Alcoholic Anonymous Support Group Analysis

It is evident that Alcoholic Anonymous is a support group. According to Forsyth (2014), “A group of people who meet or communicate with one another regularly to help each other cope with or overcome a problem they hold in common” (p. 543). This support group consisted of testimonials, the need for help, have mutual encouragement, and change the member’s social networks (Forsyth, 2014). Everyone in this group from the leader (facilitator) is a recovering alcoholic. I notice that the atmosphere in this group is to see others live a life of sobriety. I did notice that they all built a level of cohesive through their similarities. Everyone in the group had a positive attitude about being in the meeting. In this group, people were not forced …show more content…
Therefore, some members did not say anything outside of the serenity prayer and the Lord’s prayer. However, after scanning the room, everyone was attentive to what was going on. For the members that were transparent, demanded everyone attention. It is through their openness that will help others out. Many of the members had similar stories and testimonies. Although most of the members are still fighting the addition, it seemed to give people hope that they too can take one day at a time and walk the road to their sobriety. It is hard to pinpoint what development stage they were in currently. I think it is hard because you never know who will come to the meetings, and new people come each time. If I had to pick a stage, I would say that the groups were in the initial phase. The initial stage is when the people of the group learn the goals of the group and present themselves to others in the group (Corey, Corey, & Haynes, 2014). From my perspective, I believe that all the meetings were beneficial to the members that were involved. In fact, I learned something that I could take back to people who I know are