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Alexandria House ( Addiction Issue)

Alexandria House ( Addiction Issue). His 025 Jane Crawford April 16, 2013 Daisy Garcia, Julia Flores, Mariah Jimenez, Monica Zambada. Part I Interview. Name: Liz Born: Santa Monica, California Age: 51

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Alexandria House ( Addiction Issue)

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  1. Alexandria House( Addiction Issue) His 025 Jane Crawford April 16, 2013 Daisy Garcia, Julia Flores, Mariah Jimenez, Monica Zambada

  2. Part IInterview • Name: Liz • Born: Santa Monica, California • Age: 51 • Parents From: El Paso, Texas ( passed away 6 years ago). Mom from Venice, California ( still living). • Problem: Drug Addiction until the age of 35. • Lost daughter to the government • Non- violent parenting training • Was not able to live with daughter until she was 20 years old. • Moved to Alexandria House as a second job ( Part Time Position) • Personal Problem- Depression once she cared for ill dad. Had to take Prozac to alleviate her anxiety.

  3. Problem • Drug Addiction • Homeless • Custody of daughter • Husband deported • Fathers death • Issues with co- workers

  4. Part IIDrug Addiction • Health and family relationship • More like a disease. • Hurts people of any age, sex, and culture. • Rob them from their dignity. • Women are discriminated. • Failure of self- control. • Sexual abuse of women and prostitution • Government has placed regulations

  5. Drug Abuse/Addiction • Drug addiction is a complex disease, and quitting takes more than good intentions or a strong will. • Drugs change the brain in ways that foster compulsive drug abuse. • Drug abuse and addiction has negative consequences for individuals and for society. • Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease. • No single factor can predict whether a person will become addicted to drugs. Risk for addiction is influenced by a combination of factors • PREVENTION IS KEY!!!

  6. Alexandria House • Diversity ( All women) • Family oriented • Contribute to one another • Support residents • Mentors • Opportunities for a better life • Provide women with job opportunities

  7. Reactions towards Liz • Vulnerable towards her drug addiction • Striving woman • Down to Earth • Still scared to open up to other women. • She moves on and does not let her past affect her. • Reconnects back with her daughter ( admirable) • Change her life for the good. • Loving towards life.

  8. Recommendations towards drug addictions • Take advantage of Alexandria House and the resources. • Not to let past experiences affect them • Look for help. • Recognize your problem. • Be part of Alexandria House do not outcast yourself. • Be aware that you are not the only person going through the same struggles.

  9. Visits to Alexandria House • Interview with Liz • Cleaned kitchen for remodeling • Baked with two Middle Eastern girls from Bangladesh and Ethiopia. • Supported the two girls while they made a Disney video. • Easter egg hunt party. • Took care of toddlers during yard sale. • Yard sale clean up.

  10. Our Reflections Social problems are very serious in the surrounding areas. • Women and children confront or hide their problems. • Each family has different situations. • Affected by culture, family, economic status & environment • All share similar situations • Alexandria House is diverse and family orientated • Depending on their background- different personalities • Alexandria House- helpful, full of support & opportunities‘ • Poverty is major issue these women and children face on a daily basis

  11. Bibliography • Foddy, Bennett, Julian Savulescu., A Liberal Account of Addiction., The John Hopkins University Press., Vol. 17 No.1 March 2010. 1-2. • Kandall, Stephen R., Substance and Shadow: Women and Addiction in the United States., Bulletin of the History of Medecine, 72.1 ( 1998). 152-153. • Interview: Liz. Alexandria House. February 16, 2013

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