ASSIGNMENT
Rewrite the provided below discussion paper your task is to fix grammar or other mistakes and also rewrite some sentences when needed.
Discussion paper:
The professionals of the narcological clinic have extensive experience in working with patients suffering from alcohol and drug addiction of various forms and stages, and they will help you get out of a binge and stabilize the patient’s well-being!
Before attending the meeting, I had no idea what to expect. So I went to the detox center with a completely open heart and mind. When I arrived, I told to the small group that I was a student and was there to listen to their stories. Although I felt awkward at first, they all tried to make me feel comfortable, and they wanted to share their personal experiences with me. In three hours spent with people suffering from this terrible disease, I learned so much about how they are perceived in society, as well as how culture affects their alcoholism. After the observation, I lingered a bit and talked to some people. They were so open, and they wanted me to learn from this experience that there are other parts of difficulties of life besides alcohol. While I walked into the center feeling awkward and out of place, they accepted me as a listener and let me listen to very personal stories. Ultimately, I felt comfortable asking questions and learning from 4 addicted persons.
There is one story that one of the others shared with me. I’m 42 years old. Once upon a time, I was, if not prosperous, then quite firmly standing on my feet and a promising young man. Who would laugh at the one who said I could go down? I tried alcohol for the first time at the age of 24. My older friends and I drank wine. It was a lot of fun. Then I could not even think that in 7 years, I would turn into an enslaved person and I would not be able to live without alcohol. More precisely, not to live, but to exist. What happened to me for many years cannot be called life.
Life is not easy for me, either. Every day I am tempted. In the store, at a party, at work, on TV, on the Internet – everywhere I see alcohol. I do not exclude that I can break loose. But I will try to delay it as long as possible. I don’t want to go down that bottom again. So I completely lost myself and turned into a different person. More than ten years ago, I began a long and painful downward journey. It seems that it didn’t start with alcohol. The reasons were different and very serious, but “on the way,” he became a “best friend.” And more than five years ago, I became a concrete clinical alcoholic. Now it’s clear to me that if I didn’t flood the difficulties, didn’t hide from them, and didn’t celebrate the joy with alcohol, I would completely resolve those situations soberly and could live. But it turned out like many others – I chose the path of least resistance. I got fired up and felt that I got where I needed to, already at the first meeting. They listened to me and did not condemn me, but they also did not begin to save me – I just felt like my own. I felt like one of the members of the team. The team is still incomprehensible to me because they were people striving for life and not spitting on it but also not amusing themselves with idiotic fantasies, as I used to.
And the first steps on this path gave me hope, a kind of blissful state, and led … to generally rampant drunkenness.
This experience has influenced my perception of vulnerable populations, opening my eyes to how people with alcoholism cope with the need to live with the disease in today’s society. It’s easy to overlook how an “alcoholic” is a person, a person with honest thoughts and feelings. People who suffer from alcoholism are part of a vulnerable population because they are usually in a permanent state of altered mind, and they have no control over their own lives. Visiting Alcoholics Anonymous made me realize that there is so much more to someone’s story than just alcohol addiction and that I can be an ally just by showing them that I want to be there for them and that I don’t judge them for their addiction.
This experience ultimately influenced my future actions and behavior, showing me how to better interact with vulnerable populations. Before attending an A.A. meeting, it was straightforward for me to look at people with alcoholism and feel sorry for them, but now I know that they do not want pity, they want help, and someone is listening to their story. They can confirm their feelings and act as a guide in the right direction.
