AA REACTION PAPER 1. I did not really know what exactly to expect before the meeting‚ because I never been to a AA meeting and I was kind of excited to go and hear peoples stories about their addictions and dependency. 2. I attend the meeting with my boyfriend because I did not want to go alone. My only concern was how people were going to be there‚ and I excepted to hear some bizarre stories of peoples past. 3. The meeting was held in a conference like setting at a round table
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Some people think that changing people’s attitudes to other countries and cultures is an important factor in reducing world poverty. Others‚ however‚ feel that the most important method is trade. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion Regarding the issue of how to reduce poverty worldwide more effectively‚ people hold different views. Some of them claim that the best way is to cement international relationship in term of getting better mutual understanding and their national identities
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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 to the alcoholic who suffers. There were 20 people excluding myself and two others
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Career Exploration Paper One career that I am interested in is an Account Executive in Advertising. Tasks for such a job include: planning ads for businesses‚ picking the best way to advertise‚ meeting with artists to plan ads and show plans to customers. Other qualities are figuring out the costs of ads‚ working with budgets‚ layouts‚ computers‚ and products being presented. To be a successful Account Executive‚ one must be good at organizing projects and making decisions along with getting along
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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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Just like the AA meeting‚ I felt very uncomfortable with attending an Al-Anon meeting. I have been fortunate enough where no one close to me has ever been addicted to alcohol. I wasn’t sure how well I would be able to relate to the members of this meeting. I was very nervous walking in the meeting and I felt out of place. One thing that brought me relief was the smiling faces and happy conversation I encountered as I entered the room. These people looked like they were trying to make the best out
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On Sunday‚ March 6th‚ I went to an AA meeting in the Heights Vietnam Veterans Memorial Building between Manhattan and Summit Avenues in NJ‚ Jersey City. The meeting started around 10:30 AM and ended around 11:30 AM. Before the meeting‚ lots of coffee‚ tea and donuts were served to the people. There were about 50 people that showed up to the meeting‚ 35 of them were males and the other 15 were females. Most of them were either old or middle aged. The meeting consisted of a podium which had about five
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Career Exploration Paper Tori Turner Liberty University Career Exploration Paper Career Field & Occupation Choice Within society‚ there are many occupations to explore and chose. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) results showed that my personal career strengths fall under the area of teaching and counseling. Currently‚ as a school counselor for a high school in Duncanville‚ Texas‚ a suburb outside of Dallas‚ I find the results of the assessment to be very accurate. Making
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Shaniqua McIntosh Jan 2‚ 2012 Alcoholics Anonymous Alateen/al-anon What is Alcoholics Anonymous? Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international movement created to help alcoholics to recover and live better‚ alcohol free lives. It was found by Bill Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith in 1935. Robert Holbrook Smith was a doctor who struggled with an alcohol problem since his teens that tried unsuccessfully for many years to get rid of. His alcoholism had a progressing negative impact on
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Running head: My visit to an AA meeting I attended a AA meeting on Saturday night at 7: 00 pm in Bergen County Housing Health Human Services Center 120 South River Street. This simple experience opened my eyes as a person and as a future nurse .One of the First things I noted was the alcohol addiction has no social boundaries or race‚ Gendered or age‚ the meeting was very diverse to my surprise. At an AA meeting‚ people with alcoholism are accepted and understood‚ helping many People keep
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