FREE ESSAY ON ALCOHOL

ALCOHOL

Sean Fleming Period 1
Mr. Schwartz Final Exam
Alcohol
The topic alcohol brings many things to mind. In my immediate family the only people that
drink any type of alcohol are my mother and father. When my dad comes home from work he
usually has a beer for a little relaxation and my mom has a glass of wine for dinner. I
feel that they are moderate drinkers and I also feel that it sets a good example for my
brother and I. If we hadn't gone over this topic in class I would never have known what
type of drinkers they were. Now that I think of it I have one relative who has not always
lived the good life. If I was writing this paper 8 years ago my aunt Ann would be
drinking very heavily right now. That's because she was an Alcoholic. She was in very bad
shape for a while until we found her a place to get rehabilitated. During those hard
times her husband had to take care of the kids so she wouldn't put bad images into their
heads. Now she has recovered and life is great. I was very concerned for her safety and
Now that I learned from my notes there are so many things wrong with heavy drinking and
that the consequences are to severe I won't do what she did. A couple of other relatives
that I have are my uncles. One time me, my father, and two of my uncles went to a bar.
Everyone had a alcoholic beverage except me. As time went on my two uncles got pretty
wasted and were creating a scene. I felt very uncomfortable and wondered if they knew
exactly how stupid they looked. In the future when I am older and have kids of my own I
will remember how my father drank in moderation and I will do the same. Unlike my Aunt
and two Uncles.
Smoking
In many households all over the world people are sucking tar, smoke, nicotine, and other
harmful ingredients from cigarettes down into their lungs. In class you talked about how
over time you could develop cancer and other lung aliments which will cut short your time
on this planet. I definitely don't want that to happen. No one in my family smokes but I
do have friends who do. I keep telling my friends how it's going to kill them but they
don't listen. They keep giving me answers like "you have to die sometime" or "I'm not
sick right now so who cares." I tell them that their family and friends care but they
just ignore me. I know that I need to stay away from cigarettes and cigars because I play
sports like golf and I love to ride my bike. If I started to smoke it would decrease my
performance of whatever I was doing. That wouldn't be smart because if I ran track the
effects of my smoking could cause me to lose a race. Another effect it would have would
have on my life is my breath and clothes would smell of smoke and that might make it hard
to get a date. Also you said that smoking detererates and the voice box and pops the
alveoli in your lungs. That would mean there is a chance of me loosing my voice. If I
couldn't talk then I would probably go insane.
Mental Health 2
If everyone had perfect mental health the world would be very different. There would be
no need for mental hospitals, psychologists, and nurses to take care of the mentally
handicapped. Many people give weird or dirty looks at mentally challenged people like
they weren't even human. But they are human just like you and me. I know this because I
have an aunt that suffers from Down Syndrome. She lives in Ireland with my Grandfather.
When I visit I see that she can do almost everything physically that a normal person can
do. When it comes to thinking she has a hard time but that's ok because she has me or
anyone else to give her that boost she needs. You would think that being around this type
of person would make you feel very uncomfortable but to me it doesn't because I have been
taught that they are people too. Because of that one extra chromosome it changes the
person completely. You can't catch down syndrome you have to be born with it. I work with
a person with Down Syndrome and it's cool because you get to teach them how to do stuff
and you have to help them out. You spoke about how people with mental problems go to
places to help them get better or stay focused. I know that the guy I work with goes to
the they take care of him when he's not working. Since I now understand mentally
challenged people I can interact act with them better.
Family Life Education
There are millions of reasons parents get separated/divorced. It might be they have
nothing in common, maybe they are fed up with each others attitudes or maybe they split
because of children. My parents are not divorced but my friends parents are and that can
make going over to my friends house a pain. If I go over one of my friends house and the
parents are fighting and cursing. I feel like I shouldn't be there but I keep going
because my friend says it's ok. Sometimes I go over to my buddies house and I say
something about my dad but they don't have a dad to talk about so I feel bad. I think
that if I were to get married I would make sure the person I was marring was the right
one for me. Health taught me ways to help the situation. I know that marriage can't
always work out but if you know it's not going to work don't have kids just to save the
marriage. In my opinion that would be stupid because if you already have problems it's
only going to add to them.
Drugs 2
"Wanna hit" someone asks me "No thanks" I say because I want to live past twenty. Drugs
can mess you up pretty bad. I know because my best friend was kicked out of school for
drug possession. When he first started he said It feels cool when you do it. Now he's out
of school he lost his job and who knows what other drugs he has tried. I know he has
tried hallucinogens but I don't know what else. Health has made me aware of the
consequences of drug use. Your heart can become damaged you could get aids from sharing
needles, and drugs can mess up your thoughts and movements. A long term affect of drugs
is if you have a police record of drug use and you apply for a job you could be turned
down because of that. Maybe if my friend took this class he would stop but who knows. 
I n Health class I learned about subjects that I would have only grazed but because we
explored them much deeper I now have a greater understanding of those subjects. This
class influenced me to keep myself in shape and out of trouble. If I keep to my word and
do just that I will be a better person.