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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MH31 Mitchel Lodzhevsky AA meeting paper Due 11/12 12 Steps Of Hope At first glance the basement of the church was dingy and dusty. Almost felt second class. Why would anyone ever hold meetings here? Soon enough the meaning of this location would be exposed. Thirty minutes before the meeting starts; a man in a leather jacket walks by me in a empty hall. The fellow asks If I came to join the AA meeting. He was chewing gum so furiously‚ it wasn’t clear at first why.
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meets on Tuesday; the one I attended was on September 19‚ 2013. The meeting begins at the fixed time of eight in the evening for an hour. Walking into the meeting‚ there were fifteen people in attendance. Most of the members were older‚ African American men. There were three women‚ two white and one African American. Walking into the meeting‚ I decided to go for it‚ and sit near the front of the room. At the beginning of the meeting‚ the facilitator‚ Marvin‚ welcomed all that came. He was sitting
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The first meeting I went to was girl state and boy state. There were two girl and two boys that came to talk. Some brought poster‚ objects that they made while there‚ and others just came and talked. The meeting was for the people that sent them to girl/boy state. They were able to invite their family and friends all together there were about 20 people. The girls and boys talked about there experience and what they learned. The different roles in the government they played. Each state they you were
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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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PRINCIPLE INSTRUMENTATION SAMPLE AUTOMIZATION TECHNIQUES INTERFERENCES AND APPLICATIONS. ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS SUCH AS DETERMINATION OF SODIUM‚ POTASSIUM‚ CALCIUM‚ PHOSPHOROUS‚ SULFUR‚ CHLORINE‚ BROMINE AND IODINE Introduction AAS used as an analytical tool was first developed by an Australian physicist Alan walah Atomic spectrometric methods are rapid ‚convenient and have high selectivity The method involves a process called as atomization in which the sample is converted to a gaseous
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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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the ice Cream Social to catch up with Eddie and to meet other members of the Church. What you see and feel‚ describe the people‚ describe the atmosphere At first I felt very overwhelmed with the idea of going to different events and arranging meeting times with both my partner and our Deaf guide. After going to the Church I relaxed a tad because I saw how casual the setting was and how family like the members where with each other. They have a no pressure atmosphere where anyone is free to come
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This week‚ on Tuesday‚ I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) meeting. The group of people who went to it was very diverse‚ of various ages‚ backgrounds‚ levels of recovery‚ experiences‚ but with one goal in common: to get sober for life (live a life alcohol-free) by realizing that there is something greater than themselves and they are not in control of themselves. Truly‚ the program seems to be a complex one that requires time (to go from step to step) and guidance from a sponsor that each attendee
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Some people think that changing people’s attitudes to other countries and cultures is an important factor in reducing world poverty. Others‚ however‚ feel that the most important method is trade. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion Regarding the issue of how to reduce poverty worldwide more effectively‚ people hold different views. Some of them claim that the best way is to cement international relationship in term of getting better mutual understanding and their national identities
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