A Group Meeting At 10 : 15 At The Church Of The Resurrection

The Narcotics Anonymous meeting which I attended was named 7 Days of NA which was located on 1212 North Wolfe Street at an organization called Dee’s Place. Just as the Alcoholic Anonymous meeting previously attended, the location appeared to be in a covert and quiet place to hold a support group. We entered through the rear entrance, which seemed to be staged that way to secure participants identity. As before at the last support group I attended, I searched around the room to see again, a 12 steps guide posted on the wall, a relatively thick NA ‘Basic Text’ textbook on the desk of the facilitator and this

The group facilitator was a Caucasian man in his forties named Bob. Bob had been in and out of recovery for nearly 16 years, but recently relapsed in August of 2015. He has experienced four overdoses since then, and is on his way to working the 12 steps again. Bob has been sober for about six weeks now. In the group meeting, there were 20 members (four female, 16 male) in this meeting, composed of 75% Caucasian, 20% Hispanic/Latino, 5% African-American, and 5% Asian (just me). Majority of the group members appeared to be in the middle class, hypothesized from listening to their stories of owning cars, homes, apartments, taking care of children, and having employment. Many of them appeared to be in their late thirties to late forties. There were a few children (children of group members) and one

I decided to attend a meeting based first (and almost solely) on convenience of the location. So I decided to attend a meeting right here in Batavia. The “Batavia 12 & 12” at the Holy Trinity Church down on 6th & Wood St. They hold meeting on Mondays around 11:00am. The main focus is to follow the 12 steps in order and work on them in a more traditional fashion. They do have the big book, but follow it more in a step by step focus. However karma decided to rear its head and make it a Closed Meeting, meaning that it is not as open to the public to sit on and they only allow members who are coming with a problem related to alcohol. So at first I was turned away but, I was lucky enough to know a person

On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting at the Chandler Lodge, a sober living facility for men that was established in 1960. The facility is fairly decent but can use some renovation. The racial mix was a combination of Hispanics, Caucasians, with a few Asians and African Americans. The gender mix was a combination of males and females, with a few more men than women. There must have been a total of fifty people in attendance. The capacity of the room could hold about one hundred people.

The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting that I attended was held at the Alcoholics Alana Club in Anaheim, California on Thursday. The meeting started at 7:30 in the evening, though many members gathered earlier to smoke and mingle outside. The members were a mix of Caucasian and Hispanic individuals that ranged from early 20s to late 60s. They seemed to be over lower socioeconomic status (SES), and the majority of them had tattoos and piercings. This particular meeting was a speaker meeting, so the meeting began with the leader welcoming everyone and announcing the people visiting from other states, as well as people who shared that this was their first meeting. He then called up a couple people to read certain chapters of the AA book. Another individual then volunteered to be the ‘10 minute speaker’, and briefly shared his story and how the 12 steps helped guide his recovery. The treasurer then passed around a donation basket and handed out sobriety chips, and a 10 minute break followed. After the break the guest speaker shared his story for the next half an

On June 26, 2015, we visited an Alcoholic Anonymous Hispanic group called “Poco a Poco”. The group was composed of eleven males and two females. Their ages were thirty years old to fifty five years old, which puts them in the middle adulthood stage. The group that was participating in the AA meeting was composed of different levels of education and socioeconomic status. One participant that was from a high income background and the rest were from a low and middle income background. Next to the group’s room, was another group waiting. We did not know its name, but the members' ethnicity was non-Hispanic. We reached the location fifteen minutes early which gave us the opportunity to observe the two different

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Name of the person you spoke with on the pastoral staff: Pastor Dodridge and Steve Layton

The first meeting that I attended was an Alcohol Anonymous. The occasion of this meeting was Wednesday Sobriety Celebration that took place at 8 pm at 1311 W. Murray, Visalia Alano Club. Most of the members that showed up to this meeting were Caucasian with few minorities. The gender was mix and it seemed like the number of the males and females were about the same.

Abby actively participated in group lectures and discussions. Abby completed all assignments required for Women’s Group which included Steps 1,2, and 3, letters to her parents, two children, and significant other, and a recovery plan. Abby did not have to complete two assignments since she had previously completed them before treatment. Abby has gained education regarding addiction, acknowledged the consequences of her using both on her and her children, and built a sober support network.

I could not imagine myself socializing with these people. I was hoping they did not think I am one of them. As the meeting is about to begin this tall guy was about to read out of this book. He began to say the purpose of the meeting is… that is when I spaced out. I was so lost in my thoughts all I can remember him saying,“ purpose of recovery from the disease of addiction.” I still could not believe that I was sitting in a room filled with strangers. He stated the third tradition, “ the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.” I always put myself in my sister’s shoes; she has been attending NA meetings for 5 or 6 years now. I could not imagine what she felt like attending her first meeting. I believe I would feel cheated

The meeting consisted of about 30 individuals. The age range of the individuals appeared to be between twenty five and sixty, not including me. I appeared to be the youngest person at the meeting, I was also the only African American at the meeting. The seats were arranged in a semi circle around a table where the speaker and the leader of the group sat. The meeting started on time and began with the serenity prayer and someone read aloud the “rules” of AA. Then a member of the group introduced the speaker. The speaker then spoke to the group about his struggle with alcohol and his positive experiences in

I went to an AA meeting at the First Congregational Church in New London, Connecticut on Monday February 22, at 7 pm. It was located in a larger room in the basement of the church. There were around fifteen members that attended. The individual’s came from an array of different ages and ethnicities, both men and woman. There was no one race or ethnicity that dominated another in the meeting, it was a very warm, accepting atmosphere. I noticed right away that there was more young adults around the age of thirty than elderly members. There was also around the same number of males and females in attendance.

“Intense, loud and powerful” are the adjectives a first-time visitor used to describe Elevation Church. With a concert-like worship, a diverse crowd, and a creative outreach program, one can easily see why Elevation Church is one of the fastest growing churches in North Carolina.

For the service learning project, I teamed up with three of my classmates to volunteer at a lady’s conference at Imani Restoration Centre church (IRCC) on the 16th of September, 2017. IRCC is a non-profit organization which is a Kenyan community founded that focuses on bringing African immigrants together to support and learn the things of God. Samuel Mwangi, the senior pastor of IRCC, said that through the counseling sessions that he holds at the church every Thursday, he discovered that most ladies go through the same challenges. Therefore, he thought it would be great for him to organize a lady’s conference, so that ladies could come together to share and support each other (Personal communication, September, 16, 2017)