Alcoholics Anonymous

individual; it is another to be able to personally hear and experience the stories of recovering addicts. Since a lot of our reading and class discussion has focused on the large problem of alcohol addiction in the United States, I chose to attend an Alcoholics Anonyms (AA) meeting. It was difficult at first to find an open meeting around my area. To start my search I searched online, looked in the newspapers, and lastly talked with family members. It was through talking with family members that…

the 12 step program is that the recovering alcoholic is ultimately responsible for their recovery and that they themselves are responsible for the actions that got them there and any of their actions that will happen for the rest of their lives. What I learned about my self is that I need to take responsibility for my addictions that I have and change those because if I don’t I may run into some of the same issues that all of the recovering alcoholics have with alcohol. My perception of…

12 Steps in Overeaters For my 12 steps paper I decided to attend an overeaters anonymous meeting in Lowell Massachusetts. The meeting was located in the basement of Lowell’s First United Baptist Church. I called ahead of time to speak with Diane who was the leader for the meeting. I explained that I was a student at William James college and was required to attend a meeting. She was more than happy to let me join the group. To my surprise, there was not too many people that attended the meeting…

Gambling has had a long and deep-rooted history throughout time and even in the founding of the United States. Lotteries were used in the early American colonies to establish and fund themselves along with instituting famous universities, such as Harvard, Yale, and William and Mary to name a few. Beginning in the early 1900’s, states began banning gambling because of its association with corruption and violence. It has long been proposed that gambling from a Christian viewpoint is a sin…

The two assessments that were administered to the client were the Gambler Addiction Index (GAI) and the Coping Response Inventory Adult Form (CRI). The purpose of the GAI is to measure the severity and intensity of an individual’s gambling addiction. In addition to, the assessment measures the strong impulses an individual has to gamble and the harmful consequences of gambling. The rationale of selecting this assessment for the client, Alan, was because in the previous session, Alan mentioned an…

The majority of people would be quick to disagree with internet gaming being considered as gambling. Honestly, I disagreed with this statement when I was first introduced to the topic. Then, I realized that there is more to internet gaming than just simple puzzles, role play games, and others that normally do not involve money. Let’s not forget games such as online bingo, poker, slots, and the online casinos in general. Just because these are online and not in a real casino setting, many people…

The gambling activities themselves are clearly motivated by economic goals as opposed to recreational gambling, and the social scene reflects this as well. Two characters went on to the casino floor with the goal to win mass amounts of money whether it was to pay for a fake child, or to get out of debt. While only one of the two attempts proved to be lucrative, the gambling aspect shows both of the characters winning more than $100000 each. The apparent luck of both characters drew an audience…

Explain some cases in which you would perm-ban/temp-ban people: Staff Disrespect --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my opinion Staff Disrespect is one of the vilest things someone can do on the server. Take their time to come and harass the staff members who keep them safe from other dangers that are brought to the server on a daily basis. When people start to get in the way of a staff members job by doing this…

Our generation is the first generation where it is considered acceptable to sleep around with a different guy every week. Sure, they might get called a “slut” or “whore” but the depressing truth is most of them are okay with it because the ones calling them that are just as guilty as the person being labeled. For this reason, it seems as if girls do not care if they are getting called provocative names. Personally, females need to hold themselves to a higher self-worth, which talks “about who…

Welcome to my humble little blog about a topic that may be made of confusion or controversy. I am here to write about my life and experiences as a follower of Wiccan tradition and the occult. Firstly, I would like to establish that Wiccans are not associated with evil or "black magic". demons, curses, or anything truly evil. Secondly, the title of "Witch" is not gender specific as most would assume. Warlock, by the way, is derogatory to us and as such is not what we use to refer to male witches.…