It affects families both mentally as well as physically. ... There are certain human needs that are usually met in normal personal relationships: to love and be loved, to be needed and accepted and to have security and a sense of accomplishment. ... Although families may resent this, it is rare that the learn how to avoid it. ... They may fear the family will break up. ... In addition to feelings of love and worth, children need to grow up with routines schedules. ...

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According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, approximately half of all Americans have a loved one, a friend, or an acquaintance who has a drug addiction. ... In most cases, one may not understand why or how their loved one becomes addicted. ... Objective signs of addiction are loss of interest in family and friends, disappearance of money and valuables, verbally and emotionally abusive, not telling the truth, constant excuses, poor self-image, and no concern for anyone or anything. ... A person suffering from drug addiction does not understand that they are not only hurting themselves, ...

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This threat motivates her to do whatever she can to save her family. Helena's decision to continue her husband's work means she is willing to put her family in more jeopardy. ... The effect of their drug use resulted in her being arrested, which caused more problems with her family. ... Different from Helena, who is driven to save her family, Caroline is driven to escape from her family. ... Caroline is a young and beautiful teenage girl top of her class, a volunteer reading to the blind, on the math team at her school, and she has two parents who love her very much. ...

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In counseling those who abuse or have dependency on substances, it is therefore essential to be able to communicate with clients in a way that ministers love and healing to them; helping things to be corrected rather than creating further hurt, distress and objectification. ... The book points out, "bitterness, envy, indifference, resentment-these are the hallmarks of the hot and cold wars that fester in the hearts of family, neighbors, colleagues, and former friends the world over," (Arbinger Institute xx). ... Communicating with love, sensitivity, and understanding by virtue of bei...

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In the first group are factors comparable to parental neglect, example large family size, poor parental supervision, and inadequate parent-child interaction. ... The final group is family disruption, for example constant relationship conflict or marriage break-up. ... Factors connected to deviant parental attitudes and values and family conflict are of middle strength. Finally, factors connected with family disturbance are the weakest predictors (Loeber, and Stouthamer-Loeber, 1986). Therefore the children of families with a large number of risk factors, whether from the same or differ...

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For example, one who has lived with drug abusing families is more vulnerable to become a drug abuser themselves if they cannot properly cope with the situation. ... Protective factors such as extended support systems, supportive families, and strong personality dispositions can decrease the likelihood that one, with other risk factors, may take to a life of crime. ... Doctor Andrew Sum, referring to education and career decisions by young adults, states "Our ability to generate family stability and safe communities is strongly influenced by this." By decreasing the extended support syste...

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Career as Alcohol or Substance Abuse Counselor: A Job for Undergraduates An Entry Level Position A career as an alcohol and substance abuse counselor would be a good choice for a psychology major with an undergraduate degree for a variety of reasons. First, a counseling position relies on the use of many of the skills developed over the course of a four-year psychology program including strong written and oral communication skills, listening and observational skills, research skills, and critical thinking and analytical skills. Second, it provides entry into one of only a few of the servi...

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This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ...

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This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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The friends and family members of a prenatally drug or alcohol exposed person will probably have to endure the burden of caring for, improvising with, and financing the health or psychological issues their loved one suffers from. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate