AA Meeting Mandeep Kaur RN 40L July 02‚ 2013 Group Selection: I selected an Alcoholic anonymous meeting. I wanted to see what they do and how it works for people who are alcoholics. I searched alcoholic anonymous meetings in Fresno and found this community service group online at http://fresnoaa.org/home/ Purpose of the group: In Alcoholic Anonymous meeting‚ people gather from community in groups to help one another achieve and maintain abstinence from alcohol. These meetings are free
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AA Meeting After reading and hearing about everyone’s experience with alcohol I decided to attend an AA meeting. I chose this for two reasons‚ one because I wanted to see if these meeting are effective and second because after hearing everyone’s stories I began to doubt myself. I consider myself a social drinker because I like to go out and party mostly every weekend. After learning so much about alcohol I started to wonder if I depended on it in order to have fun. Honestly it is quite scary to
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When I saw on my syllabus that I had to attend an AA meeting‚ I was vey nervous‚ frightening and anxious. Walking through the door of my first AA meeting was‚ stressful and uncertain‚ since I did not know what to expect. Being an observator among total strangers‚ who‚ willing wasting their lives away by driking without any regards for their families and friends was not my idea of time well spend. There are hundreds of studies that had shown‚ alcohol have destructive short term and long term effects
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Hello everyone‚ I went to my first NA/ AA meeting tonight and could not wait to discuss the outcome. The main thing I found interesting is many people was in recovery for years. At least 10 people was clean over 5 years‚ but continue to attend meetings as part of their recovery process or to maintain clean. Also‚ many people became addicted to drugs due pain management. Speaking about knee pain‚ back pain‚ several people was in car accidents or hurt at work. Regular pain medication was not working
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Visits to AA meetings I was quite apprehensive about going to a meeting‚ more so than I expected to be. I am not an alcoholic‚ and I was nervous about being invasive to those who are... I am involved in other support groups and I would feel violated if a student sat in one... especially if they participated in any way. I comforted myself with the fact that is acceptable to have visitors at open meetings... then I had to find open meetings. I was also worried about encountering really small
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2016 I attended an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting. In order to go about finding this meeting‚ I researched AA meetings in my location through the AA meeting website‚ AAVirginia.org. When using the internet resources they provided the name of the group that were meeting‚days available for meetings and the times‚ and the name of the location along with its address. Another piece of important information that was provided was the subject matter of the meeting‚ what they covered‚ and what type of building
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Laura Byrd Reflection Paper Addiction and Obsession Soc. 301 6/10/13 Upon entering the NA meeting I had mixed feelings. I didn’t know how to come to the meeting knowing my intentions were neither to give nor receive help. I felt like I was an intruder. I didn’t understand why I should betray others or act as if I was an addict who chose not to interact in the healing and recovering process. All of those things pushed me into the door of a meeting and open my mind to the hurt behind the
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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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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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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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