Thornton, Mark. "Prohibition's Failure: Lessons for Today." USA Today (Farmingdale). March 1992: 70-73. SIRS Researcher. Web. 27 Sep 2010.
• Much stronger alcohol was produced during prohibition
• “The production of moonshine during that period was undertaken by an army of amateurs and often resulted in beverages that could harm or kill the consumer.”
• Toxic Alcohol related deaths went from 1,064 in 1920 to 4,154 in 1925
• “One New Jersey businessman claimed that there were 10 times more places one could get a drink during Prohibition than there had been before.”
• Illegal producers and sellers of alcohol during prohibition followed no regulations, restrictions, or limits.
• Alcoholic medicine sales doubled from 1923 to 1931.
• Alcohol for sterilization sales quadrupled from 1923 to 1931.
• The amount of suicide grew by 78% during prohibition.
• The crime rate grew by 24%
• The amount of arrested drunk drivers grew by 81%
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
"Alcoholics Anonymous." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2010. Grolier Online. 19 Sep. 2010 .
• “Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is perhaps the best-known and most successful alcoholism recovery program.”
• Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Watson created the group in 1935.
• 2004: 150 nations/territories, 100,000 groups, 2,000,000 followers.
• “AA defines alcoholism as a disease as well as a spiritual problem.”
• The AA uses twelve steps to stop alcoholism.
• AA theory is an alcoholic has no power over alcohol and needs a supreme power to stop alcoholism.
• AA theory states that an alcoholism isn’t fixed in a person. The alcoholic must never drink again in order to get over the disease.
• Membership to AA is free.
• AA also works to educate people to stop the stereotypes of alcoholics and alcoholism.
• There are divisions of Alcoholics Anonymous that are specifically for the family of an Alcoholic.
• “Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is perhaps the best-known and most successful alcoholism recovery program.”
• Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Watson created the group in 1935.
• 2004: 150 nations/territories, 100,000 groups, 2,000,000 followers.
• “AA defines alcoholism as a disease as well as a spiritual problem.”
• The AA uses twelve steps to stop alcoholism.
• AA theory is an alcoholic has no power over alcohol and needs a supreme power to stop alcoholism.
• AA theory states that an alcoholism isn’t fixed in a person. The alcoholic must never drink again in order to get over the disease.
• Membership to AA is free.
• AA also works to educate people to stop the stereotypes of alcoholics and alcoholism.
• There are divisions of Alcoholics Anonymous that are specifically for the family of an Alcoholic.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Longwell, Sarah. "WHO's Plan Would Punish Responsible Drinkers." Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY). 09 Jun 2010: A.6. SIRS Researcher. Web. 15 Sep 2010.
· “The World Health Orginasition has set its sights on your pint glass. It has decided that alcohol belongs alongside AIDS and influenza as a critical global issue, and that combating alcohol abuse requires harsh new restrictions on even the most moderate of drinkers.” Sarah Longwell.
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· Increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages.
· Reduced Breathalyzer test limits for breath tests.
· Increase in breath test road blocks. All vehicle operators should be checked, even if there is no sing of drunkenness.
· Breathe testing at random.
· “…ads for beer conceivably would be verboten under the new regime.” Sarah Longwell.
Other facts
· National Institute of Health studies indicate that over 90 percent of alcohol consumers are responsible.
· .19 is the overall average for the fatalities of drivers who were drunk.
· Over 120 million American citizens drink in a reasonable manner.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Questions about Alcoholism
1. Why is Alcoholism more common on Indian Reservations?
2. What makes Alcoholism Genetic?
3. How effective is rehabilitation/ treatment for alcoholism?
4. What are some treatments for alcoholism?
5.What is the best way to prevent alcoholism?
2. What makes Alcoholism Genetic?
3. How effective is rehabilitation/ treatment for alcoholism?
4. What are some treatments for alcoholism?
5.What is the best way to prevent alcoholism?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Acoholism
9/13/10
1 Alcohol Addiction
2 Alcohol on Indian Reservations
3 Alcoholics Anonymous
4 Intoxication
5 DUI
6 Drug Addiction
7 Withdraw
Alcoholism is one of the core issues in the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. In this book three of the protagonist’s friends/ relatives are killed because of alcohol and many more have problems with drinking and Alcoholism. Alcoholism is an addiction to alcoholic beverages. It is a big problem on Indian Reservation, like in the book. Alcohol has bad effects on many parts of the body. On Earth 140million or more have a dependency on alcohol. This topic, alcoholism, is a serious issue in almost every part of the world, even in the town where I live.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By Sherman Alexie
The Book
1. The main character is a poor, but cheerful Spokane Indian named Arnold “Junior” Spirit. Despite his life’s misfortunes he remains optimistic through out his experiences.
2. In the beginning of the book Arnold begins High School on the reservation and quickly looses hope in his future. After being inspired by his math teacher he goes to a school off of the reservation and the middle is about what happens to him there. In the end of the book Arnold copes with the death of three of his family members and friends, but he also finishes his first year at Reardan High School.
3. Arnold faces plenty of problems and bad experiences in one year, but he manages to continue with his life. The moral of the book is never give up.
The Issues
1. One of the biggest issues in the story is Alcoholism. Arnold’s Grandmother is run over by a drunk driver while walking home from a powwow. His dad’s friend is shot while fighting over who should get the last sip of wine with a drunk man. His sister passes out from drinking in her trailer and dies when it burns down and she doesn’t get out.
