Although this is the case‚ there is means of arresting the disease. Before rehabilitation programs individuals were places in sanitariums with the mentally insane. One program changed all that. The program titled Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) was the first of its kind. Alcoholics Anonymous is a 12-step program. To the common person A.A. may seem mystical. Except for the millions of individual who have gotten clean through A.A the steps are no magic fairy dusts. This paper will examine the first four
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Alcoholics Anonymous is a program that is used worldwide that helps individuals recover from an alcohol addiction. Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings and there is never a fee or charge. There are two types of meetings an open and closed. An open meeting means that anyone can show up to the meeting with the alcoholic such as family members‚ students‚ or anyone interested in the topic. A closed meeting is just for the individuals with the addiction. Everyone that participates in the meetings
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Alcoholics Anonymous came to be in Akron Ohio in 1935 It was formed by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob out of a desperation to stay sober and not quite knowing how to do so. Bill W. had the idea that maybe one drunk trying to help another stay sober might be the key. Originally Bill W. tried to get sober by attending a religious group‚ the Oxford Group‚ and his evolved into AA as we know it today. Bill W. had managed to put together six months of sobriety when he was out of town and was in a situation
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The type of meeting I decided to attend was an Alcoholics Anonymous held on campus by a fellow University of Cincinnati student. She said that she decided to begin to hold the meetings on the UC main campus because she has had a long history of being an alcoholic and she knew that out of a university of 30‚000+ students‚ she could not be the only person suffering from this condition. There were two additional people who attended the meeting (a male and a female)‚ as well as six classmates who were
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Alcoholics Anonymous 2 Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A) community service I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A) meeting‚ I felt in love with those meeting. I attended a meeting on April 23 at 6 pm. Location 1773 Griffith Park Boulevard‚ Los Angeles‚ California. A.A membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence the may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. Membership to ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety
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The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended was on Wednesday July 15th 2015. It was held at Get It Together 8:00am 393 W. Warner Rd #105 & 106 Chandler‚ AZ 85225. The meeting was assigned an open meeting designation with the format being a discussion group. Other formats include Big Book study‚ newcomers‚ candlelight‚ meditation‚ literature study‚ closed and gender specific meetings. Closed meetings are for A.A. members only‚ or for those who have a drinking problem and "have a desire to stop drinking”
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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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Alcoholic Anonymous What I learned from Alcoholic Anonymous is that AA is meant for people who promise that they will never drink again and they drink again anyways. Its singleness purpose identifies that alcoholics work best with other alcoholics and the only difference from the twelve step fellowships out there is the first part of the first step and the middle part of the twelfth step. What I am powerless over and who we carry the message too? Many alcoholics in AA raise their hands introducing
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This paper is an attempt to explore the possible research stances available to me involved in participant observation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) of the Lehigh County. For this field study I chose to be a complete observer. I have to stay in many assignments I’ve done I never thought I had to study a group of people with a drinking problem‚ it was quite sad to listen to a young girls story. I felt like some sort of snitch‚ spying on a serious group of people‚ so please take this study seriously
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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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