Online Gamers Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has become a major treatment approach that has been developed and deemed effective for working with individuals addicted to or abuse alcohol. Alcohol Anonymous (AA) was spearheaded by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith and was officially started in May 1935. Both Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith recognized that sobriety could be attained or maintained through supporting others and themselves. Spiritual beliefs involved in AA were derived from the Oxford Group, which Bill Wilson…

he or she can meet others who have been or are going through the same things they are and have a social group to be with. This allows them to still be active and have fun while not being tempted to drink. Social modality also consists of Alcohol Anonymous, which is a group environment where individuals can be a support for each other while getting the treatment helps them…

The 12 step meeting that I attended was an over eaters anonymous. When I arrived, I was greeted openly and the people were very friendly. I had to announced who I was and the purpose of me being there. I was surprise that I was accepted as part of the group. The group had given several pamphlets and invited me to attend their weekly meetings. There was a total of eight members and two guests. I took notice that there was not a speaker at the meeting. Instead it was a group of people viewing…

Today I had my first experience attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. It is not exactly what I was anticipating, in regards to the people that I was expecting to see. The first person who started speaking after the group members state their names and problem, go true the silent prayer, the 12 Steps, and the 12 Traditions stated, “alcoholics don’t look like the typical movie alcoholic and/or the stereotype people have about us, we come from different backgrounds, colors, and shapes;” it was…

AA stands for alcoholic anonymous. I attended an AA meeting on 2/12/2018 at 5 pm. This meeting was at Crossroads 827 19th St. Altoona, PA 16601. The meeting was an open discussion called one day at a time. Nine members attended and one other student nurse along with me. The meeting was truly eye opening. It was amazing how much these meetings mean to the members who attend. The meeting starts with introductions, then some of the members do readings of the AA meetings steps and requirements. The…

The third story is about a man who was been trying to stay sober for 23 years. In the beginning it was all a joke to him, that he was not ready for change. Coming to AA meetings had become part of his life and that he was taking it day by day. He had tried to quit many other times but was unsuccessful. He then had the desire to stop and have an open mind. Last year he was sober for 8 months and then because of some things went back to drinking. This year he has been 6 months sober. He says that…

The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I attended was at the Parish Hall at the St. Stephen’s Church in Quinebaug, CT. The meetings are every Monday night at 7 PM. It was a small little hall with four long tables pushed together to give the feeling we were sitting in a circle. There was a row of additional seats behind one of the tables for extra people. It was a mixed group of about twenty men and women. There was a wide age range of people from young adults to elderly although most of them were…

Introduction Alcoholics Anonymous also known as AA is a place of fellowship for individuals who are entering recovery or in long term recovery from alcohol. Men and women are able to share their experiences as it relates to alcohol use. This allow them to express their feelings about their strengths, weakness, and hope for change. During this process individuals are able to come together in hopes of solving a common problem among other recovering from alcoholism. AA memberships are free.…

both with each other The meeting started with one of the AA members reading some sort of Alcoholic Anonymous definition that despite its short length I cannot reconcile a 100%; but it included a phrases that basically said that an AA member acknowledges that the alcohol took over them and that they couldn’t control it without help. The meeting continued with a portion read out of the Alcohol Anonymous book, which they call the BIG BOOK. The passage of the day was a portion of Chapter 5 it…

Growing up in a loving home is something most would typically wish for. Growing up in a loving home and feeling unworthy of that love may seem a living nightmare. From a young age I always felt as though there was something intuitively wrong, whether it was not meeting expectation or being unable to complete a task the way I perceived it should have been. There was always this impending need for more from myself, that for some reason I could never fill. That all changed when I found the one…