Upon walking into the NA meeting I attended, which was located at Lutheran Memorial Church in their basement on Erial & Blackwood-Clementon Rd, I felt extremely out of place because I am not familiar with this environment making me a “fish out of water”. The meeting was called Miracles on Monday, which is held from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM every Monday, and I would soon find that the name was very fitting for what takes place within those basement walls on a weekly basis. The normal feelings an addict has attending this meeting for the first time of apprehension, curiosity-not knowing what to expect were not apparent for me because my purpose of being there was different. The one feeling I most likely shared with an addict attending the first time
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The create ways to cope with the stressors and calm the urges of relapse down with psychoeducation which the leader of the group is knowledgeable in this area. McNeece and DiNitto (2012) state Psychoeducation has become increasingly popular in the human service profession…to increase knowledge with a variety of other techniques to help clients make desired changes and provide support (p.168). Daily meditation is also taught and urged to be fulfilled because the leader feels having the mind in a state of consciousness allows acceptance of whatever the addict is feeling. They used drugs to numb whatever it was that was bothering them well now they need to face those feelings resolving the issue. At the end of the meeting is when the leader would ask if anyone has a “burning desire” meaning the urge to use or something to confess or something positive to share that they need to get out. Other members do not interrupt or what they call “cross share” while someone is speaking because everyone is there to heal, not to fix someone else’s problem; they usually wait until after the meeting to express anything to another member. I asked the chair person (leader) if there were to be a disruption of some kind how is this handled and he stated “I ensure things are ran smoothly but if someone is angry or gets out of line I will address it privately hoping they come back to the meeting in a better state of mind but I never kick anyone out or want them to not feel
The create ways to cope with the stressors and calm the urges of relapse down with psychoeducation which the leader of the group is knowledgeable in this area. McNeece and DiNitto (2012) state Psychoeducation has become increasingly popular in the human service profession…to increase knowledge with a variety of other techniques to help clients make desired changes and provide support (p.168). Daily meditation is also taught and urged to be fulfilled because the leader feels having the mind in a state of consciousness allows acceptance of whatever the addict is feeling. They used drugs to numb whatever it was that was bothering them well now they need to face those feelings resolving the issue. At the end of the meeting is when the leader would ask if anyone has a “burning desire” meaning the urge to use or something to confess or something positive to share that they need to get out. Other members do not interrupt or what they call “cross share” while someone is speaking because everyone is there to heal, not to fix someone else’s problem; they usually wait until after the meeting to express anything to another member. I asked the chair person (leader) if there were to be a disruption of some kind how is this handled and he stated “I ensure things are ran smoothly but if someone is angry or gets out of line I will address it privately hoping they come back to the meeting in a better state of mind but I never kick anyone out or want them to not feel