My first experience at an alcoholics anonymous meeting was very interesting and in a way uplifting. The meeting I attended took place in Philadelphia Miss at 208 Range Ave. at 7:30 p.m. in the evening. Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid fellowship founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron‚ Ohio. AA states that its “primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety”. The only membership requirement is to stop drinking and to carry its message
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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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This week‚ on Tuesday‚ I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) meeting. The group of people who went to it was very diverse‚ of various ages‚ backgrounds‚ levels of recovery‚ experiences‚ but with one goal in common: to get sober for life (live a life alcohol-free) by realizing that there is something greater than themselves and they are not in control of themselves. Truly‚ the program seems to be a complex one that requires time (to go from step to step) and guidance from a sponsor that each attendee
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In Andrew Hacker’s “ Is Algebra Necessary?” he talks about the mathematics education system taught to students. Mr. Hacker says too much pressure is placed on students to excel at a high level of algebra. In fact‚ California’s two university systems only consider applicants who have taken three years of mathematics. In addition‚ many community colleges and Ivy Leagues look for a score of seven-hundred on the math section of the SAT. Only 9 percent of men and 3 percent of women attained that score
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Manoj Adhikari ENG -122 Date: 12/05/2012 Workaholism: A Social Problem of The Present Introduction In the modern society‚ the problem of workaholism is quite acute. According to studies‚ most strongly this illness affects employees in Japan and the UK; this issue is relevant for the U.S.as well. There have always been people who work more than others and could not imagine their life without work. However‚ with the commercialization of society‚ their number
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Lisa Smart Kim Lane Group Process 3/8/13 Paper 1 Group Observation The group I chose to observe was an alcoholics anonymous group. I chose this as the group to observe because it relates to this field of work and also I have family members whom I attend meetings with for support. There are different types of AA groups. The most common two are open meetings‚ and closed meetings. Open meetings are meetings where speakers tell how they drank‚ how they discovered AA‚ and how its program has
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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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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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Because of the negative effects of casinos‚ the government should ban them from populated areas in the United States. Gambling is a growing addiction in America‚ and casinos will only provide residing citizens with a larger opportunity to progress in their gambling addictions and allow room for others to gain the ensnaring addiction. Gambling addiction is also called compulsive gambling or pathological gambling. It also is said to be a disease‚ like its neighboring addiction/sickness‚ alcoholism
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What Shopping Can Lead To What is shopping? Is shopping something we do for fun‚ for fashion‚ or to make us happy? Is shopping in our culture? Is shopping something we have learned from our parents‚ growing up? Shopping can be defined in many ways‚ but when does shopping become a problem? In “Shopping Spree‚ or Addiction” by Heather Hatfield‚ MD‚ she says “shopping can be one of America’s favorite past-times‚ but shopping can also lead to a self-destructive addiction that will cause financial disaster
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