Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a worldwide program aimed to help those who are concerned about their alcohol problem and just need some assistance in getting sober and alcohol-free. Alcoholics anonymous consists of a twelve step recovery program to support a certain individual reach sobriety. One of the programs main practice is that all members will remain anonymous to one another. Some may believe that the only way they can reach sobriety is by going through this program, but that is not true at…

The Alcoholic Anonymous is a program targeted to help individuals on their road to recovery from alcoholism. Founded in 1935, the program has since then changed the stigmas associated with alcoholism and substance abuse, and has allowed individuals to join the meetings with dignity. This paper focuses on a first hand account of a nursing student’s experience at an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting. This paper also focuses on the effects of substance abuse on the mental health of people and the…

disorder (AUD) is a prevalent problem in today’s society. It is characterized by an addiction or dependence to alcohol that causes harm for the individual and those around them(Halter, 2014). One of the forms of treatments for AUD is attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). This group aims to help people suffering from AUD by helping them get sober using a 12 step model (Halter, 2014). The goal of this paper is to gain insight on the AA program and to better understand people suffering from AUD. On…

Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of men and women who share their experience with each other so that they may solve their problem and help each other out and recover from the illness (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). There is no cost to join Alcoholics Anonymous so if someone is seeking help and is in financial trouble they will not have to worry about paying for help. When someone joins Alcoholics Anonymous they go through a 12-step program of…

Step One in The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous reads, “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable.” (Alcoholics Anonymous) My friend moved to Nashville about a year ago, and through a series of unfortunate events involving love and loss, she began a downhill spiral of drinking through her pain in hopes to forget events of her past. When I asked about her coping mechanisms she mentioned a recent visit to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I asked if she…

For assignment three, I chose to attend an open discussion mental health group meeting called Alcoholics Anonymous. It is a support group for individuals working towards recovery of alcoholism. The location of this group was downtown Birmingham at the Advent Episcopal Cathedral, 521 20th Street North. Open discussion meetings are held on the ground floor every Friday, however it is not easy to find. The door to the meeting room is hidden within the courtyard of the church and not marked by a…

Alcoholics Anonymous has been around for eighty-one years, and has “nearly miraculous” success rates according to anthropologist and author William Madsen, a graduate from the University of California at Santa Barbara. The success rates, in comparison to other programs, is great in number, having around two million members within 115,000 groups around the world. Unlike other organizations, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by two men who struggled with substance abuse, who upon recovering, sought…

fieldwork two I went to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with Jaycie Haley. We attended a meeting on November 6th, 2016. It started at 5:30pm and we stayed the entire duration of the meeting which was an hour. Instead of interviewing a specific person we listened to what the meeting’s participants had to say. What they had to say covered everything I had thought to ask about the program. My very first impression of the site was that it fit my preconceptions of what Alcoholics Anonymous meetings…

Recently I took a step out of my comfort zone and visited a local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting ( to be referred to as AA going forward). Before walking through the door I decided I at least wanted to have some actual knowledge of what I was getting myself into. “Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education…

I observed an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group in Paterson, NJ, which is a self-help group that helps alcoholics in the recovery and treatment phase. It’s an open group for anyone who wants to change their drinking habits. They have the meeting every Friday at 7:30 pm. There’s no specific qualifications to attend this group. No age limit, specific race, or education is required to become a member. The program is free for any individual who wants to stop their alcohol assumptions. The group’s main…