Southern New Hampshire University
22/23 School Year
English Composition II
Module One Discussion Post
Persuasion in Everyday Life
For your initial post, address the following:
1. Introduce yourself to the class. Include your major and anything you would like to share.
2. Think about a time in your life when you tried to persuade someone to do something.
Keep in mind that this situation does not have to be a full-blown argument—it can be
something as simple as convincing a friend to go to a specific restaurant for lunch—and it
does not have to be a situation where you "won" the other person over.
3. Explain what strategies you used for persuading.
Hello everybody,
I currently work full-time from home in addition to being in school. I am in the process of
obtaining an associate degree, majoring in criminal justice. I am a person in long-term recovery,
a main reason for me going back to school. I am a certified peer recovery specialist, and also
have my CDCA (chemical dependency counselor assistant) licensure. The next step would be
obtaining my LCDC II (licensed chemical dependency counselor) licensure, which requires
schooling, so here I am. I am almost to the end of my freshman here at SNHU and have
absolutely loved it thus far. Throughout my first year, I have started to wonder if I want to go in
a different direction with my degree, as there is a plethora of career fields under the criminal
justice umbrella.
Thinking of a time when I had to persuade someone was at my last job. I was the assistant
director of the recovery house that I had went through. I came in contact with women in all
stages of recovery on a daily basis and would frequently have to drug test the women in the
house or when someone was suspected of using. One particular instance a woman in the house
had a seizure one day and was taken to the hospital. Once EMT came and took her to the
hospital, I had to search her belongings. I came across something in her purse that was not
prescribed and could be easily abused if you are an addict. When she returned home, I had to
drug test her. She ended up only being positive for what I had found in her bag. She still denied
it, even after having a positive UA. I sat down with her in the office, and I am a very empathetic
person as it is, so I was sitting there talking to her and trying to persuade her in to admitting that
she had used. She eventually admitted to using after I pressed her more, told her what we had
found in her bag and that was the only thing she was positive for. That is just one of many
instances where I would have to confront women that had relapsed, knew they were lying to me,
and I had to persuade them into telling the truth. I would also present them with the solutions of
telling the truth about using (able to come back in a week after completing relapse reentry), if
they still chose not to admit it, they would have to leave immediately and not able to come back
into the house.
