Women's Hope Community Analysis

For the self-help meeting in regards for my reaction paper, I attended a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting. NA is a nonprofit, community-based, 12-step recovery organization for recovering drug addicts (Bowens, 2011, p. 1). The meeting I attended took place outside on a Saturday afternoon at Magnolia Park in Garden Grove, California. It is an open-group tag meeting, where one speaker will tag another person to share and welcome for anyone to attend. It was very easy to locate the meeting, as it was right in front of the park’s only parking lot with members sitting in a circle on benches and lawn chairs. The meeting started at 12:00pm and ended around 1:30pm.

Attention Getter: Imagine 60,000 people in one city, all dealing with the same problem, addiction. According to an article written by Carter M. Yang for ABC news on March 14th of this year, there are 60, 000 people in Baltimore alone that are addicted to illicit drugs. These numbers are disheartening and unfortunate. I can relate to every one of these people struggling with substance abuse, because I am an addict. A program called Narcotics Anonymous has

Thesis: The usage of drugs in the homeless veteran community, has contributed to a challenging recovery from the disadvantage of homelessness; the federal government needs to create more programs in order to help these veterans.

In the United States, many Americans can argue that we are facing a drug epidemic whether it is alcohol or illicit drugs other than medicinal marijuana. In response to this drug epidemic, organizations were created that are supported by the government and law enforcement in an effort to give addicts a chance to get clean. For example, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotic Anonymous are two organizations that focus on helping people who struggle from alcoholism or any addiction cope with the symptoms of withdrawal in efforts to stay clean with the support of their organization’s community. Although these two organization’s goals are similar, they attack these problems differently beginning with step one out of their twelve step program to help addicts get clean.

Substance abuse is a very widely known public epidemic in today's society. Many people are unfortunately plagued by this issue. According to Emedicinehealth.com (2012), “People abuse substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs for varied and complicated reasons, but it is clear that our society pays a significant cost,” (para. 1). People that are affected by substance abuse includes a very different range of people. Many that abuse the substances end up having health-related problems which in turn increases the need for health care. Other people that are affected by substance abuse are the family members and friends of the abusers because they have to deal with the person abusing the substances. Things that can be abused are

Substance abuse is a serious problem in the Appalachian area of WV. In an attempt to gain control of this problem within the poverty level population, WV has searched for a way to bring about change for those who utilize public assistance. Foster (2012) found the substance abuse problem within WV has grown exponentially over the last several years leading to serious problems within social and health service areas. This information confirmed a 2006 study completed by Morgenstern and Blanchard who predicted a serious spike if the problem was no addressed in an appropriate manner.

This storm took a grave toll on the city of New Orleans. The majority of the displaced people from New Orleans were African Americans with low socio-economic status. It is a generally acknowledged fact that displacement and economical loss are often accompanied by substance abuse (Wagner, Brief, Vielhauer, Sussman, Keane & Malow, 2009). In examining the population of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, specifically women evacuees, researchers suggest that the impacts of disasters are often catastrophic for poor minority populations (Cepeda, Saint Onge, Kaplan & Valdez, 2010). Prior to Hurricane Katrina, numerous disadvantaged people inhabited the city of New Orleans (Cepeda, Valdez, Kaplan, & Hill, 2010). High poverty levels are often high levels of substance abuse. New Orleans has a statically high prevalence of drug use. Cepeda et al site (Zhang, 2003) when they say “According to the 2003 results of the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring

It was a few years back when the reality hit that heroin was present and there was little anyone could do, then people began dying everywhere and though many believe that it cannot happen to them, that is an unrealistic belief. Here we live in the upper middle class city of Folsom, we see many individuals suffering from substance abuse disorders with any of the following being the substance of choice: marijuana, opioids, methamphetamines and alcohol. Though in this community many do not speak of the problem and often blame the homeless for the crime and dysfunction that takes place (Folsom watch Facebook). But it is here and it shows in the rooms of 12 step meetings, local low income housing projects and throughout the city streets that run throughout

In conclusion, drugs are a major problem in our community and surrounding areas. They can affect your community greatly, in a negative way. Individuals who are infected by this terrible addiction are losing friends, loved ones and ones who want to help them get better. People need to come together to make the community great again, helping those around do good, helping them live a greater

So far humboldt doesn’t do much to spread awareness of addiction, and it needs more articles and events to help inform people of how being addicted to drugs affects the mind and body. People would probably be more willing to lend a hand to the homeless if they understood how addiction was affecting their bodies. Through more articles like Can Humboldt Solve Addiction but with more focus on what it does to them. For starters i am going to tell you about how this affects you with information I got from a drug counselor in high school. When they are high their body produce more dopamine than usual, which is the will to live chemical in your brain. This floods the receptors, and through continued use it causes more receptors to form, and

In and around most large cities in America, the rising substance abuse epidemic has brought about a renewed interested in determining the root cause of substance abuse, the effects of substance abuse on individuals and societies, and the substance abuse treatment modalities that achieve the best outcomes. In reviewing the current research on substance abuse there seems to be no one clear cause of substance abuse disorders, although there is strong evidence that a number of life circumstances may predispose an individual to a substance abuse disorder, as well as a number of protective factors that may reduce an individual’s risk of developing a substance abuse disorder. One important risk factor that is commonly associated with substance

Substance abuse and addiction have become a social problem that afflicts millions of individuals and disrupts the lives of their families and friends. Just one example reveals the extent of the problem: in the United States each year, more women and men die of smoking related lung cancer than of colon, breast and prostate cancers combined (Kola & Kruszynski, 2010). In addition to the personal impact of so much illness and early death, there are dire social costs: huge expenses for medical and social services; millions of hours lost in the workplace; elevated rates of crime associated with illicit drugs; and scores of children who are damaged by their parents’ substance abuse behavior (Lee, 2010). This paper will look at

In conclusion, Women Against Abuse is an organization that provides 24 hours of emergency shelter for women who are fleeing from a domestic situation. The mission states, as an organization they want everyone to feel safe. By creating a safe and healthy environment where residents can be treated with dignity and respect. The organization has an obligation to the clients that they serve by being compassionate and non judgmental. Some of the women that come into the shelter are battling problems of addiction. Women Against Abuse does not have a policy that requires mandatory drug screening. As an organization subjecting the women to drug testing is something that their feel they should not be doing. Proposing a policy for mandatory drug screening

Many vulnerable citizens and marginalized individuals in the society are seeking solace in drugs and falling easy victims of drug addiction. The victims of drug addiction have either become drug addicts or uncontrollable drug users while many not so fortunate victims have died of drug over dose in the past, or are on the waiting list of the continuing tragedy. Meth is a commonly used drug not just within the gay community in the United States, but across the entire population due to its accessibility and affordability across the different ethnic and social class.

Drug abuse is a major public health issue that impacts society both directly and indirectly; every person, every community is somehow affected by drug abuse and addiction and this economic burden is not exclusive to those who use substance, it inevitably impacts those who don 't. Drugs impact our society in various ways including but not limited to lost earnings, health care expenditures, costs associated with crime, accidents, and deaths. The use of licit or illicit drugs long term, causes millions of deaths and costs billions for medical care and substance abuse rehabilitation and the effects of drug abuse extend beyond users, spilling over into the society at large, imposing increasing