I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on 7/11 in Elizabeth NJ at the immaculate Conception School on Prince Street. It was an open-discussion meeting. It reminded me of any therapeutic group; although it did seam more structured and ritualistic‚ almost like a religious group. Before the meeting‚ everyone was socializing gathered around coffee and cookies. Most people seemed to be very close to each other. There was a stand with many pamphlets containing information about alcoholism‚ the program
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the rise of the author and how the idea of the figure’s importance came to be. Foucault considers Greek mythology when debating this claming that once it was the hero in such plays that was granted his immortality and the author remained largely anonymous. In the middle ages‚ this assumption
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For these people this is the first step of overcoming their addiction and to get their life together. Alcoholics Anonymous isn’t a religious based organization‚ but they do believe in a higher power to help people through their emotional or physical problems (Johnson and Pagano A.11). After the passing of denial for help the person can finally make changes to their life
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Codependents Anonymous (CoDa) is a fellowship of both men and women who are interested in developing healthy relationships. Many of the CoDa groups are mixed gender‚ some are gender specific‚ and open to all age groups. The basic features of this self-help group is to encourage introspection‚ group reflection‚ processing‚ and peer support. The meetings maintain anonymity by only using the first name of the participants and information shared during the meetings is confidential. Questions are permitted
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2. Philosophy Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith. The primary purpose of AA is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. Although AA was founded on Christian principles and by white men‚ the organization has evolved to be multicultural. AA doesn’t keep a list of members ’ names‚ but estimates that it has 2 million members who come from all backgrounds. The philosophy behind Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcoholism is a disease. Even
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interest. A conflict of interest can take many forms; financial‚ professional‚ religious‚ political‚ etc. (NASW Code of Ethics 1.06‚ 1999). One common conflict occurs when a social worker identifies strongly with a belief system‚ such as the Alcoholics Anonymous credo‚ and supplants standard treatment modalities with AA doctrine. The allure of sharing such a system with a client experiencing alcohol or substance abuse issues can be strong. Further‚ it is not difficult to find examples of AA’s effectiveness
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Shaniqua McIntosh Jan 2‚ 2012 Alcoholics Anonymous Alateen/al-anon What is Alcoholics Anonymous? Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international movement created to help alcoholics to recover and live better‚ alcohol free lives. It was found by Bill Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith in 1935. Robert Holbrook Smith was a doctor who struggled with an alcohol problem since his teens that tried unsuccessfully for many years to get rid of. His alcoholism had a progressing negative impact on
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Alcoholics Anonymous Paper Jessica 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
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References: Anonymous. (2001). Alcoholics Anonymous: the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. (4th ed.). New York City: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services‚ Inc.. (2014). Big Book Online Fourth Edition. Big Book Online Fourth Edition. Retrieved February 3‚ 2014‚ from http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/
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time well spend. There are hundreds of studies that had shown‚ alcohol have destructive short term and long term effects yet some people drink excessively without minding any of these harmful effects. By the way‚ what is AA meeting? “Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience‚ strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.” With my notebook and a pen I healded to the meeting with specific
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