Russell Brand Research Paper

When he was drafted into the NBA by the Denver Nuggets, the players knew about his drug issue. Therefore, they tried to help him stay on a clean path to a drug free life. His teammates would all take turns staying with him and making sure he didn’t drink or do any drugs. He was clean for over a year, however, that was all erased after he was traded to the Boston Celtics because he relapsed again. While with The Boston Celtics, Chris used painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin, and Percocent. He was released by the Boston Celtics because of a season ending knee injury. After he recovered from that injury, Chris went to play in Europe and Asia. There he would have dealers send packages of painkillers, so he would always have his drugs. However, he was caught using drugs and sent back to America. A few months later, in the parking lot of a Dunkin’ Donuts, Chris was found unconscious and was charged with possession of heroin and driving under the influence with a revoked license. Soon Chris started to purchase and use crystal meth. While under the influence of crystal meth, Chris overdosed and crashed his car into a utility pole. The paramedics on site at the accident said he was dead for thirty seconds.

Most people know him as an 11 time NBA Champion, 5 time MVP, 12-time All-Star and he were the centerpieces of the Celtics dynasty during his 13-year career. Bill Russell ended up as the most successful player in the history of the NBA and formed the centerpiece of the greatest dynasty in the history of the league. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement on and off the court, Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Bill was outstanding at everything he ever put his mind to. For all that he accomplished on and off the field, Bill Russell is definitely one of the all-time great players of Basketball.

What I have learned from Kurt Warner’s success, is that it isn’t easy to get to where you want to be in life. It takes hard work as well as patience and practice and you will get better and get to your goals. It is easier to take short cuts but short cuts only take you so far. Him practicing and using his grit he was able to reach his goal, sure he was older than most of the other players but he at the same was sure of his goals and in his prime consider better. I want to take what I learned from Kurt’s experience and apply it to my life. If I want to become a nurse it will not be an easy road to get there but I must plan and think of it like a marathon and not give up easy. If it does take a little longer than I wanted then I need to plan

Despite the fact that Football is viewed as risky it is more secure than people might suspect. For example the Youth Football program Pop Warner has come up with has many rules and regulations to keep children safe, such as not being able to use your helmet to tackle. This can reduce the risks of any serious head injuries, such as concussions. This can keep the game safer for the young adults playing. In addition, a player is not allowed to participate in a game after receiving a head or neck injury, unless they receive a doctor's note. This takes away many risks such as causing more injuries, or messing up the wound that has just been treated. Having the players bring a doctors note also benefits the coaches, because it allows them to see

In the beginning of “Sonny’s Blues” Sonny’s brother remembers reading the article in the newspaper of Sonny’s arrest. The fear overwhelmed him as he wondered what was going to happen to Sonny. Would he stay in jail, sent to a rehabilitation center, or just let back on the streets to start drugs again? He also struggled with the feeling of guilt; this could be his fault. Sonny’s brother thinks to himself, “I had my suspicions, but I didn’t name them. I kept putting them away. I told myself that Sonny was wild, but wasn’t crazy” (Baldwin 123). This is an example of the psychological effect that Sonny’s drug abuse has on a loved one; they have the feeling of guilt, and blame them self for not

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Russell Willsion is a quaterback for seattle seahawks he has been playing for 5 years. When Russell Willsion had to score a touchdown for the game he did my favorite play statue of liberty he had fake it to the runing back and runs it all the way thats why.

Sonny and the narrator deal with some very difficult issues in their lives but chose to deal with them in there own ways, which shows their character. Sonny turned to drugs to fight the numbing losses and the pain of everyday life. He didn't have anyone to show him the path when he was lost, so he turned to something that could take him away from the journey. What he was going through,

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

I tell you one thing though, I’d rather blow my brains out than go through this again.”(51) The drug addiction is not what Sonny wished to live with. He would rather die than go trough the battle of drugs. Living a life so bad that date is the best options gave the biggest picture of how life truly was for Sonny. In that moment self medication is what Sonny yearned for. He yearned for the intense high of a hot needle and his muscle relaxing like a breeze on tabletop but though his music. Growing up so troubled drew Sonny closer to bearing himself in self hurt and self pity. He coped through his drugs and his drugs controlled his leered emotions. The drugs overpowered him and the only way sonny could break out was through the power of jazz. Sonny only wants to control his destiny and guide himself to the right path. All his life he wasn’t destined to be anything nor did he have control of where he would go. Self medication is where the control of his own life

As a musician, Sonny speaks through his music the pain and suffering of the people around him. Also, just by listening to other singers Sonny felt the pain of there suffering as well. For instance, as he stood “listening to that woman sing, it struck me [Sonny] all the sudden how much suffering she must have had to go through-to sing like that” (Baldwin 190). Therefore, extremely sensitive to the pain of others, Sonny falls an addict to trying to dull his view of it. He felt it gave him a sense of control of his life but to find out it was controlling him. Sonny believed that heroin helped him not to play well, but “to stand it, be able to make it all”(Baldwin 190) the way. However, knowing the path to stay clean and kick the addiction was going to be difficult. He knew that he has hit rock bottom, Sonny tries to escape and “to get out of Harlem” (Baldwin 185). Thinking that getting out of Harlem will help him get away from the drugs. Although, coming back to Harlem from the Navy didn’t change him. “Nothing changed. I [he] hadn’t changed, I [he] was just-older” (Baldwin 193). However, through music Sonny found it easier to talk about his pain and struggles that he has encountered in his

Sonny describes in his own words all this neurologic reactions, expressing his feeling when he consumed drugs. He said he felt submerged in a deep hole where nobody could rescue him, but also nobody could really understand him, because he was walking alone, just the shadows of his own fears and

Christopher Sly was born in West Cornwall, Connecticut. He lived in this extremely small town up to his sophomore year of college . He had a rough childhood, his dad was a drunk man who left when he was about twelve and his mother was a hard working waitress at the diner. Christopher had very good grades but always skipped classes. One day he was called down to the principal's office. The principal said, “ Kid you have a bright future but you won’t get anywhere if you don’t take the opportunities you are given, I’m offering you one last opportunity, I put in a word for you at the towns newspaper you haven’t got the job but I did get you an interview. I hope to hear great news”. He was a bright kid who had a bright future ahead him but it took

The show was essentially an archive of Russell Armstrong’s deep emotional pain and suffering that eventually led to his suicide. Bravo had to decide whether or not to air the episodes. Damaging things such as sickness, conflict, and even death have an alluring attractiveness to the media, however a death this extreme is unexampled.

Gesell’s theory is a positive aspect to physical development as it gives practitioners, parents and other family members more of an understanding of genetics and how genetics can affect a child’s rate of physical development, by giving people more of an understanding, they can plan and carry out activities that is suitable for the rate of the child’s development to encourage it. Gesell believed that early childhood development is mostly down to heredity and genetics however nurture such as the environment also has a huge effect on the a young child’s or baby’s physical growth and development. In my own opinion, I think that Gesell’s theory of maturation plays an important part in a young child’s physical growth and development and I think that Gesell’s theory is correct to a certain extent, what a child inherits from their parents can determine the rate in which they develop and the order in which they reach their milestones because if a child inherits a genetic disease or condition such as cystic fibrosis then they will not reach as many milestones as a child who does not have the condition, their rate of development will also be slowed down as the child will not be able to do as many physical activities as a child who does not have the condition, however even if a child inherits cystic fibrosis they will still have more of an opportunity to enhance their physical development if their parents interacts with them and carries out physical activities with them than a child whose parents who doesn't encourage development and growth.