Leonie's Substance Abuse

For her, everyday acts seem much more enjoyable when on drugs. She goes out of their way to experience something new and exciting. She is a creative writer and uses drugs as a way to get back to her child-like imaginative state. Suddenly, with the drugs back in her life, she seems to have much more insight and a wilder imagination. "And the afternoon was absinthe yellow and almond, burnt orange and chrysanthemum. And in the abstract sky, a litany of kites"(93). She longs to feel this way all of the time, but she knows the consequences. She sees doing drugs like going to a carnival. It is an escape from the boring life she is leading now. Even though she has a daughter, she still feels like there is something she is missing out on. The idea of motherhood takes backseat to her lust for drugs.

Natalie Cole was a renowned singer who won nine Grammys in her life and a person that many people came to love her over her years as a singer and she will always be remembered for what she did and who she was. Natalie Cole was born Feb 6,1950 in Los Angeles, California and she was the daughter of vocal legend Nat King Cole and jazz singer Maria Cole. She grew up in an environment that nurtured her musical ability and at age 11 she was already performing in a community and everyone loved her.

R/s on 07/16/2016, security was called to the home of Amy and John Maess due to a disturbance. R/s reportedly John pushed Amy down causing a bruise on her face. R/s Amy has a bruise on the left side near the eye, but no damages to the eye. R/s John left the home and a no contact order was placed. R/s due to Amy being intoxicated the children stayed with a neighbor and returned home on 07/17/2016. R/s reportedly Amy was so drunk that she fell and caused the bruise on her face. R/s allegedly Amy has mental health issues and she abuses alcohol. R/s this is not the first incident of Amy being intoxicated, one time Emalynn (6) missed a week of school because she had to take care of Peyton (1) due to Amy being intoxicated.

Linda cares about her child and wants her to be safe, while at the same time she misses her home and has to learn to deal with her new home. The most painful part of this past is that Audre’s family doesn’t acknowledge this problem with the children leaving Audre and her sisters to deal with it by themselves. Audre asks her sister what Colored means. “’And what’s Mommy? IS she white or Colored?’ ‘I don’t know,’ answered Phyllis impatiently. ‘Well, I said, ‘If anybody asks me what I am. I’m going to tell them I’m white same as Mommy” (Lorde 58). Both Audre and Phyllis don’t have the knowledge to know why their mother is different than them even though they are in the same

Simon is a 47 y/o male that was admitted to RGSC on July 22, 2010. Simon is verbal and his primary language is Spanish; he is able to communicate his needs and wants verbally. He is able to perform daily activities independently; however he needs prompting and supervision for completion of task. Simon does not have any mobility conditions and is able to ambulate without difficulty. He did not sustain any falls within the past 11 months; His last documented fall was on 1/21/15 which was presumed to be due to over sedation caused by medications.

Meghan's father served 3 years at Concord State Prison. Her grandfather was her father figure for most of her life and he passed away of cancer late in her sophomore year. Previously in the 10th grade, Meghan had an abusive boyfriend who later physically abused and raped her, and was sexually assaulted by another student who attends Hanover High School during her Junior year. Her dad has continued to have an on and off substance abuse problem that has been affecting her since she was young. Since her sophomore year Meghan has been diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety, and PTSD. She received no child support from her father and depended on welfare, which was hard for her living in Hanover because she wasn't able to socially connect as much

In the town of South Lake Tahoe, children played safely outside, the sun always seemed to be shining, and laughter was a common sound. Everyone knew one another and crime ratings were close to zero. Due to the town’s “child-friendly” nature, the Dugard family called this place home (Hawkins). However, on June 10, 1991, a fiery nightmare exploded into reality for eleven year-old Jaycee Dugard. Walking towards the bus stop, Jaycee was dragged into a grey sedan (Hawkins). Jaycee’s stepfather Carl Probyn witnessed this gut-wrenching act from down the street and tried unsuccessfully to trail the car on a bike. (Tresniowski). Jaycee’s mother, Terry, lost control of her emotions after her daughter’s

