In this article‚ the researchers studied the impact of Alcoholics Anonymous on sobriety as well as the impact of gender differences and extroversion on success in AA. In Alcoholics Anonymous‚ women typically consist of one-third of the members (Krentzman‚ Brower‚ Cranford‚ Bradley‚ & Robinson‚ 2012). Some studies have also shown that women more frequently attend AA meetings and tend to be more extroverted (Krentzman et al.‚ 2012). The researchers questioned if extroversion was a factor in women’s
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The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended was on Wednesday July 15th 2015. It was held at Get It Together 8:00am 393 W. Warner Rd #105 & 106 Chandler‚ AZ 85225. The meeting was assigned an open meeting designation with the format being a discussion group. Other formats include Big Book study‚ newcomers‚ candlelight‚ meditation‚ literature study‚ closed and gender specific meetings. Closed meetings are for A.A. members only‚ or for those who have a drinking problem and "have a desire to stop drinking”
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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
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During the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended‚ my eyes were opened to the disease of addiction. When I walked into the meeting‚ I introduced myself and announced that I am a nursing student and was there to observe. In sync‚ all of the people attending the meeting greeted me. Twelve people took turns to read the twelve steps on the road to recovery. After the twelve steps were read everyone introduced themselves and then everyone greeted them at once. It was announced that each person that
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Behavior A.A. Meeting Reaction Recently‚ I attended an A.A. meeting‚ which stands for‚ alcoholic anonymous. The meeting I went to was located in Penfield‚ NY at 1601 Jackson Road‚ area code 14526. It was called the Yellow House. When I walked in‚ everyone was very welcoming and nice. Many people stared at me intensely as I entered the Yellow House. I think they thought I was a recovering alcoholic‚ until I explained to them later that I was there to listen and observe for a school project
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liver 12 years ago. Alcoholism has been in my family for many generations which made a good candidate. All of the men in my father’s family drank alcoholically and most of them died due to alcoholic related illnesses. I started drinking in high school at a young age. By the time I was 18 I was a full- blown alcoholic. I have always had very bad anxiety or panic attacks and I found out that alcohol relieved these. Everything I did and everywhere I went included alcohol for fear of a panic attack. I remember
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This paper is an attempt to explore the possible research stances available to me involved in participant observation of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) of the Lehigh County. For this field study I chose to be a complete observer. I have to stay in many assignments I’ve done I never thought I had to study a group of people with a drinking problem‚ it was quite sad to listen to a young girls story. I felt like some sort of snitch‚ spying on a serious group of people‚ so please take this study seriously
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Explain Abstinence is the complete elimination of alcohol. In Alcoholics Anonymous abstinence is a decision to stay away from what causes deeper troubles for a person. There is no grey area of what is acceptable in quantity of drinks except for none. Those who are apart of Alcoholics Anonymous view their alcohol use a problem‚ a disease. Drinking is not to be trifled with. Controlled drinking‚ for America‚ is alcohol use reduction. It is believed that harm reduction naturally follows a reduction
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I recently attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a comfortable house in Santa Monica‚ California. The room was occupied by approximately 70 attendees‚ and even more sitting on the outside porch. The focus of this particular day’s meeting was step six of the 12-step program. The sixth step is stated as follows: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character” (Wilson‚ 1939‚ p. 76). Following the definition and interpretation of the sixth step‚ the main speaker of the
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drinking alcohol. As it was stated in the textbook and the review PowerPoint 70 million people suffer from alcohol dependency. Alcoholic dependence is very dangerous and life threating‚ but luckily there is help for this substance abuse as well. Just like in the USA countries around the world have help called alcoholics Anonymous or also known as AA meetings. Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship for men and women who may share their experiences with alcohol in hopes of trying to get better
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