1. Settings: I scheduled my AA meeting for Tuesday September the 18th at 10 p.m. at the Sobe Room in Miami Beach (1718 Bay Rd. Miami Beach‚ Fl. 33139). When I arrived I noticed that the parking was far away from the actual meeting point. The meeting point was a church type structure with no sing or any other identification. The door was open so I just went in; I waited about 5 minutes for the meeting to start. The meeting took place in a large room‚ and the chairs were organized in a semicircle
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the weeks prior to attending to the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting‚ I was very hesitant to go. I had attended a few AA meetings many years ago with my Aunt. However‚ I was too young to understand the purpose and significance of the meetings. After being exposed to AA at such young age‚ I have since been very resentful to its mission and how it transformed my Aunt’s identity‚ for better or for worse. The strong emotions that I feel towards AA have made me bias to anything of a positive nature that
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M. Ray Grand Canyon University Introduction to Addictions and Substance Use Disorders October 29‚ 2014 Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous‚ commonly referred to as AA‚ is one of the most recognized treatment groups for alcoholic addiction (Capuzzi & Stauffer‚ 2012). Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and Bill Wilson founded AA on June 10‚ 1935. Both of these men suffered from alcoholism and founded the group with the commitment to stop drinking and helping others to stay sober with the support of
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Jeanne Obermeier Special Topic: Meetings Meetings are unavoidable in the business world. They are used by companies that have several goals in mind while conducting them: for training purposes‚ a way for supervisors to communicate to their employees‚ brainstorming and problem solving‚ and ultimately‚ coming up with methods to continuously improve the company. Meetings should be a place where all employees‚ no matter their rank‚ can work together and share ideas and plans with each other. They should
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article and the question about a favourite slogan or phrase in AA got me thinking about the phrases I hear repeated at meetings and what they mean to me. Both what they meant at the beginning of my sober journey and what they mean today. One of the first I remember hearing was one an old-timer said to me as I was leaving the Anniesland Wednesday night meeting‚ it was his parting comment and was almost like an aside. He said‚ “Many meetings make it easier‚ few make it hard and none make it nigh on impossible”
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Observing New York Essay Deadline: Monday‚ May 4th‚ in class. This writing assignment gives you the chance to act as the very anthropologists that you already are. Throughout the semester‚ we have and will continue to talk about the various ways that humans interact with each other and their environment from a variety of perspectives—kinship relationships‚ gender roles‚ political-economy‚ the socially-mediated construct of race‚ ethnic distinctions‚ religious affiliation‚ sexuality‚ class‚ and eventually
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by: christine arbustini Table of contents Budget………………………………………………………………………………………3 Career……………………………………………………………………………………….4 Rent/down payment………………………………………………………………...5 Car………………………………………………………………………………..…………..6 Food/Grocery……………………………………………………………………………7 Home maintenance/Entertainment…………………………………………..8 Clothing…………………………………………………………………………………….9 Savings……………………………………………………………………………………..10 Travel……………………………………………………………………………………….11 Source………………………………………………………………………………………12 Career
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Chinese Immigration to the U.S. First Chinese to arrive in the U.S. was around 1820. Subsequent Chinese immigrants who came from the 1820s up to the late 1840s were mainly men. In 1852‚ the ratio of Chinese males to females in California was 1‚681:1. Due to the lack of Chinese women in the U.S. at that time‚ a number of men intermarried with Americans of Eastern European descent. However‚ the majority of male immigrants lived as bachelors. The first major immigration wave started around the
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Every good business relationship is built on trust‚ and travel consulting perhaps more so than most. Rather than a linear‚ transactional retail paradigm‚ modern travel sales is about establishing a relationship with the client‚ analyzing the customer’s needs and making recommendations based on the expertise of the travel consultant. The best practitioners in any field of expertise exhibit a set of characteristics that can be studied‚ learned and emulated. By looking at the habits and attitudes of
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Meetings - Task For a meeting to run effectively‚ good planning and preparation are required. This takes a good deal of time. The following has to be considered while planning a meeting: Planning the meeting: * The basic details of the meeting like the type of meeting‚ how much budget is allocated‚ number of attendees‚ venue and other basic details has to be gathered. * The aim of the meeting * The role of each person attending from the team has to be known. * Organise a checklist
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