I must admit I had some reservations attending an AA meeting even though it was for school/research purposes. I’ve always felt these meetings are for the weak people who do not have enough courage and desire to square up to their problems. My skepticism of the Alcoholic Anonymous arose from watching the effect of alcoholism on families‚ relationships‚ children etc. and I always felt that these meetings were a way for alcoholics to self-validate their actions and decisions‚ neglecting the harm and
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M. Ray Grand Canyon University Introduction to Addictions and Substance Use Disorders October 29‚ 2014 Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous‚ commonly referred to as AA‚ is one of the most recognized treatment groups for alcoholic addiction (Capuzzi & Stauffer‚ 2012). Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and Bill Wilson founded AA on June 10‚ 1935. Both of these men suffered from alcoholism and founded the group with the commitment to stop drinking and helping others to stay sober with the support of
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Before the service learning project I had never attended an AA meeting‚ now I have attended two. When I first began looking into AA meetings‚ I noticed there was variety of different kinds. There are some meetings for young people‚ women‚ gay people‚ those who seriously want to quit drinking‚ and there are also some in prison. However‚ only some of the meetings were open (meaning anyone could come)‚ this slightly limited my options. Although I had done some research‚ I had no idea to what to expect
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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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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 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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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 of conduct that applied and they had to respect that. And some simply had their own rules of no one that isn’t an addict to join the meetings. It is very understandable now and I just had to
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April 10th‚ 2013 Anthropology 101 Participant Observation Project On Friday‚ April 5th starting at 8:00pm I walked into St. Peters Catholic Church in Olney‚ Maryland to witness my first ever open AA meeting. The meeting was being held in the basement area of the church. The room was small and comfortable. The atmosphere was very welcoming and relaxed. A younger gentleman wearing a nice clean button down shirt and khakis‚ who goes by the name Andy‚ stands by the door and greets people as they
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Walking into the AA meeting made me feel very awkward and out of place‚ but as the meeting began and everyone started sharing their stories I began to feel comfortable about being there. When I first went in the room the chairs were set up in a circle with some on the outside of it. I decided to take a seat on the outside so I wouldn’t be of focus during the meeting. They started the meeting off with reading some inspirational words and then reading the 12 steps. Their focus tonight was on a higher
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Heart of Darkness: Notes Women: Marlow and Kurtz believe women symbolize decency and purity -Women represent goodness: men need to see this purity to balance with the evil they have seen Marlow believes women are the keepers of illusions (naïve); they live in a dream world -these illusions are needed for the white men to justify colonialism -"It’s queer how out of touch with truth women are! They live in a world of their own and there had never been anything like it and never can be. Some confounded
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