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    Karl Jung and his impact on Alcoholics Anonymous Mental Health Clinical Essay Razia Fathima Houston Community College Abstract Alcoholics Anonymous is a self-help group for alcoholics who have realized that drinking has become a problem for them and their families and is also interfering in their day to day work activities. They have no control over it and have surrendered themselves to it and the only way out is to seek help through

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    In 2013, the market for non- alcoholic drink that involves water, nectars, and useful refreshments was evaluated to be $131 billion as well as it was anticipated to grow to $164 billion by the year of 2018 (Heckman, M and Sherry, K, 2010). This business suffered because of controlled customer spending amid the financial retreat; however, the pattern was gradually turning around as the economy recuperated. Numerous new items were propelled in the section by 2012. This wave of acquaintances was normal

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    Introduction: Alcoholism is defined as the addiction of an individual to alcohol and alcoholic products. It affects the individual’s health, personal relationships, and social life. In medical terms, it is considered as highly chronic, psychiatric disease which damages almost every organ in the body. Individual who remains preoccupied with alcohol is called as an alcoholic. It is the major problem in New Zealand. The excessive use of alcohol puts various effects on the nation. These effects are on

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    Alcoholics Anonymous: A History, its Implications and the Meeting Support groups, how well do support groups actually benefit individuals and how are these support groups incorporated so that the techniques can actually assist someone? In researching this particular topic of Alcoholic Anonymous the results indicated that there is a diversity of AA groups. Although they all have the same objective there are variations in methods and techniques which are implemented to be able to infiltrate the

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    For this assignment, I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Ala-Anon meeting, Narcotics Anonymous meeting, and a Nar-Anon meeting. The Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was in Greensboro titled “Back to Reality”. It was located at a fellowship club. The Ala-Anon meeting was located at Centertary United Methodist Church in Greensboro. The Narcotics Anonymous meeting was located at Saint James Presbyterian Church and the Nar-Anon meeting was held at Saint Johns United Methodist Church which was in

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    In this paper, I will be writing about my reflection and reaction to an Upon Awakening Alcoholic Anonymous meeting which was held at the Unity of Sedona Church, 65 Deer Trail in Sedona, Arizona on Thursday, October 29, 2015. This meeting was held at 7:30 AM in the morning. The meeting consisted of an eleven step grouping of middle aged men and women ranging from ages 30 to 65 years old. There were seven men and thirteen women whose purpose was to practice prayer through the eleventh step of the

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    For example, alcoholic women develop cirrhosis (5), alcohol–induced damage of the heart muscle (i.e., cardiomyopathy) (6), and nerve damage (i.e., peripheral neuropathy) (7) after fewer years of heavy drinking than do alcoholic men. Studies comparing men and women’s sensitivity to alcohol–induced brain damage, however, have not been as conclusive. Using imaging with computerized tomography, two studies (8,9) compared brain shrinkage, a common indicator of brain damage, in alcoholic men and women

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    The False Gospel of Alcoholic Anonymous In this essay, he False Gospel of Alcoholic Anonymous, the writer is telling his audience about a young lawyer, who is struggling with an alcohol addiction. The seemingly careless lawyer, who would go into work drunk, would defend all of his dui clients. After continuously going into work intoxicated, the lawyer decided enough was enough. He’d final check himself into an alcoholic treatment program. The writer goes on to say that the lawyer was struggling

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    Alcoholic Anonymous Meeting The Alcoholic Anonymous meetings that I attended were both located in Chandler Arizona. The first meeting I attended was on Thursday May 28 at 1 pm, it was held at Chandler Presbyterian Church the address, 1500 W Germans Rd. Chandler, Arizona 85286. The second meeting that I attended was held on May 29, 2015 at 11 am it was located at a place called the Get It Together Hall, address 393 W Warner Rd. Chandler, Arizona 85224. The first meeting that I attended had more males

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    The main purpose of Alcoholic Anonymous (A.A.) is to help members keep an open mind on the subject and can stay sober. Using the 12 steps designed by A.A. assists people to break through their denial and to see the problems alcohol has caused in their lives. The Twelve Steps are the core of A.A’s program of recovery from alcoholism. They are based on the trial-and error experience of A.A’s early members and have worked for millions of alcoholics since then. In recent years, there are about 1.2 million

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