2. One event that stands out is on Arnold’s first day at the Indian Reservation High School he gets the same book that his mother had. Arnold’s hope is crushed. After high school his sister just moved to her parent’s basement and stayed there. Arnold feels just as hopeless. These two events show that underfunded reservation schools just escalate the problem of reservation poverty. It makes the reader sad to know that this is happening right now.
By Sherman Alexie
The Book
1. The main character is a poor, but cheerful Spokane Indian named Arnold “Junior” Spirit. Despite his life’s misfortunes he remains optimistic through out his experiences.
2. In the beginning of the book Arnold begins High School on the reservation and quickly looses hope in his future. After being inspired by his math teacher he goes to a school off of the reservation and the middle is about what happens to him there. In the end of the book Arnold copes with the death of three of his family members and friends, but he also finishes his first year at Reardan High School.
3. Arnold faces plenty of problems and bad experiences in one year, but he manages to continue with his life. The moral of the book is never give up.
The Issues
1. One of the biggest issues in the story is Alcoholism. Arnold’s Grandmother is run over by a drunk driver while walking home from a powwow. His dad’s friend is shot while fighting over who should get the last sip of wine with a drunk man. His sister passes out from drinking in her trailer and dies when it burns down and she doesn’t get out.
2. One event that stands out is on Arnold’s first day at the Indian Reservation High School he gets the same book that his mother had. Arnold’s hope is crushed. After high school his sister just moved to her parent’s basement and stayed there. Arnold feels just as hopeless. These two events show that underfunded reservation schools just escalate the problem of reservation poverty. It makes the reader sad to know that this is happening right now.
September 3, 2010
Dear Arnold,
My name is Will. I live in Maryland. Over the summer I read your novel: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. I worked on our family farm, visited Virginia, and went to summer camp in Maryland.
I thought the novel overall had a good storyline and was well written in most parts. It seemed like your year at Reardan High School went well overall, even if the beginning was hard. I was sorry to hear that your sister, grandmother, and dad’s friend all died. You took their deaths well and used humor to distract you from the fact that they were gone. You also realized that you had to keep going to get anywhere in life, and you did.
Throughout the novel, you seemed almost cheerful all of the time. The way the author made you sound was strange because you were so upbeat about everyone you loved dying. This is something that the author may have done wrong; however, you might just be able to cope with loss very well. Regardless of that you were a very realistic character and had an interesting story.
Alcohol and racism were social issues in your book. Also just fitting in at a new school was hard for you. Despite the fact that you were so different form everyone you, still managed to fit in and have a good year eventually. At the same time, you were dealing with so many problems at home. When reading the book, I often wondered how you kept going through everything.
One thing I got from your book was that alcoholism is a problem in many Indian reservations. People have no hope and drown their troubles in booze. Then that just creates more problems and adds to the feeling of hopelessness even more. All three of the people you loved who were killed were in some way killed by alcohol. Alcoholism is a problem all over the world. Even here I see a lot of drinking for one reason or another. People drink because they’re happy, drink because they’re sad, or for any other emotion. That’s one thing the places we live have in common even though I don’t live on a reservation. Come to think of it, there isn’t a reservation in my state. Alcoholism is almost impossible to stop. The most you can do is to try to keep the next generation away from it.
Many parts of life are hard, especially for some people more than others. Yours has been particularly hard; however, you just have to remember that whatever happens you can’t give up. When you’re depressed drinking is giving up; we both know what happens after that.
Write back,
Will
Dear Arnold,
My name is Will. I live in Maryland. Over the summer I read your novel: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. I worked on our family farm, visited Virginia, and went to summer camp in Maryland.
I thought the novel overall had a good storyline and was well written in most parts. It seemed like your year at Reardan High School went well overall, even if the beginning was hard. I was sorry to hear that your sister, grandmother, and dad’s friend all died. You took their deaths well and used humor to distract you from the fact that they were gone. You also realized that you had to keep going to get anywhere in life, and you did.
Throughout the novel, you seemed almost cheerful all of the time. The way the author made you sound was strange because you were so upbeat about everyone you loved dying. This is something that the author may have done wrong; however, you might just be able to cope with loss very well. Regardless of that you were a very realistic character and had an interesting story.
Alcohol and racism were social issues in your book. Also just fitting in at a new school was hard for you. Despite the fact that you were so different form everyone you, still managed to fit in and have a good year eventually. At the same time, you were dealing with so many problems at home. When reading the book, I often wondered how you kept going through everything.
One thing I got from your book was that alcoholism is a problem in many Indian reservations. People have no hope and drown their troubles in booze. Then that just creates more problems and adds to the feeling of hopelessness even more. All three of the people you loved who were killed were in some way killed by alcohol. Alcoholism is a problem all over the world. Even here I see a lot of drinking for one reason or another. People drink because they’re happy, drink because they’re sad, or for any other emotion. That’s one thing the places we live have in common even though I don’t live on a reservation. Come to think of it, there isn’t a reservation in my state. Alcoholism is almost impossible to stop. The most you can do is to try to keep the next generation away from it.
Many parts of life are hard, especially for some people more than others. Yours has been particularly hard; however, you just have to remember that whatever happens you can’t give up. When you’re depressed drinking is giving up; we both know what happens after that.
Write back,
Will
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