• Identifying information: Patrick Lee is a 68-year-old single, American male. Date of birth is August 28, 1949. The client is Currently living in Miami, Florida • Purpose of the recorded session: The goal of this meeting is to help Patrick identify what is hindering him from moving forward pass homelessness and medication management without alcohol.
Again, this illustrates how Eldon turns to alcohol even in the most wholesome moments and how dependent he has come to be. Wagamese emphasizes the gravity of Eldon’s self-medication and how he numbs his agony by washing it down, which ultimately restrains him from
But when Charlie got the surgery, he realized when his intelligence was wearing off, he got super depressed but he powered through the depression. One quote from the book that indicates depression is “please... please let me not forget how to read and write.” (keyes 25). Even though he is forgetting how to read and write and he is getting depressed, he powers through the depression. On the last page he says “im taking a cuple of books along and even if i cant reed them ill practise hard and maybe i wont forget every thing i learned.
Almost everyone knows that the Pennsylvania State Budget is long pasted overdue. It has been early five months of no progress whatsoever. Usually around this time college students are just worried about going home for Thanksgiving break and getting through finals week so that they can go home for winter break. However, college students are starting to feel the burdens of the state budget not being approved. Since the state budget is not approved yet college students are not getting their PHEEA state grants to help them pay for their college education.
New York City in the 1970's was a very dangerous and a high crime place. Drugs, murder and prostitutes infested the city. Teenagers getting trapped in this harsh environment at a young age lead to serious issues. In the book, Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Sallinger, Holden Caulfield explores the freedoms of the big city and witnesses the impact of its harsh environment in the 1970s. Drugs affected New York in the 1970s in a negative way.
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is an American classic which utilizes many different kinds of philosophies. One such philosophy is proletarianism. Proletarianism is the description of the injustices of the laboring classes. Put simply, it is when one social class is pitted against another. There are many examples of this philosophy throughout Steinbeck’s novel.
Charlie Gordon starts to catch on to the symptoms of his operation and knowing that included on the list is death. He begins to catch on after Algernon dies, stating “I have become absent minded. Algernon died two days ago.” (Keyes) Charlie now understands that this will soon become his reality, too.
Albert Yu was raised in San Fierro, his mother was a nurse and his father was a crack addict. Albert Yu was a student when his father got taken to jail for drug trafficking. He saw how pathetic his father was when he was taken away and didn 't want to be like him, so he studied hard and graduated from high school. He saw an opportunity to further his studies in Los Santos with his mother and took the chance. Life was rough for their first year.
Before Charlies operation he was not able to express his feelings accurately, but Charlies temporary intelligence
In the book, Stephen Chbosky uses description to show that Charlie is depressed and empty, while in the movie he uses dutch-angle to display the same emotion. For example, In the beginning of the book Charlie said “I do not like high school. ”(3) Then he goes on to write about this girl named Susan who changed a lot since middle school, he proceeds to write and then says “I keep quiet most of the time, and only one
After the extremity of this episode, he was placed into a hospital, and treated for his schizophrenia. Throughout the film adaptation, Charlie’s serious portrayal of his condition was accurately shown, emphasizing how Stephen Chbosky is capable of providing real life examples of
In 1987, acclaimed horror author Stephen King published what he referred to as ‘the scariest 310 pages in history.” The book, titled Misery, told the story of novelist Paul Sheldon who gets badly injured in a car accident and is imprisoned by his ‘biggest fan’ Annie Wilkes who had rescued him on the side of the road. For two decades after its publication, Stephen King refused to admit his reasons for publishing the novel. Finally, in 2007, King revealed the true meaning and message of the book; Prescription Drug Addiction. It is clear throughout the novel that Annie Wilkes holding Paul hostage symbolizes King’s past dependence on prescription medications and how desperately he relied on them.
Billie Holiday lived a tumultuous life as she went through many ups and downs during her childhood and into her adulthood. Billie Holiday was only eighteen years old when she was discovered singing in nightclubs and soon found great success as a jazz singer. In spite of her lack of musical training, Holiday’s distinct singing caught the attention of her audience and she became one of the greatest jazz singers of the twentieth century. However, despite the remarkable success Billie achieved, she continuously battled with substance abuse until the end of her life. Holiday may have had a tragic life, but her emotional, melancholic voice made her an imperative presence in the period of jazz.
My brother has been clean and sober for about a year. During the two years of his addiction I found it difficult to live with him and even be around him. I was never able to talk to my brother about his addiction because the drugs had transformed him into a completely different person as if someone else was living in his skin. I lived in complete fear of my brother. I didn’t feel comfortable at home whenever my brother was there, so I stayed out late to avoid being at home.
Stimulant Abuse Among College Students Non-medical use of prescription drugs is prevalent among college students. Various publications have indicated that the abuse of prescription drugs on campus is becoming a major concern of medical practitioners (Weyandt and DuPaul). Although there are policies in place to reduce the access to prescription drugs, studies have revealed that these drugs are very accessible to students on campus. Stimulant medications, which are used to to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, are heavily used by college students. ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that first appears in childhood and often continues well into adulthood.
