I’ve been to hundreds of AA/NA meetings. In this essay I’ll talk about the three I went to for this class and I’ll incorporate some of the experiences I had in other meetings as well. There is no doubt that every meeting has a different feel to it. The location‚ people attending‚ and structure of the meetings have a large impact on the on how they are run. These factors‚ and others‚ played a big part in how I felt after leaving the meeting. When I was released from jail‚ the most important goal
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Meeting Rules and GuidelinesThese are the guidelines or ’ground rules’ for SMART Recovery meetings. These do not tell you what to think or believe - just what we expect of each within the meeting itself. Sticking to these guidelines will keep the meetings effective and safe. The facilitator will try and keep the meeting to these principles‚ but it is important to remember that everyone in the meeting should do their bit to keep the meeting on track. 1. Mobile PhonesAll mobile phones must be
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While attending the AA meeting‚ I felt as though I couldn’t help myself but feel very sad for the group while listening to some individuals overcome substance abuse addiction while others relapsed. My thoughts throughout the meeting was how I thought each one of them were courageous to share their stories and amazed on how similar some stories were. My impression on the leader who took leadership of that meeting was very sensitive and ran the meeting very diligently. The meeting opened up with the group
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VISIT TO ST LEONARDS HOUSE MEETING FOR AA GROUP I attended the ST Leonard House Alcoholics Anonymous‚ 12 points meeting. It is situated at 1105 Queen Street East‚ Brampton. The open meeting started at 8p.m and ran for about one hour long. This write-up is my reflection and observation about the meeting. I arrived about five minutes late as it took me some time to locate the exact place where the meeting was taking place. My initial observation was that I felt welcome into their midst‚ as soon
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business and that is meetings. The fact is most meetings are unnecessary‚ unproductive and a complete waste of time. To ensure your meetings are not a complete waste of time and energy follow these guidelines. 1. Many meetings are waste of time because many people use them to figure out what there suppose to be meeting for in the first place! When a time is set ensure adequate preparation is made to determine why a meeting is needed in the first place. 2. Once the purpose of the meeting is established
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AA Meeting Reflection Heather Straight 3/20/15 10 Park Place Avon NY Zion Episcopal Church 5:30pm Monday Nights I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for the first time. Because of the fact that I live in a small rural town‚ I had expected not to find a meeting anywhere in my local area. To my surprise‚ there were two different meeting locations all within walking distance from my house. The fact that my small town needed two separate meetings‚ and there were many others in nearby towns
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Minutes of Meeting of Events Organizer Team Date: 1 Nov 2012 Time: 12: 00 p.m. Venue: Bilik Kuliah 2‚ PBPI Present: 1. Phang Yuen Jun 2. Juani Eyat Juleng 3. Tiang Leh Mei 4. Tan Hooi Gia 5. Kanagah A/P Raman 6. Siti Fatimah Abduh Razak 7. Yap Paul Yin 8. Sam Chee Xin In attendance: Madam Nadiah bt Zainal Abidin 1.0 Objective Determination The team discussed about the objectives and event to be held. As a result‚ the team decided to organize a new year
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Daniella Levy 11/19/12 MH31 Ethnography On Sunday November 18th‚ I attended my first alcohol anonymous open meeting at Gerritsen Beach. The church was called St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church‚ and the session started at 7pm. I was actually very nervous going by myself‚ so I asked my best friend to come with me for support. This meeting occurred in the basement of the church. My best friend and I began walking down the stairs into the basement‚ and we already saw people sitting around in a circle
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On my way to my first NA meeting I felt intimidation and nervousness. I wondered why I was feeling this way‚ when my first AA meeting I felt excited and I didn’t feel any intimidation or nervousness. As I entered the room‚ I could instantly tell it would be very different from the AA meeting. As I suspected‚ it was different in many ways‚ such as the atmosphere of the room‚ more rules‚ and less sharing of stories. The similarities of the meetings were that of how accepting and friendly everyone is
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Organise meetings Task 2 Task one is based on the meeting 1. 1.1 Talking about the new range product of Mc Donald in Australia. Explain to all attendees so that they will know their role in the campaign‚ and they add to the success of this new menu. 1.1.2 The result of this meeting is to decide the strategies and techniques that can increase the number of customers and ensuring high quality service to customers throughout Australia. New deciding how to plan‚ promote and coupons so that people would
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