“We talk about important shit and we do sober shit.” Sitting in a hospital’s auditorium on a Thursday night this phrase summarized the reason behind the meetings of Narcotics Anonymous. Important shit was indeed going on. The people in the room varying from all ages and backgrounds were there to mend their lives back together to the standards that society saw fit and they all had the unequivocal support of each other. The standards are being sober and not depending on any drugs or alcohol. The auditorium is set deep into the hospital, a large room with two doors leading in, one at the bottom and one main door at the top, the room contains rows of tables each lined up, with spinning chairs attached. The lights were calming and covered everything in a tan hue.
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The group members knew of this but none truly paid it any heed except for Andy. The group leader, with the longest sobriety, perhaps because he experienced it with other members or he himself. However he was the most concerned with the group disbanding and paranoid about our reason for choosing to watch the group. For example, In one of the meetings two moms in the group without babysitters brought their two toddlers. The boy and the girl were running up and down the aisle, crying, fighting and yelling. Immediately after the meeting Andy sought me out, “I am sorry about the kids, because what we do here is important, we can’t have kids running around,” he hesitated, “it’s very unprofessional and the people here are sick, you wouldn’t see this at any other meeting. It won’t happen again” He reiterated. I thought nothing of it and thought the kids were indeed charming and cute and a refreshing break from the gloom in the group. At the next meeting, Andy brought up the idea with the two mothers sitting
The Narcotics Anonymous of Coon Rapids …show more content…
The group members knew of this but none truly paid it any heed except for Andy. The group leader, with the longest sobriety, perhaps because he experienced it with other members or he himself. However he was the most concerned with the group disbanding and paranoid about our reason for choosing to watch the group. For example, In one of the meetings two moms in the group without babysitters brought their two toddlers. The boy and the girl were running up and down the aisle, crying, fighting and yelling. Immediately after the meeting Andy sought me out, “I am sorry about the kids, because what we do here is important, we can’t have kids running around,” he hesitated, “it’s very unprofessional and the people here are sick, you wouldn’t see this at any other meeting. It won’t happen again” He reiterated. I thought nothing of it and thought the kids were indeed charming and cute and a refreshing break from the gloom in the group. At the next meeting, Andy brought up the idea with the two mothers sitting