PU Psychology Self Awareness Gained from The Meetings Essay

Attend 2 DIFFERENT 12-Step/Some type of recovery meetings of their choosing (e.g., Cocaine Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and/or Narcotics Anonymous). Students need to submit a paper. Listed below are some guidelines: 1. Attend two (2) Open 12-Step Support Group meetings (e.g., AA, NA, CA, CODA, AlAnon, etc…) These must be 2 DIFFERENT meetings, i.e. an AA and an NA group). 2. One must be face to face (the other may be an on-line meeting) 3. Submit a paper.a. List dates and what types of 12 Step meetings you attended b. Body of the paper (Do not provide a documentary of the meetings’ content) but rather your personal reactions to meetings (This part of the paper does not need research/citations) i. Discuss self-awareness gained from attending the meetings 1. Biases? 2. Judgments? 3. Fears? 4. Surprises? c. Integrate one or two theories of addiction counseling and how the 12-step meetings may play a role in recovery/relapse prevention (Include 2 or more scholarly citations) d. Clarify how you may incorporate the use of support groups in working with clients. 4. Support your responses to parts c and d with outside, scholarly support