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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Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The meeting I attended was on a Sunday morning at 8am. A group of 11 gathered to share their experiences under the deadly addiction of alcoholism and it was an open lead meeting. It was a very interesting experience for me. I have never been to an AA meeting‚ so I really didn’t know what to expect. When I got there everyone was really friendly and I explained that I was a UNK student and I was just there to observe because I had to write a paper about AA. The first part of
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meets on Tuesday; the one I attended was on September 19‚ 2013. The meeting begins at the fixed time of eight in the evening for an hour. Walking into the meeting‚ there were fifteen people in attendance. Most of the members were older‚ African American men. There were three women‚ two white and one African American. Walking into the meeting‚ I decided to go for it‚ and sit near the front of the room. At the beginning of the meeting‚ the facilitator‚ Marvin‚ welcomed all that came. He was sitting
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PRINCIPLE INSTRUMENTATION SAMPLE AUTOMIZATION TECHNIQUES INTERFERENCES AND APPLICATIONS. ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS SUCH AS DETERMINATION OF SODIUM‚ POTASSIUM‚ CALCIUM‚ PHOSPHOROUS‚ SULFUR‚ CHLORINE‚ BROMINE AND IODINE Introduction AAS used as an analytical tool was first developed by an Australian physicist Alan walah Atomic spectrometric methods are rapid ‚convenient and have high selectivity The method involves a process called as atomization in which the sample is converted to a gaseous
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Hello everyone‚ I went to my first NA/ AA meeting tonight and could not wait to discuss the outcome. The main thing I found interesting is many people was in recovery for years. At least 10 people was clean over 5 years‚ but continue to attend meetings as part of their recovery process or to maintain clean. Also‚ many people became addicted to drugs due pain management. Speaking about knee pain‚ back pain‚ several people was in car accidents or hurt at work. Regular pain medication was not working
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Some people think that changing people’s attitudes to other countries and cultures is an important factor in reducing world poverty. Others‚ however‚ feel that the most important method is trade. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion Regarding the issue of how to reduce poverty worldwide more effectively‚ people hold different views. Some of them claim that the best way is to cement international relationship in term of getting better mutual understanding and their national identities
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AA Meeting This was my first experience at an alcoholics anonymous meeting and it was very interesting and in a way uplifting. At St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Middleburg‚ Fl. the AA group was called “Soul Savivors” there were people who had come from different walks of life such as a single parent that started when she was fifteen to a School teacher that started when he was eight. The group meeting that I attended was rather small‚ a total of six were in attendance and 3 were missing
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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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earlier have not been doable. For example when it comes to knowledge about illnesses and health. Earlier people died from deceases that the healthcare today has the knowledge to cure. This is only one thing out of many improvements that has been going on over the past years. Because of this development is had made me think about how little we knew before and how much we know now. Today it is possible to measure and gain knowledge about almost anything. Such as weather‚ water stream‚ temperature changes
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My thoughts about entrepreneurship Starting this essay about entrepreneurship‚ offcourse‚ I planned to write down what my opinion about entrepreneurship is. But that appeared to be a little harder than expected. To be honest‚ I am not quite sure what I think about entrepreneurship. There are many pro’s and con’s that have be to taken into consideration when thinking about being an entrepreneur. And I think ones opinion about it is influenced strongly by the examples and experiences with it in
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