Aa Meeting Reflection
I had Many reservations about doing this assignment. I initially felt I was inappropriate for me to attend a meeting, when I have never had a problem with addiction. I felt that going to this meeting would be intruding on their healing processes, almost as if I was using them as lab rats, to further my own education. However, my opinion of this changed after expressing these concerns to a friend who is a recovering addict. They told me there is no reason to feel awkward, or guilty about going and observing, because I’m not going there for a negative reason, I’m going to learn, so that one day I can also assist in a person’s recover, if that’s the profession I choose. Finding meeting to attend wasn’t hard, a quick google search lead me to
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This mood started early in the meeting, with people collecting their collecting their coins. This was particularly noticeable when a woman collected her 8th month coin, and talked about how hard her journey to sobriety has been, and how thankful she was for the support she received from the AA program. After the coin ceremony, the meeting began talking about their daily topic, which was selfishness, specifically how their alcohol abuse lead them to becoming someone they could never have imagined. Listening to their stories was amazing, and very emotional, which oddly caught me by surprise. One story in particular by an individual caught my attention. They were discussing how they had trouble knowing how to act around people, who have always known them to be one way, drunk. They talked about how hard it was to overcome their addiction, and to finally become clean, but still be judged by their family because the trust they once shared was lost long ago because of their alcoholism. However, they said despite not having the trust of most of their family, they are slowly earning back the trust of their young child, which made all the struggles they have faced in recovery worth it. I thought this was a powerful story, that many addicts could relate to. Years of substance abuse is sure to cause a lot of hurt feelings, broken promises, and lost trust, but to see that despite the pain caused to people
This mood started early in the meeting, with people collecting their collecting their coins. This was particularly noticeable when a woman collected her 8th month coin, and talked about how hard her journey to sobriety has been, and how thankful she was for the support she received from the AA program. After the coin ceremony, the meeting began talking about their daily topic, which was selfishness, specifically how their alcohol abuse lead them to becoming someone they could never have imagined. Listening to their stories was amazing, and very emotional, which oddly caught me by surprise. One story in particular by an individual caught my attention. They were discussing how they had trouble knowing how to act around people, who have always known them to be one way, drunk. They talked about how hard it was to overcome their addiction, and to finally become clean, but still be judged by their family because the trust they once shared was lost long ago because of their alcoholism. However, they said despite not having the trust of most of their family, they are slowly earning back the trust of their young child, which made all the struggles they have faced in recovery worth it. I thought this was a powerful story, that many addicts could relate to. Years of substance abuse is sure to cause a lot of hurt feelings, broken promises, and lost trust, but to see that despite the pain caused to people