Personal Narrative: My First Twelve Step Meetings

Created in 1981, this study has several implications for human addicts. It demonstrates the importance of support and a strong community around the addict during their treatment process. If placed at the Pioneer Treatment Center, Mikayla would be able to have the support of myself, my husband and our friends as she continues to focus on her sobriety. She would be able to work on having a positive, useful life, while gaining the support of loved ones as she finishes out court-ordered rehab and job training. I run a content business from home, so I would be able to visit as often or as little as the treatment center

The group that this writer attended this week was an Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A) open group that consisted of thirty-two individuals. The date of the meeting was on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. The group started out with one facilitator opening the meeting up. He read the serenity prayer and covered the 12 steps related to the premise of A.A. This took no more than the first five minutes of the meeting. One of the members then took the floor and spoke as the featured speaker talking mostly about how his life has been turned around since joining A.A. and that life couldn’t be better.

They have a 12 percent success rate for people who are sober for ten years and these meetings also have a very high depression and suicide rates because of their 12 step program. The AA meetings limit their success target only alcoholics as its main priority and unless you have a problem with alcohol you cannot be a member of the AA. I believe that if you have any type of addiction you deserve the help you need especially if you are looking for a change and want to better yourself. These AA

One Recover really helped my brother get past his addiction and focus on the more important things in life. Riad instantly found a new group of friends and even got a girlfriend; He reverted his senioritis and began focusing on his future life in college; and best of all, since that incident in Sacramento my brother as been sober from all drugs and

One of the first misconceptions that I had about the twelve-step meeting was that the meeting was going to be like the group therapies that they show on television, where everyone sits in a circle to share their stories and then when the meeting is over, the people approach you to give you support and to tell you that you are not alone. However, after attending the meeting, I came to the realization that the misconceptions were incorrect, because, after attending the meeting, I came to realize that this view was just part of my media-induced imagination. Surprisingly, the meeting that I went to was more like a family gathering than a group therapy. My second misconception was that I had was that the people attending the meeting were going to start having serious withdrawn symptoms, and I was scared that during the meeting, one of the participants was going to have of those episodes where the get so angry that they may want to hurt someone. Yet, during the meeting, no one had any serious withdrawn symptoms because the members, who were at this AA meeting, had been sober for more than a year or

The older man stated, “The thing that will save you, is if you shut up”. I found this to be very rude, as did many of the other members. I, however, did not say anything because it was not my place. Other than that short moment, I really enjoyed this meeting. In the end, it was beneficial to me because of my family history with alcoholism.

My initial perception of the members in the room is that some members may be shy to disclose their stories, but was amazed that everyone came forth in the room to discuss their shortcoming. Furthermore, I did not have any stereotypes perception about alcoholism since I am aware that alcoholism is a disease that affects the brain. My understanding about alcoholism was confirmed by the various client verbalization of their stories and problems associated with

I went to Alcoholic Anonymous meeting on February 09, 2017. The meeting took place in Ascension Lutheran Church on Main Street, Amherst. Prior to the meeting, I thought I would be uncomfortable if I went, but I am really glad that I went. It was an enlightening learning experience for me.

The meeting was different than I expected. I expected a small group of people sitting in a circle and telling their stories and it was very different from that. It was an extremely positive place. There were people ranging in ages and people ranging on length of sobriety. Some people there have been sober for over 25 years and some people had less than a week

One guy David really stood out to me, on Tuesday he celebrated 12 years sober, when he went and got his medal and stated that he was 12 years sober the room immediately congratulated him and told him to keep up the good work. It made me feel like the people there treat each other like family not strangers, and help each other overcome obstacles. Also at the very end of the meeting, while walking out I noticed people talking to the new people that were either new to Alcoholics Anonymous or new to the group at St. Joe’s. They were very welcoming to them and gave them hugs and congratulated the new members for coming. It just made me feel like this group actually helps the members change.

Days leading up to my visit, I begin to think of all the biases I had about AA meetings. I thought of the fear of possibly sitting next to hardcore alcoholics, I thought of my possibility of being attacked for not coming in there with a problem, and then I thought of all the reasons why AA meetings wouldn’t work. As I completed my experience, I soon learned that this is the same biases clients have when being educated on AA meetings and prepared to attend

In my experience of observing Alcoholics Anonymous group, it was a great experience. In my experience, I notice a lot of things in the Alcoholic Anonymous group. The first thing I notice while observing the group session is they have Alcoholics Anonymous bible that read a section every session. They read the same passage that discuss that how important it is to keep all information that is said in the group confidential. They were vey clear with that information.

My client did not want to attend a group so I started doing it with him in individual session. He was really good at first with keeping his appointments, but as his visitation hearing came closer, he stopped coming to counseling. His father was an attorney and was helping him with his case. I thought he was doing really well. He was attending college, going to Alcoholics Anonymous several times a week, and hanging out with sober friends.

I am still not fully recovered and I most likely won’t ever be, there will always be that little voice inside my head. I started my journey with addiction and recovery the summer before freshman year. Everything changed going into highschool. I started hanging out with different friends, I slacked in school, and my personality was trash.

It allows members of the centre to develop a strong bond with each other that will be necessary for them to recovery from substance abuse. Not only will they aid and