AA Meeting Reflection Heather Straight 3/20/15 10 Park Place Avon NY Zion Episcopal Church 5:30pm Monday Nights I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for the first time. Because of the fact that I live in a small rural town‚ I had expected not to find a meeting anywhere in my local area. To my surprise‚ there were two different meeting locations all within walking distance from my house. The fact that my small town needed two separate meetings‚ and there were many others in nearby towns
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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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mentally and somewhat physical in order to fully understand their needs. I decided to start with the AA meetings first. I thought these meetings would be a little better for starts. Once I started looking for meetings to attend I was truly overwhelmed by the number of meetings available in just my area along. I decided on the right time and date to attend. I was VERY scared at first going into a meeting with strangers who actually
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What I learned at the AA meeting AA meeting was a very good learning opportunity for me and I benefited from it greatly I was amazed on how normal all the people looked and it really signified that honestly anyone could become and alcoholic and it can really mess up your life and make you so dysfunctional and take your life away I was amazed by all of their stories especially the story about how one of the men said that god is the only answer and it made me really realize that he is really and
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April 10th‚ 2013 Anthropology 101 Participant Observation Project On Friday‚ April 5th starting at 8:00pm I walked into St. Peters Catholic Church in Olney‚ Maryland to witness my first ever open AA meeting. The meeting was being held in the basement area of the church. The room was small and comfortable. The atmosphere was very welcoming and relaxed. A younger gentleman wearing a nice clean button down shirt and khakis‚ who goes by the name Andy‚ stands by the door and greets people as they
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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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Walking into the AA meeting made me feel very awkward and out of place‚ but as the meeting began and everyone started sharing their stories I began to feel comfortable about being there. When I first went in the room the chairs were set up in a circle with some on the outside of it. I decided to take a seat on the outside so I wouldn’t be of focus during the meeting. They started the meeting off with reading some inspirational words and then reading the 12 steps. Their focus tonight was on a higher
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A.A. Meeting Report A.A. Meeting Report A.A. Meeting Details The meeting that I attended was called “The Way of Life Group”. It took place at Palos Methodist Church‚ 12101 S Harlem Ave on Monday‚ January 20‚ 2014 at 7:00 PM. There were about twenty to thirty people at the meeting. They were all very friendly and welcoming to me as an observer. There were new members and older members and everyone was very open about their situation and dependence on alcohol. Overall‚
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April 16‚ 2017: United Methodist AA Meeting The first meeting I decided to attend was an AA meeting. I choose this meeting from a list on Google.com. I did not have any requirements for the meeting‚ but I made my final decision based upon the location and familiarity of the location. I use to live in the area and was comfortable that my choice would be in a safe location. I choose to go to a meeting in the day time‚ due to safety and my gender. I drove to the meeting with no complications to finding
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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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