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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the largest and most commonly known self-help group in the world. Since the creation of AA in 1935, there have been many programs modeled after it, which are also based on the 12-Step Program. Some of these include Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Chemically Dependent Anonymous, as well as programs for specific drugs, such as Cocaine Anonymous (CA) and Crystal Meth Anonymous (NIDA, 2012). Attendance and participation for self-help groups are open for anyone to attend and

The Two Step Flow theory dates back to the 1940s where Paul Lazarsfeld, Bernard Berelson and Hazel Gaudet wrote a book called People’s Choice that summarized the analysis of the November 1940 Presidential elections. The research revealed that people are more likely to be influenced by other people rather than the mass media. They called these ‘other’ people; opinion leaders. (Scannel, 2007). The theory is a key theory in understanding people’s decision making processes, in this case being the voting

12 Step Work and Five Things It Means to You, whether others Understand or not Know that you don’t have to explain or justify your reasons for doing 12-step work. You don’t even have to be in recovery. It’s been a staple of self-help movements since 1935, for heaven’s sake. Members of 12-Step Programs work those steps, which involves admitting one is powerless over one's addiction, recognizing a greater power, examining past errors, making amends for these errors, learning to live a new life with

Critique of Pozzoli case (Inventive step test) Introduction A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, product or process that provides a new way of doing something, or that offers a new technical solution to a problem. An invention in general must fulfill certain criteria in order to be protected by a patent. For example, the Patents Act, 1970 in S. 2(1) (j) defines invention as a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application. In other words

When confronted with a problem, the question we should first begin asking ourselves is “What should I do?” We will first need to examine the problem and determine the steps needed to take in order to ensure the problem is solved satisfactorily. This is where the problem solving process will begin. For this assignment, I will be focusing on Scenario 1: “You have worked at your company for eleven (11) years. You have returned to college to earn a Bachelor’s degree in order to increase your chances

She sat on her unmade bed, swishing her legs back and forth as she waited for Naomi to finish her makeup. Naomi had her face positioned directly in front of the mirror, her hand remaining steady and fluid as she swept her black eyeliner across her eyelid. They had class in ten minutes, but Naomi apparently ignored that fact. Carter knew her roommate spent a solid hour in front of the small mirror already; the girl curled her blonde hair in rippling waves and took her time on applying her contour

“Once upon a time a colony of penguins was living in the frozen Antarctic on an iceberg near what we call today Cape Washington.” From the first sentence of John Kotter’s bestselling book, Our Iceberg Is Melting, it is difficult to tell that one is about to read a great fable about how to manage change in business as well as everyday life. ! The following summary will explain the key moments of the fable and how they relate to our lives. First, let’s introduce some of the more important penguins

What is Self-Care? Self-care is one of those words that therapists use, forgetting that the rest of the population has never heard of it. Basically, it is a noun referring to taking care of your own emotional well-being. Self-Care works on two levels. First, the obvious- it allows you to take care of yourself, to nurture yourself. Second, it subconsciously sends you the message that you deserve to be taken care of, which can help increase your self-esteem, self-worth, and happiness. Self-care

Violent video games have always been a hot topic since the release of the first Mortal Kombat in October 1992 for home consoles, which, because of its violence, resulted in the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). There have been studies that show a correlation between violent video games and aggression resulting in both an increase and decrease in aggression among players, but all if not most studies have only been short-term experiments. The real question is whether violent

I must admit, I am uncomfortable putting work conflicts on the internet, and even more uncomfortable exposing personal relationship conflicts that should inherently be private. I also do not watch the news, because I do not trust it as a source of information. Thus, for the purposes of this essay, I shall describe the most recent inner conflict of note that I have experienced instead, and analyse it using the “Root Cause Analysis” and “5 Whys” strategies that were discussed in this week’s reading