Anonymous P2P

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…

in our lifetimes that silence equals a death sentence. It’s far beyond time for those with long-term sobriety to stand up and be counted and show that AA and the twelve steps works! Enough is enough! My name is Kevin, I got sober in Alcoholics Anonymous and through the twelve-step process; I have been sober for the past nineteen years. My dear mother passed-on five years ago with over forty years of continuous sobriety thanks to AA and the twelve steps, my uncle died three months ago with…

feelings and reflect on the impact that these meetings had on me personally and professionally. I was present at two self-help meetings; alcoholics anonymous, “AA”, and narcotics anonymous, “NA”. Both meetings lasted an hour and were open to the public. I attended the AA meeting on June 6th and the Narcotics meeting on June…

The third AA meeting I attended was at Bridgewater Congregational Church, in Bridgewater Connecticut, at 7:00pm on Friday June 8, 2018. The past two meetings I attended were open book, however this meeting was a twelve- step meeting. The language used in this meeting was the same as the two other meetings I observed. Many members mentioned the words “higher power”, “prayer”, and “powerlessness”. The man who ran the meeting introduced himself, read the preamble and asked if there were any new…

Community AA meeting My experience at a Community Alcohol Anonymous meeting took place at Macedonia Church in Williamston, NC on a Thursday night. I learned a lot of things just by attending this meeting such as all alcoholics are not the same stereotypical group that a majority of people put them under. I really do not know how I categorize alcoholics before becoming a nurse, but I have learned that they come in all shapes and sizes, different walks of life, employed or unemployed, and…

Alcoholic Anonymous (A.A.) is a voluntary and worldwide fellowship of both men and women who attend meetings in an effort to maintain sobriety. The only requirement is for members to have the drive and motivation to stop drinking. Evaluating the functioning of this support group it is evident that sobriety comes first. This group functions by individuals circuming to the realization that they are powerless over alcohol. It is interesting to know that alcoholism is an illness and one of the…

main keys to sobriety were to follow the twelve steps for Alcoholics Anonymous. The 12 steps are tools that help you achieve soberness and help you maintain it. The first step is for one to admit they have a problem and the following steps are tools to maintain sobriety. People who are new to AA are not asked to accept or follow these Twelve Steps in their entirety if they feel unwilling or unable to do so("Alcoholics Anonymous Australia," 2016 ). Another great thing about AA meetings are that…

During the course of the semester I have learned about the many substances individuals can become addicted to, specifically alcohol. It is one thing to learn, read, and hear about in class what alcohol addiction can do to an 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)…

Introduction On March 3, 2016, I attended the Alcoholics Anonymous group. The reason I made the decision to observe this particular group is simply because my dad is an alcoholic. I wanted to observe this group for him because I’m almost certain that he wouldn’t attend a group that’s so open to their common problems. I wanted to experience others testimonies to know that my dad isn’t the only one struggling with this problem. I also wanted to attend this particular group to discover how the…

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…