Big Book Reflection History of AA The history of Alcoholics Anonymous is one that is sacred and has led to thousands of members finding their “spirituality” and strength to heal from their disease. Co-founder‚ Bill Wilson‚ was an alcoholic who lost a promising job on Wall Street by his drinking habits. The drinking led him to have problems academically and with his marriage‚ oftentimes sending him to the hospital between 1933 and 1934 under the care of Doctor William Silkworth. Dr. Silkworth’s theory
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Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation Should the offspring of sperm or egg donors have the right to known their biological father or mother? This is definitely a controversial topic among people in our generation. Many people share their stories on how they would like to meet their biological parents and how they would share so much about their everyday lives. One story written by Lindsay Greenawalt was very interesting; she wrote to her unknown father in a Father’s Day blog posting. She stated‚ “I’ve
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AA Meeting This was my first experience at an alcoholics anonymous meeting and it was very interesting and in a way uplifting. At St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Middleburg‚ Fl. the AA group was called “Soul Savivors” there were people who had come from different walks of life such as a single parent that started when she was fifteen to a School teacher that started when he was eight. The group meeting that I attended was rather small‚ a total of six were in attendance and 3 were missing
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Alcoholics Anonymous Observation September 22‚ 2013 One location of Alcoholics Anonymous meets on Tuesday; the one I attended was on September 19‚ 2013. The meeting begins at the fixed time of eight in the evening for an hour. Walking into the meeting‚ there were fifteen people in attendance. Most of the members were older‚ African American men. There were three women‚ two white and one African American. Walking into the meeting‚ I decided to go for it‚ and sit near the front of the room.
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prayer. After the prayer‚ they took turns reading “How it Works” and the “Twelve Traditions.” (Alcoholics Anonymous World Services‚ Inc.‚ 2004)All of this was completely new to me so I was grateful that they went over this information to help me better understand the group and how it works. They talked only briefly about the 12 steps that were on the wall. (Alcoholics Anonymous World Services‚ Inc.‚ 2001) They said if anyone was interested in a copy of the Big Book to talk to them after
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In my story‚ “Anonymous Jock” I have shown imagination‚ supernatural elements‚ and an emphasis on nature. Imagination is shown many times in this story. Mostly when is talks about vampires‚ but that’s what my whole story is about. Nature is talked about that much‚ but there is a part when they are talking about the wind. He calls back Augustus while walking out the door entering the cold winds of Fall. Just like imagination‚ there are examples of supernatural elements multiple times. Mostly‚ the
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a world-wide disease that affects millions of people. In the early years‚ alcoholism was viewed different‚ more of a weakness and disgrace. Any strong motivated individual could stop drinking if they wanted. Bill Wilson‚ co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous‚ struggled mentally and physically with alcohol. The use of alcohol damaged Bill’s health‚ tanked his career‚ and brought upon anguish to his wife and friends. Alcoholism is a disease that infiltrates the brain and physically plagued the human body
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Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Group Structure: Type of group: This meeting was a “Narcotics Anonymous Open Sharing Meeting”. This component‚ where anyone attending had the opportunity to share. There was no direct feedback from the other participants during the “share”‚ thus only one person spoke at any given time during that portion of the meeting. Organizational affiliation: Narcotics Anonymous as a group has no affiliation outside of Narcotics Anonymous. As a group they have no
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Bibliography: Work Cited Silverstein‚ Herma. Alcoholism. New York: Franklin Watts‚ 1990 Wekesser‚ Carol. Alcoholism. San Diego: Greenhaven Press Inc.‚ 1994 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.‚ 1995 " Alcohol and Alcoholism." The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs. New York: Chelsea House Publishers‚ 1986 Word Count: 1414
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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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