Twelve-step program

manual of the A.A. General Serve Conference- approved literature and the “Big Book”. Every meeting they will all gather on the first floor. There will be someone voluntary to be the speaker, the speaker will do the “reading”. They read the twelve step and the twelve tradition, and some other stuff from the “Big Book”, doing the “reading” could help them remember their goal of quitting drinking. After the “reading”, they will divide into two group. One group will stay, this group is the Speaker…

members sat in the front of the room and the members that were either new or mandated to attend sat in the back. I listened as members went around the room and introduced themselves. They would share their progress as well as relapses in the 12 step program. I was surprised to also learn that the meetings where spiritually centered and referred to “God” a lot. I noticed that members who were not religious, used terms such as “higher being” rather than “God.” I observed that veteran members…

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The 12 step meeting I decided to attend were the AA, NA and CA. The first meeting I attended was Narcotics Anonymous on the 7th of October. I went to the NA website to find meeting locations. I found a meeting in Huntington Beach at a Community United Methodist Church that was on Friday nights . I personally didn't want to go to the meeting by myself, so I decided to team up with a few classmates to go as a group. I don't know why I felt nervous when driving there; maybe because I didn't know…

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 learned…

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…

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…

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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