Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Report

I attended the following meetings:
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) -- On Friday 2/17/2015 @ 6:00am “Walk the Talk” Group and 7:00am “12 X 12” study group, Location: 2334 Vickers Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918
• Al-Anon – On Friday 2/17/2015 @ 10:00am, Location: Springs community Church, 7290 Lexington Dr., Colorado Springs CO 80904, Second floor, Room 207. Assignment:
Documentation for these groups is located on their websites such as the 12 steps of becoming sober and 12 traditions for dealing with people (both attached). One of the groups for Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) I attended focused on the book, "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions”. You can access this book at the following website link: http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions. …show more content…
Al-Anon is for the families and friends of alcoholics. They meet to share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. They believe that alcoholism is a family illness, and that changed attitudes can aid recovery. That its main purpose is to help friends and families of alcoholics by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families and friends of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic. They do this weather the alcoholic is still drinking or not. They believe Al-Anon offers hope and recovery to all people affected by alcoholism. Just like the AA group, all the members sat around a table and the leader handed out the 12 Steps, which every member took turns reading. The leader than read a magazine article about buttons. In summary, the article reminded us that we don’t have to allow people to push our buttons and make us upset. As we handed around a bag of buttons, each member took turns telling a story about a time when our buttons were pushed. One mother used her children as an example of them knowing how to push her buttons. That she will use the button given to her as a reminder that she doesn’t have to react. Some members cried and others gave hugs as this meeting went on. Nobody cross-talked just like in the AA groups and every member talked before another member spoke again. This group was conducted just like the AA group with nobody judging and everybody being supportive. No negative aspects of this group were found by me. The insight I gained is that these women put up with a lot and still stick by their loved ones. I have great respect for them. I have no changes to recommend for this group as well. Everybody seemed to get something out of it as it is conducted

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