On March 30‚ 2016 I attended an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting. In order to go about finding this meeting‚ I researched AA meetings in my location through the AA meeting website‚ AAVirginia.org. When using the internet resources they provided the name of the group that were meeting‚days available for meetings and the times‚ and the name of the location along with its address. Another piece of important information that was provided was the subject matter of the meeting‚ what they covered‚ and what
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single day‚ we walk past many different types of people that come from all walks of life and some who are the typical definition of “normal” that are battling addictions to alcohol. My eyes were opened up a great deal when I attended an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that had a guest speaker named James and if I would have walked past him on the street‚ I would have never known the internal battles that he has faced and does face everyday he gets up out of bed. I went to an early morning meeting
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the largest and most commonly known self-help group in the world. Since the creation of AA in 1935‚ there have been many programs modeled after it‚ which are also based on the 12-Step Program. Some of these include Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Chemically Dependent Anonymous‚ as well as programs for specific drugs‚ such as Cocaine Anonymous (CA) and Crystal Meth Anonymous (NIDA‚ 2012). Attendance and participation for self-help groups are open for anyone to attend and
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own. It was not until his wife left him and he started thinking he was really doing nothing positive as a father of two children‚ a husband‚ brother or son that he realized he needed help. He reached out to friend who was himself a recovering alcoholic and a member of the local A.A. group. His friend is the person that sponsored him and also asked him to speak on his behalf. He spoke of his changes within himself since being sober for a year and on half. He was proud of his “new high” that comes
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from their life to better themselves. Of course‚ many alcoholics struggle with recovery‚ or relapse‚ but it does not mean they are lazy‚ or do not try. During researching AA groups‚ I found many that discussed veterans. Many people will never understand what those who have served have gone through‚ regardless of whether they believe in war or not. So just to assume someone is unemployed‚ or never even tried to get a job‚ because they are an alcoholic‚ are making unjustified assumptions. They do not know
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Alcoholism and its effects on society The alcohol is a terrible disease that effects not only your own body and mental health but also it effects everybody who surrounds you. By being an alcoholic you are experiencing all different types of problems. It can be either a problem with a lack of money that will bring you to the friends who are going to get tired of it sooner or later‚ or alcohol will ruin your healthy relationship with your family and your lovely kids. People who are
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This participant was very similar to my father in not only age and appearance‚ but in his alcoholic journey as well. As this participant went into detail regarding his DUI and consequential car crash‚ I immediately began to think of my father. When I was in high-school‚ my father was in a car crash that nearly ended his life because he chose to
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to me. He said that he has been an alcoholic for years now‚ but always believed he can cure himself and control how many drinks he has. He mentioned that he went out last week with his buddies and wasn’t able to stop himself from going overboard with the drinking. He said he was in a blackout for four days and lost his job. That’s why he ended up at the treatment center; he said he realized that it isn’t possible to be a social drinker when you are an alcoholic. During his story he explained how
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attendance was a friend from class‚ I had the opportunity to discuss Al-Anon in depth with the other two attendees. They were a husband-and-wife that had been running the group for many years. They started going to Al-Anon because of their son was an alcoholic and continued to go even after he got sober. Al-Anon is ran similarly to AA. The meeting opens with reading core values of the group and reciting the serenity prayer. This group would then read some inspirational passages from Al-Anon books. I asked
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What I learned at the AA meeting AA meeting was a very good learning opportunity for me and I benefited from it greatly I was amazed on how normal all the people looked and it really signified that honestly anyone could become and alcoholic and it can really mess up your life and make you so dysfunctional and take your life away I was amazed by all of their stories especially the story about how one of the men said that god is the only answer and it made me really realize that he is really and
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