Assignent Solutionnurs

A. What is a Gateway Drug? How is it a physical and social theory? Explain how he got started using drugs. What drugs did he use in High School? What drug did he try in college that helped lead to his addiction problems? B. Discuss what you think he means by his statements: 1. “Addiction is his toughest opponent.” (Note to Self Video) 2. As I am in recovery, “That beer I see a man drinking at a bar in an airport looks like lobster to me. I can’t have it without fear.” (Jim Rome Interview) You do not have this video, but what do you think he means by fear as it pertains to his addiction? C. How did a few players on his first NBA team, the Denver Nuggets help him stay clean? Why was his trade to Boston a negative turning oint in his addiction? (Jim Rome Interview). D. Which situation would you consider his “Rock Bottom? Rank these situations in order 1-5 and give a reason for your top choice. 1. Getting high and disappearing after his son was born 2. Waiting for an Oxy drug dealer in an NBA uniform just before game time 3. Dying in an ambulance only to be revived 4. Getting cut by an NBA team, losing all of his money, and ending his career in the NBA when no other team wanted him. 5. Passing out on the side of a parking lot to wake up and get drunk and high with 2 strangers rather than picking his family up at the airport E. What is he doing today? How does he help and inspire others? What is the Herren Project? Why is he such an inspiration to others today?