A.A Today I went to my Alcoholics Anonymous class‚ and needless to say‚ I did not know what to expect. I went to the Step program at Memphis Memorial‚ and the entire group was very accepting of having nursing students attend. The class began with one lady reading from their big book‚ and then the group recited the serenity prayer and the 12 steps. Once this was completed‚ the nursing students in attendance introduced ourselves and stated our reason for being there. The leader of the group
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LEONARDS HOUSE MEETING FOR AA GROUP I attended the ST Leonard House Alcoholics Anonymous‚ 12 points meeting. It is situated at 1105 Queen Street East‚ Brampton. The open meeting started at 8p.m and ran for about one hour long. This write-up is my reflection and observation about the meeting. I arrived about five minutes late as it took me some time to locate the exact place where the meeting was taking place. My initial observation was that I felt welcome into their midst‚ as soon as I walked in two
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interest. A conflict of interest can take many forms; financial‚ professional‚ religious‚ political‚ etc. (NASW Code of Ethics 1.06‚ 1999). One common conflict occurs when a social worker identifies strongly with a belief system‚ such as the Alcoholics Anonymous credo‚ and supplants standard treatment modalities with AA doctrine. The allure of sharing such a system with a client experiencing alcohol or substance abuse issues can be strong. Further‚ it is not difficult to find examples of AA’s effectiveness
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Kristen Paul Week 7 December 1‚ 2012 The Rights that Inmates Possess Upon entering prison‚ inmates will lose most of their right as a free citizen. Although most of our rights afforded to us are a result of how we live our lives here in the United States‚ some of our rights still are maintained within the prison walls. These rights are listed within the First‚ Fourth‚ Eighth‚ and Fourteenth Amendment. The First amendment states we have the right to freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion
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SAB 210 April 12‚ 2010 Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Reaction Paper I attended an A.A. meeting on April 5‚ 2010. Before the meeting I seemed very anxious. This was not my first meeting I have been to meetings before but they all seem to make me nervous. When I arrived the nervousness had eased off because everyone had made me feel welcomed. I was made to feel like a part of their family from the beginning to the end of the meeting. I seemed to have realized I missed going to these meetings
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The Big Book AA Meeting West Coast University Professor Burton Megan Corpuz The name of the organizations is Alcoholics Anonymous and the purpose of the organization is to help alcoholics and substance abusers to stop using by completing a 12-step program into sobriety. In this meeting specifically‚ we read verses from what they called “The Big Book” which is kind of like their Bible. The book talks about different peoples stories of how they overcame their addiction and became sober. Next
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AA Meeting Reflection Heather Straight 3/20/15 10 Park Place Avon NY Zion Episcopal Church 5:30pm Monday Nights I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for the first time. Because of the fact that I live in a small rural town‚ I had expected not to find a meeting anywhere in my local area. To my surprise‚ there were two different meeting locations all within walking distance from my house. The fact that my small town needed two separate meetings‚ and there were many others in nearby towns
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to what you were saying‚ all I could think about was “that doesn’t sound like me”! It had to be though because no one else wrote that paper for me. After a lot of thought I went back quite a few years to a time when I was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous because my drinking and behavior got out of hand and I needed help. It got me through a period of time‚ but I have still managed to stay sober three years after leaving AA‚ and I was told that was an impossible thing for a person to do. They
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My first experience at an alcoholics anonymous meeting was very interesting and in a way uplifting. At All Saints Lutheran Church the home group called “The Young People’s Group” there were people who had come from all walks of life. The group meeting that I thought would have been rather small slowly became larger and larger over the course of the night. I was unaware that the AA meetings had been setup with a set of codes or rules for those who struggle every day to fight this addiction. They
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AA Meeting: The Point of View of an Outsider The purpose of this paper is to not only describe my experience at this meeting‚ but to also see into the life of a person trying to overcome their demons. We all have obstacles we are trying to surpass‚ but these people have a stronger hold to their demons because they bring them pleasure. These types of addictions is not an easy thing to overcome. The fact that they are so determined to change their lives‚ that they are willing to meet with complete
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