to the conclusion that God had to take her son in order for her to see the destructive path she was on. A huge part of this process, and substance abuse counseling itself is, the individual being honest, being truthful to the therapist and more importantly truthful to themselves. Through complete change that this process demands, many women are reunited with their spouses and apologies and amends can finally be made to those who were affected by the choices made by these individuals. What I like most is, how the accounts have reports of women no longer feeling guilt or shame, but the feelings of joy and peace even when things aren’t going right, the feeling of empowerment finally overshadows the bad. In the article Wright (2016), One unnamed participant stated “Now that I have come to know God…it doesn’t matter what adversities come your way you can still find joy…He will give me the strength to go on, the hope. And the faith to believe that he is there with me. That he hasn’t forsaken me.” (P.

Working with organizations such as Salvation Army and CARE Clinic has provided me the honor of making a difference in my community. Meeting the needs of individuals is my way of investing in their future. Maria's House and Hope Harbor provided personal interactions with individuals recovering from substance abuse. Accordingly, their insights developed a greater understanding of how addictions begin and why they are difficult to overcome. Observing men and women working daily to maintain sobriety expanded my perception of those in recovery.

The patient that I interviewed is practicing Christian religion. He believes in the power of prayers and faith in God which according to him will help him become healthy again. He said that just like his brothers and sisters in prayers, only faith and trust in Jesus Christ can save him from illness. For him, his faith is more effective than any kind of medicine. He believes that life was a blessing given to him by God and that death is a natural fate of every living

According to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the transtheoretical model of change, “for most people with substance abuse problems, recurrence of substance use is the rule not the exception” (Enhancing Motivation for Change, 1999, p. xvii). Relapse can and most likely will occur in recovery, and should be recognized as well as anticipated by substance abuse recovery counselors. The significant challenges to counselors are bringing a client successfully and securely through a relapse and eventually preventing relapse from occurring at all. For many, helping a client find faith in a higher power is an essential piece of the puzzle for overcoming addiction.

Our finding that faith has a larger effect on mental functioning than physical functioning is consistent with other reports” (Canada 84). With these cancer patients under stressful conditions, showing faith can lead to a closer bond with their personal religion. The importance of religion increases when it “provides comfort, reduces uncertainty, addresses existential questions, and aids in the reinterpretation of negative events as opportunities for growth” (Murphy 84). To clarify, having faith is portrayed by showing it, which is demonstrated and analyzed in the modern context given.

Addiction is not an individual problem but something that affects the whole family. Stevens and Smith (2013) state that families will “readjust to redistributing responsibilities to accommodate the user” (pp. 247-248). Children learn to adapt to their dysfunctional family, including taking more responsibilities on when their parent cannot because of their addiction. Families need to be included in treatment so that they can learn positive ways to help their family member without enabling them. The Bible states in Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed” (New Living Translation). God designed humans to need each other that is why he created Eve as Adam’s helpmate. Having a support system

Thankfully, I've seen most, if not all, of those people fight back from the clutches of addiction and regain a life of sobriety. And they did it by filling their basic human needs. As humans, we all have the same basic wants and desires and understanding how to fill them is crucial to recovery success.

If something critical happens in someone’s life, the more resilient someone is the better they can gather themselves and continue through the stressor. We need to allow ourselves to perceive opportunities for growth in the tough times in life. By perceiving opportunities for growth, we are able to find practical ways to comfort the people around us and ourselves. For my family, I know that the way we build resilience is through our Religion. Coming from a Catholic family, by praying through the stressful events in our lives, we see our faith as a resource and in the trust of God we are able to cope and recover from stressors. There are many resources out there to find help when going through a loss a tragic stressor in life. One of these resources could be talking to a professional such as a therapist or councilor about the