On March 30‚ 2016 I attended an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meeting. In order to go about finding this meeting‚ I researched AA meetings in my location through the AA meeting website‚ AAVirginia.org. When using the internet resources they provided the name of the group that were meeting‚days available for meetings and the times‚ and the name of the location along with its address. Another piece of important information that was provided was the subject matter of the meeting‚ what they covered‚ and what
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Because of the negative effects of casinos‚ the government should ban them from populated areas in the United States. Gambling is a growing addiction in America‚ and casinos will only provide residing citizens with a larger opportunity to progress in their gambling addictions and allow room for others to gain the ensnaring addiction. Gambling addiction is also called compulsive gambling or pathological gambling. It also is said to be a disease‚ like its neighboring addiction/sickness‚ alcoholism
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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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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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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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Environmental Observations I was able to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at Calvary Lutheran Parish House in Dover‚ PA on a Sunday afternoon. The location was easy to find and close to my house. When I arrived‚ I noticed a group of people smoking near the building and walked over to them and inquired about if I had the right location of the meeting. A gentleman told me to go down the stairs and then I would be in the room that the meeting took place. I walked over to the steps and had to
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YOUTH GAMBLING ABUSE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO COUNSELLING BY TOYOBO‚ O. M. Ph.D woltosix@yahoo.com & JIBOKU‚ A.O. (MRS) ajibolawemmy2003@yahoo.com Department of Educational Psychology‚ Tai Solarin College of Education‚ Omu-Ijebu‚ Ogun State. ABSRTACT In recent times the global world has witnessed an upsurge of gambling activities‚ increased participation in gambling activities and gambling related problems. Research has shown that the nation’s economy is at a
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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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The Infamous Rosalie is a compelling novel which investigates the matriarchal power that existed in slavery. It follows Lisette‚ her obstacles and those of her family members. Glissant discussed that [h]istory can be told through folktales and novels to express a different perspective than [H]istory. Trouillot in The Infamous Rosalie contradicts the typical version of [H]istory by providing the stories of the people who are often unheard. Trouillot focuses on making the characters more than slaves
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What’s the Problem with Problem Gambling? June 2013 Table of Contents What’s the Problem with Problem Gambling? .............................................................................................. 1 Costs to the Individual ............................................................................................................................... 1 Mental and Physical Health......................................................................................................
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