My first experience at an alcoholics anonymous meeting was very interesting and in a way uplifting. At All Saints Lutheran Church the home group called “The Young People’s Group” there were people who had come from all walks of life. The group meeting that I thought would have been rather small slowly became larger and larger over the course of the night. I was unaware that the AA meetings had been setup with a set of codes or rules for those who struggle every day to fight this addiction. They
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Environmental Observations I was able to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at Calvary Lutheran Parish House in Dover‚ PA on a Sunday afternoon. The location was easy to find and close to my house. When I arrived‚ I noticed a group 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
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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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On March 30‚ 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
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VISIT TO ST LEONARDS HOUSE MEETING FOR AA GROUP I attended the ST Leonard House Alcoholics Anonymous‚ 12 points meeting. It is situated at 1105 Queen Street East‚ Brampton. The open meeting started at 8p.m and ran for about one hour long. This write-up is my reflection and observation about the meeting. I arrived about five minutes late as it took me some time to locate the exact place where the meeting was taking place. My initial observation was that I felt welcome into their midst‚ as soon
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the largest and most commonly known self-help group in the world. Since the creation of AA in 1935‚ there have been many programs modeled after it‚ which are also based on the 12-Step Program. Some of these include Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Chemically Dependent Anonymous‚ as well as programs for specific drugs‚ such as Cocaine Anonymous (CA) and Crystal Meth Anonymous (NIDA‚ 2012). Attendance and participation for self-help groups are open for anyone to attend and
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own. It was not until his wife left him and he started thinking he was really doing nothing positive as a father of two children‚ a husband‚ brother or son that he realized he needed help. He reached out to friend who was himself a recovering alcoholic and a member of the local A.A. group. His friend is the person that sponsored him and also asked him to speak on his behalf. He spoke of his changes within himself since being sober for a year and on half. He was proud of his “new high” that comes
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Jon Christiansen His 1101 Paper Assignment #1 February 14‚ 2011 A History of U.S. Drinking Throughout history America has been very keen to alcoholic beverages. There were many factors that lead Americans to alcohol in the past relating to health and the availability of certain beverages. In the early 19th century‚ alcohol was consumed quite frequently by Americans. There was also a time where Americans significantly decreased the amount of alcohol they consumed. Americans started to
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problems associated with serving alcoholic beverages in an establishment. Besides‚ I will also describe the advantages and disadvantages of having varieties of beverages. Apart from that‚ effects of alcohol to the human body‚ how to recognize signs of alcohol abuse and the proper way of handling intoxicated guests and alcohol related laws in Malaysia will be discussed in the essay below. Lastly‚ I will mention about the responsibility of establishments in serving alcoholic beverages as well. Content
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results obtained‚ as well as related terms‚ shall be discussed in detail in the following pages. Introduction With these in mind‚ the objectives of this experiment are to separate and calculate in percentage the alcohol content of the commercial alcoholic beverage‚ Mateus Rose wine‚ by distillation process‚ and to compare the efficiency of simple and fractional distillation techniques. Experimental {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Results and Discussion Fractional distillation of the sample
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