The meeting I attended took place in Union Hills on Thursday at 6:00pm. The meeting was held in a church called The Arrowhead Church. There were around 10 or 11 people there for the meeting. There were people of all ages, men and women. It was a very diverse group with a mixture of people from all walks of life. The meeting opened up with the Serenity Prayer: “God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can and Wisdom to know the difference”. Once the prayer was completed, then the 12 steps were read, followed by the 12 traditions. Someone read an entry from “the Big Book”. They asked new members to introduce themselves by first name only and also asked any visitors to introduce themselves. Each meeting has a topic that will be discussed, once the discussion begins the floor is opened up for anyone who wants to speak. The person who decides to speak start off with saying “Hi my name is (insert a name) and I’m an alcoholic. The others in the group respond by saying “Hi (insert a name)”. The stories that I heard were terrifying. I heard stories of people drinking until they passed out, waking up in strange places and not remembering what happened. There were also stories about how drinking has caused some to lose everything that mattered to them, from family to …show more content…
They are non-judgmental groups that people who attend are going through that same specific topic. They give an individual the tools to overcome and get through whatever their dealing with. These meetings are nothing compared to what we see on tv, to don’t really see the emotional pain and abuse that people really deal with. Nothing in life is ever easy you must take everything one step at a time and take things as they come. Always accept a person for who they are and never judge someone based on what they have been through or what they are going