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    meeting went on I felt better about being there because I found that I might not have a problem with alcohol but I do have my own problems that I can apply some of the coping mechanisms that they learn and apply those to me. What I learned about 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…

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    12-Step Meetings Summary As a nursing student, each student has to attend and observe two twelve step meetings such as alcohol anonymous, narcotic anonymous, or cocaine anonymous as part of the community health project. I attended two alcoholics anonymous meetings. Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as the AA, is an alcoholism treatment program. There are group meetings in which individuals share their personal experiences about alcoholism and motivate each other to stay sober. According to AA…

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    to that of the AA meeting. They opened up with the reciting of the serenity prayer and followed up with the readings of a preamble and a portion of The Big Book. The readings here were more specific to recovery from crystal meth. Although the 12-step program followed by this group is based on AA 's, some of the words are substituted in order make it more…

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    are Spirtitual Chance in Treatment of Substance Dependence include citations from Bateson, and Steps toward an ecology of the mind by Fowler, J.W. In the study, the following testing instruments were used: the Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness/Spirituality (MMRS), The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB) and The Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) and test 70 clients from two separate 12 step substance abuse treatment programs. Of the participants there were two samples used, both…

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    Two Effective Personal Characteristics One of the primary motivating factors for embarking on a career path in counseling stems from personal experience with the pain of addiction. The ability to truly empathize with the addicted populations’ experiences and pain is one of my most effective personal characteristics. While there is most certainly concern in regard to the area of compassion fatigue and countertransference, there is no way to teach the level of understanding that comes from having…

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    Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a support group that is dedicated to helping current and recovering addicts of drugs and alcohol recover and stay clean for the rest of their lives. NA uses a 12 step program to use in everyday life. It starts with complete admittance of helplessness over the drugs, realization you have an incurable disease, and that a greater power, such as God, is the only one who could restore your sanity. Like they said in the meeting, if you are the powerless one you need the…

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    History of the Organization Narcotics Anonymous was developed in the early 1950s and stemmed from Alcoholics Anonymous, which began in the late 1940s (Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2016). In the beginning, NA consisted of In the beginning, NA began with the first meetings in Los Angeles, California, USA (Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 2016). The expansive growth of NA to a worldwide organization has reached The Meeting Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.…

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    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…

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    soaking it, gently peel the nail wrap from side to side. Soaking it will break down the adhesive bond and allow the wrap to easily slide off the nail bed. A big part of Jamberry is the people behind it. You can become a part of it all! This also has steps. First you have to Visit a website, jamberry.com. At the top there is a tab that says ‘join’. If you click on it you will fill out a form. Once you have joined, you will receive your Jamberry Consultant Kit, which contains everything you need…

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    pathways to develop the capacity to move beyond addiction, including caretaking, self-sacrifice and codependency to a healthy level of self-care are needed (Peled & Sacks, 2008). Codependents Anonymous (CoDA) promotes a 12-step approach to recovering from codependency. Twelve-step programs, while helpful to some, do have several drawbacks. First, Dodes (2014) suggests that AA is only 5-10 percent successful. He says that we only hear the success stories. Also, if the person seeking help does…

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