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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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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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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MANAGEMENT- WORK BASED ASSIGNMENT- THELMA CLUTSON EFFECTIVE MEETINGS FOR MANAGERS TASK This task requires me to explain how I would prepare for‚ manage and contribute to a meeting. • PURPOSE OF THE AGENDA An agenda is a list of topics rather like a framework that are to be discussed at a meeting‚ this helps the meeting to flow properly and means that the attendees cannot divert off at a tangent onto other topics. It gives the meeting a structure. The agenda should be concise; not be too
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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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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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Minutes of Meeting Date 19 Aug 14 Content Group meeting – identify the topic and the main idea of the research Participants All members ∙ Topic: Internet privacy issue under the surveillance of ASIO and its implication on online activities and a liability of ISPs ∙ Main idea: Current issue and controversies regarding the balance between two important principles‚ ‘national security’ and ‘privacy’‚ when the new proposed law has been introduced 20 Aug 14
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My partner and I went to Mass at the Christopher House on Campus Sunday April third. After reading my partner’s side of what was going on at church I understood a lot of what was going on. I realized that at this time of the year the Catholic religion are celebrating lent. This explains the purple cloak I described that the man‚ or as they call him “Father‚” was wearing. During Lent the people of the Catholic religion are not to eat meat on Fridays until after Easter. This does not explain the
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Trip Report Kasem Bundit University Air Orchid Market Class: Entrepreneurship By Anan Visetkaew ID: 555104412847 The Trip Date: 22/01/14 Due Date: 27/01/14 Trip Report Air Orchid Market My journey to orchid farm in Nakorn Prathom began on Wednesday 22nd on January 2014. On the very cold day‚ especially in the beautiful morning‚ I took all my preparation for taking note that will be done on my cell-phone due to the fact that I was more comfortable for taking pictures and
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