The AA meeting that I attended was at midnight in Bay City‚ at the Log Cabin. When I first walked in I was very startled. There were three women and seven men. I was quite overwhelmed and a tad bit scared to be in that sort of predicament. I know going at midnight was probably not the best idea‚ but it was the only meeting that fit into my schedule. Everyone was very nice to me when I walked in and informed me on how the meeting was held and what went on. At the start of the meeting some book
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Before I went to the meeting‚ I was expecting the meeting to be like seen on TV. Looking something around the lines of a middle school auditorium with chairs all facing the stage and someone gets up there and talks. Or a meeting where everyone sits in a circle‚ facing each other and each person shares. Instead‚ the meeting was in a cafeteria in a hospital. The seating was very casual and welcoming. When we walked in there was about 40 people just talking and sharing. There was a very positive vibe
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During the meeting I noticed numerous of therapeutic factors that were taking place. The first factor I noticed in the meeting was universality. The members in the meeting came from different walks of life‚ socio-economic statuses‚ and cultures but they all shared a common problem or situation. They were all there because they have an addiction or they had an addiction in the past. Altruism was also another factor that was applied within the group. While reading the text some of the members had a
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Meeting the Challenge of Sexual Harassment At an office of Goldman‚ Sachs and Company in Boston‚ some male employees allegedly pasted photos of bare-breasted women on company newsletters‚ next to biographies of new female employees (suggesting that the photos were pictures of the new staff members). Copies of the newsletters were circulated around the office. Sexist literature such as “The Smart Man’s Creed or Why Beer Is Better Than Women” (“After you’ve had a beer‚ the bottle is still worth a
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I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a comfortable house in Santa Monica‚ California. The room was occupied by approximately 70 attendees‚ and even more sitting on the outside porch. The focus of this particular day’s meeting was step six of the 12-step program. The sixth step is stated as follows: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character” (Wilson‚ 1939‚ p. 76). Following the definition and interpretation of the sixth step‚ the main speaker of the
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Multicultural Student Union meeting on Wednesday April 12th. At the beginning of the event we played an introductory game. Then the leaders told us what we would be doing and the different things we would be hearing about. They then showed everyone a video for the Relay for Life event and then they had a speaker come in who asked questions about how cancer has affected the lives of everyone around them. After that speaker left we got into groups and talked about the upcoming event and how we felt about what
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Should business hire employees for their entire lives? There are some companies that hire employees for their lifetimes‚ especially those that operate in Japan‚ where most companies environment are family-valued. They always treat the employees as one of their family members‚ so that their employees are retained with them until retirement. However‚ although hiring the employees for a lifetime has some benefits‚ such as the continuity of working processes and the warm and comfort of working environment
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I took these quotes from each section because I gain a new perspective about why these meetings are important. Words like “controlled” “powerless” and unmanageable explains the struggle of an addict. I cannot imagine living a life in which I feel powerless‚ and controlled to the point where I am not able to manage it. Meetings like NA or AA brings awareness to those that does not understand addiction and what it means to be an addict. It is very easy to say “why can’t get just stop?”. If they could
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Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures Beginnings of America: • Nearly 12‚000-14‚000 years ago / 9000 BC migrations reached the southern tip of South America / 15th century AD = contact with Europeans -> brought with them diseases (smallpox) ended in: demographic catastrophe‚ weakened societies‚ aided Spanish/ Portuguese exploration America before Columbus: • Adaptation to surroundings = nomadic bands‚ hunting‚ fishing‚ agriculture -> created civilizations • Population: a lot more people
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During the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended‚ my eyes were opened to the disease of addiction. When I walked into the meeting‚ I introduced myself and announced that I am a nursing student and was there to observe. In sync‚ all of the people attending the meeting greeted me. Twelve people took turns to read the twelve steps on the road to recovery. After the twelve steps were read everyone introduced themselves and then everyone greeted them at once. It was announced that each person that
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