Aa Meeting Research Paper

On Sunday, March 6th, I went to an AA meeting in the Heights Vietnam Veterans Memorial Building between Manhattan and Summit Avenues in NJ, Jersey City. The meeting started around 10:30 AM and ended around 11:30 AM. Before the meeting, lots of coffee, tea and donuts were served to the people. There were about 50 people that showed up to the meeting, 35 of them were males and the other 15 were females. Most of them were either old or middle aged. The meeting consisted of a podium which had about five rows of metal folding chairs facing it. On the wall behind the podium to the left of it, was a list of the twelve steps and to the right of it, was a list of the twelve traditions. The meeting began with someone reciting the twelve steps and then with the introduction of new members. After that someone else comes up to the podium, but this time with a calendar in his hands and he goes over the upcoming events. The meeting ended with everyone quietly listening to Billy’s and George’s life stories.
When he was 17 years old, he quit school and joined the navy because of his drinking. He later got married to a beautiful girl and had two lovely kids with her (the son who actually showed up to the meeting with him and the daughter who got married few weeks back). Due to his uncontrollable drinking, his wife later divorced him and made a deal that if wants to see his kids again, he will have to quit drinking and get over his alcohol addiction. And that’s exactly what he did, he started going to AA meetings and hasn’t picked up a drink in 34 years. George’s life story reminded me of my grandparents who got divorced because of my grandfather’s alcohol addiction, which led to abuse and violence. The only difference is that my grandfather never got over his alcohol addiction and it literally ruined his life