attending an AA or NA meeting‚ or learning about substance abuse users I always questioned why they would not choose to become sober. When I would see a person who looked like they were a substance abuse user I immediately thought less of them because I thought they were consciously making a choice to live their life like that and they were choosing to live their life that way. On September 11‚ I attended the Friday Freedom Group at St. Augustine Church in Manchester and the meeting has affected my opinion
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A.A. Meeting Report A.A. Meeting Report A.A. Meeting Details The meeting that I attended was called “The Way of Life Group”. It took place at Palos Methodist Church‚ 12101 S Harlem Ave on Monday‚ January 20‚ 2014 at 7:00 PM. There were about twenty to thirty people at the meeting. They were all very friendly and welcoming to me as an observer. There were new members and older members and everyone was very open about their situation and dependence on alcohol. Overall‚
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The Importance of Meeting Deadlines The United States Army is described by Encyclopedia Britannica as the major branch charged with preserving peace‚ security and defense of the country. Furnishing majority of the entire U.S. military organization’s ground forces‚ it is also tasked with partly military or non-military functions or such as the administration of federal programs that protect and develop the environment; provision of military assistance to the federal‚ as well as state or local
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especially an open type meeting‚ of course wasn’t an easy journey. Body The process of finding a face to face meeting was a very challenging one. I had to go through a lot of different 12 step places in my area before I got accepted into the one I went to. But the challenge was worthwhile to me. Although frustrating because at first I didn’t the reason why any 12 step meeting would decline a student from visiting but then I realized the AA and other national 12 step meetings that they follow code
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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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On Monday night‚ the Board of Education met to discuss the possibility of building more facilities to accommodate the rising student population in the school district. The two and a half hour meeting was close to getting out of hand‚ as even members of the 152 person audience got involved in the heated debates. The subject opened with a report from superintendent Arlene A. Dunlap. She stated that student enrollment in the district was up eighteen percent from last year. "This is disturbing
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Produce Minutes of Meetings 1. Explain the purpose of different types of minutes and other meeting records Minutes are an official written statement of the motions and resolutions taken in a meeting. It is brief but a complete record of all discussions held with the members that attended the meeting. Minutes are also the official record of the proceeding of a meeting that should be needed to approve by the participating members of the meeting. An accurate written record of meetings is significantly
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I learned many things by attending the WSPS meeting on April 6th. I learned that these meetings are much more structured than some of the other clubs and events that I attend. For example‚ there was budgeted time for announcements‚ a guest speaker‚ and final remarks. In many of my undergraduate clubs‚ meetings are less structured. The timeline is more fluid and there is not a set schedule. In addition to this‚ I learned about the national APhA meeting in San Francisco this past spring break. By the
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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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a Schmidt – Assistant Principal Reason for meeting: Annual IEP Meeting Information: SPED Teacher: Grandmother is unable to attend because of illness. She is in Kansas City for treatment today. Grandmother and SPED Teacher talked earlier this week‚ and Grandmother agreed for the IEP team to have the meeting. SPED teacher discussed what was being proposed at the IEP meeting and Grandmother had no issues with the draft IEP. Grandmother‚ the special education teacher and possibly the Transition
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