need help them. They allowed people who were new or if it was their first meeting to introduce themselves and tell their story of the fight of addiction related to alcohol‚ they then opened with a prayer. They then proceeded to go over the twelve steps and twelve traditions of alcoholic’s anonomys. The meeting began with a man named Joe‚ who offered to read a book related to withdrawing from alcohol. Frank was in his late 50’s and shared that he was hooked on alcohol for 30 years‚ and had been sober
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Take the Blame: Theme Essay When people take a look at the world around them‚ they see that people often are blaming others for their poor lack of judgement. Whether they are blaming their parents‚ friends‚ or a complete stranger‚ they should instead take the blame themselves to learn from the situation. In A Million Little Pieces by James Frey‚ the readers learn that it is easiest to take responsibility for their actions rather than blaming others. The main character‚ James‚ learns that it is easiest
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Title: A Million Little Pieces Author: James Frey Publisher: Random House Copyright Year: Main Characters: James‚ Leonard‚ Lilly‚ Miles‚ Hank Setting: A Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation facility Main theme: How a person deals with drug and alcohol addiction while in an institution Summary Chapter 1-5: The book opens with the narrator‚ James‚ waking up on an airplane. He is bleeding‚ missing four teeth‚ and has a broken nose. He doesn’t know how he got these injuries or where he is going
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the AA meeting that I had chosen was an open‚ discussion themed meeting‚ it was handicap accessible‚ it covered the 12 Steps‚ and covered the 12 Traditions of AA. It was to held at 6:15 P.M.‚ and was about 10 minutes away from my home. I had chosen this meeting because this meeting covered aspects of AA that I was not personally familiar with; such as The 12 Traditions and 12 Steps‚ but also because their name sounded
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of people smoking near the building and walked over to them and inquired about if I had the right location of the meeting. A gentleman told me to go down the stairs and then I would be in the room that the meeting took place. I walked over to the steps and had to duck my head to keep from hitting my head while walking down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs there was a small room with rows of chairs and a few chairs around the outside of the rows of chairs. The furniture looked worn and the
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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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Q#1. Given the K-12 program‚ on its implementation‚ how does it affect the learners on the following; a) physically‚ emotionally‚ socially‚ and mentally‚ b) our economy looking into producing quality graduates? The Department of Education issued the implementation of the Universal Kindergarten Education starting School Year 2011-2012. The program has created a useful basic education system that will help our young to be ready‚ productive and responsible individuals with the necessary competencies
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Applied Christian Values Dealing with Addictions 1. How would you define an addiction? I would define an addiction as a behavior or activity that is psychologically and/or physiologically habit forming that a person chronically feels compelled to repeat. 2. Name three examples of common‚ socially acceptable addictions. Facebook‚ Coffee‚ Shopping. 3. Name three examples of common‚ socially unacceptable addictions. LSD‚ Cocaine‚ Heroin 4. What are three
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innovation becomes critical to the success of that company lifeline. A company can use an approach such as Innovation Business Design Model (IBDM) a five-step roadmap when applied the steps to create a service innovation proposal. IBDM defines what service means to a company‚ it gives a description of how a company such as an Intelligent Office use the five-step roadmap for service innovation to assist with the company’s needs‚ it also give an explanation how an Intelligent Office practices unique nuances
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several years ago‚ that I first heard of a group called Al-Anon. There was a Wednesday evening Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that I enjoyed attending in Jeffersonville at the Jeff Token Club. I found it to be a friendly environment and full of twelve step gurus that I learned tons from. At that time the Jeffersonville Token Club was where the majority of Southern Indiana’s recovery based meetings were held. The building has been remodeled many times over the years and during this time there was a large
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