12-Step Reflection
I attended an AA meeting that had five group members. Since there were so few members, we had the opportunity to directly interact with the members before the meeting began. Immediately, we were greeted with hugs, introductions, and questions about our situation. We disclosed to them that we were students and asked permission to be there. Since this was such a small group, I made sure to reiterate that if our presence was unsettling to anyone, we would leave. F or this 12-step meeting, each member alternates weeks in which they are the leader. On this particular day, the assigned leader did not show up, so another group member took on the advisory role. His main task was to choose the topic then started the conversation. What I found to be interesting about this leader was that he made sure we knew everything that was going on. He would stop and explain to us why he was doing something a particular way before moving on. I think this helped the other members...