Addiction Is A Disease

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Addiction Is a Disease The phenomenon of addiction provides various views and beliefs of on how it affects people’s lives. Addiction, in many aspects, may add spice to one’s life, but it can also be compared to a disease that disintegrates one’s life. This notion of addiction as a disease encourages the community to discover a useful resolution to somehow stop this widespread issue. Beneficially, the 12-step program was established in 1930’s. The 12-step program first started with the Alcoholic Anonymous group meeting that was founded by Bill Watson and Dr. Robert Smith in Ohio (Roger, 2012). The success and effectiveness of Alcoholic Anonymous had led to the creation of other group meetings, like the Narcotic Anonymous. Alcoholic Anonymous …show more content…
The AA meeting started with a prayer led by the secretary, and proceeded with the reading of the “Preamble of Alcoholics” by a selected AA member. Before they carried on to the main agenda of the meeting, the secretary asked each member to list the food they wanted to bring for their upcoming picnic meeting for next week. After that, they continued the meeting with the reading of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions or philosophies. The most significant requirement under the Twelve traditions was the “desire to stop drinking” (General Service Office [G.S.O.], 2016). The AA emphasized that the program can only work to those alcoholics who are sincere enough to stop drinking; consequently, it is not for those alcoholics who are unwilling to stop their addiction (G.S.O., 2016). The philosophies of AA focuses on the total abstinence, honesty, powerlessness over the addiction, accountability, and connection with the higher power (G.S.O., 2016). Additionally, the “primary purpose is to stay sober and help alcoholics to achieve sobriety” (G.S.O., 2016). After the readings, the speaker shared his experience when he …show more content…
It is imperative to acknowledge the efforts of the people behind the creation of 12-steps because it continues to help those people who are still suffering from addiction. The meeting provides the members the place to talk about their common problem despite differences in social and economic backgrounds. All of the participants at the AA and NA meeting had the same goals: to seek support from the group and from one another, and to be sober and free from drug use for the rest of their

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