I will explore the life of a white 23-year-old female college student named Becky who still lives at home with both her parents in the suburbs. Becky has a boyfriend named Jason who is 28 and a high school dropout. Recently Becky’s mother found a package of heroin and cocaine in her daughter’s room however when she confronted her daughter Becky denied that the substance belongs to her. It was not until long that Becky’s drug problem became known when she was picked up from a club trying to buy drugs from an undercover police officer. Becky has been court ordered to go detox then to a rehabilitation center for 90 days as well as attend Narcotics Anonymous and Alcohol Anonymous. Becky’s boyfriend was not

According to the reporter, the children are not clean, and the house is nasty. The house is junky and filthy; it is not fit for a child to live there. Monique has bipolar and is not taking her medications because she is using drugs. Monique uses crack, powder, weed, and every drug you can probably find. She also uses marijuana with Jasmine. Monique would drop Zander and Kaka off at the park by themselves (this happens a lot). A person who knows the father would get the kids from the park and take them to get food. Sometimes, the person would keep the children for a few days. Monique will not know of the children whereabouts, and will go looking for the kids a couple of days later. Monique would be called by others, but she does not answer her

28 Days is about a woman named Gwen Cummings (played by Sandra Bullock), an alcoholic, who crashes a stolen limousine while intoxicated on the day of her sister’s wedding. She is then court-ordered to a rehabilitation center for 28 days to be treated for Substance Use Disorder (SUD), specifically for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). At first, she is reluctant from participating in any treatment programs and refuses to admit that she is an alcoholic. This film shows Gwen’s journey to recovery, where she struggles through withdrawal, has many flashback memories, goes through therapy, and also becomes friends with the other patients along the way. Ultimately, she begins to restore a relationship with her sister, Lily, while also realizing that her boyfriend, Jasper, is a bad influence, as she tries to regain her life.

For my primary diagnosis, I have chosen Social Anxiety Disorder 300.23 (F40.10) with a Z code of Social Exclusion or Rejection V62.4 (Z60.4). I have chosen the Z code of Social Exclusion or Rejection because of the case study symptomatology and certain aspects of details of Nadine’s case. Nadine is afraid of being humiliated and is afraid of going to public places, based off of the strong evidence of her past experiences of being bullied at school. Another possible Z code could be Parent -Child Relational Problem V61.20 (Z62.820) given the criteria of feelings of estrangement and hostility expressed by Nadine toward her mother. She expresses that she does not want to “be anything like her mother”(quoted from case study).

Cassandra has this feeling that Tiffany doesn’t know how serious and devastating it is to use heroin while she is pregnant. So she decides to

He was constantly high on heroin, and when he was not, he was grumpy and abusive towards her. Eventually in times of lonesome, Baby got a hold of drugs on her own. First, she tried magic mushrooms. At first, getting high was a way for Baby to entertain herself. However, she eventually tried her father’s drug of choice, heroin. She quickly becomes addicted to the feeling she gets when high off this drug. Heroin entwines itself into Baby’s day-to-day life and begins to impair her normal decision making, “There wasn’t much, but there was enough to make all my anger dissipate. As soon as I was high, I couldn’t even remember what my escape plan had been (569).”Her quick addiction allows Baby to find an escape from her reality. Turning to drugs to fill the void her parents left within her childhood is not only temporary, but it is dangerous. People close to Baby demonstrate first-hand the dangers that this coping mechanism can pose. Her pimp, Alphonse, even died of an overdose with her in the room, “As soon as I looked at Alphonse’s face, I knew that he was dead, even though I had never seen a dead body before (604).” Baby’s method of coping from her father’s negligence is to turn to the exact thing that she witness ruin him, heroin. However, as a child of her age, she would not know any better. Her father is happier and more affectionate towards her while he is high, so it would only make sense to her to think that she would be the

This shows that the relationship with the mother and kids was very unstable in a way. The children then went out their way to pull a prank out in the street and risk Tiffany, the youngest sibling’s life. This was very dangerous but the children did not give off any fear from attempting the act.

In puberty a classmate delivers a cruel blow by telling her "you have a great big nose and thick legs" (Piercy 223). Here we see the beginning of a conflict that will plague the young girl for the rest of her life. Although a girl can be healthy and intelligent, it is not expected for her to possess the physical qualities of "strong arms and back, abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity" (Piercy 223). These traits typically being male, the young girl sees them as being unnatural and negative. The girl feels as if she owes society an apology for possessing these characteristics. Piercy drives the point home by writing, "everyone saw her fat nose on thick legs"