was clean and neatly. In the Narcotics Meeting‚ people were laughing‚ talking‚ and sharing their experience together without stress or fear. I noticed there are free addictive‚ but they still come to support others. Most of them hold the Bible‚ and they said how God was outside them‚ but now god live in their heart. At the end of the meeting they made hug circle to support each other and promised each other‚ they can do it. 5- Watch one person for the entire meeting or court appearance and describe
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Attending the narcotics anonymous meeting was definitely an experience I will never forget. When my mom and I first pulled up I couldn’t have been more nervous‚ all the people smoking outside‚ but as I made my way in I began to feel a bit more comfortable. I did see Ani‚ the girl who spoke to our class. I overheard others talking about Bo who showed up later on in the night. As I went inside the church‚ the basement had been arranged with a circle of chairs‚ with children tables on the side. As members
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Abstract This paper is focused on discussing my personal experience while attending a local Narcotics Anonymous meeting. I knew going into this meeting that I had to go with an open mind‚ an open heart‚ and a complete respect for those around me. I understood that all meetings are unique in their own way and that their formats may not be similar to that of a neighboring location. From my research it seems it follows the same precursors as what you would exercise if you were looking for a good
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Olivia Ferrell Informative Outline April 7th‚ 2014 Specific Purpose: I will inform my audience about Narcotics Anonymous. Central Idea: Narcotics Anonymous is a worldwide self-help organization that has been around for many years and continues to impact our society. Introduction Attention Getter: Imagine 60‚000 people in one city‚ all dealing with the same problem‚ addiction. According to an article written by Carter M. Yang for ABC news on March 14th of this year‚ there are 60‚ 000 people
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During the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended‚ my eyes were opened to the disease of addiction. When I walked into the meeting‚ I introduced myself and announced that I am a nursing student and was there to observe. In sync‚ all of the people attending the meeting greeted me. Twelve people took turns to read the twelve steps on the road to recovery. After the twelve steps were read everyone introduced themselves and then everyone greeted them at once. It was announced that each person that
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I attended a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting‚ on (fill in the blank). The person who was sharing that night was a 28-year-old woman by the name of Christine (“Chris”). She discussed her journey through the program‚ stating she was six months clean as of that meeting but was just getting to the point of acceptance that she did in fact have an addiction to crystal methamphetamines (“crystal meth).” Chris gave the history of her addiction as having smoked marijuana (“pot”) off and on since she
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to do my paper on a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. I am quite familiar with this program; I have been clean and sober for nearly eighteen months and attend meetings weekly. Without the support and encouragement from my sponsors I guarantee I would still be where I was nearly two years ago. I prefer to attend closed meetings‚ because they are generally smaller; and I am able to open up to the group. I attended my first meeting here‚ about two months ago. I went with my boyfriend to my first
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Daniella Levy 11/19/12 MH31 Ethnography On Sunday November 18th‚ I attended my first alcohol anonymous open meeting at Gerritsen Beach. The church was called St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church‚ and the session started at 7pm. I was actually very nervous going by myself‚ so I asked my best friend to come with me for support. This meeting occurred in the basement of the church. My best friend and I began walking down the stairs into the basement‚ and we already saw people sitting around in a circle
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Alcoholics Anonymous is a program that is used worldwide that helps individuals recover from an alcohol addiction. Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings and there is never a fee or charge. There are two types of meetings an open and closed. An open meeting means that anyone can show up to the meeting with the alcoholic such as family members‚ students‚ or anyone interested in the topic. A closed meeting is just for the individuals with the addiction. Everyone that participates in the meetings has suffered
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Narcotics Anonymous: Twelve Steps to Recovery By Faye Stottrup 15 November 2001 Stottrup 1 The basis of the Narcotics Anonymous recovery program is a series of personal activities known as the Twelve Steps‚ adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous or AA is perhaps the prototype for
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