TWELVE STEPS PROGRAM ANALISIS

RNSG-2160

Name: Roberto Buezo

Date: 09-19-2023

I attended the Lambda Center’s Saturday Night Live Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group on

Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 8:00 PM. The Lambda Center is an LGBTQ+ recovery community

center offering several types of recovery groups. It’s located at 1201 W Clay St. Houston, TX. 77019.

The Lambda Center’s Saturday Night Live Group is a Speaker Group, and the philosophy of

this type of Speaker group is for a chosen member to share their story of their alcoholism, their

struggles, and how they got to where they are today so that others are inspired by their story and can

identify with the speaker’s story and apply their lessons to themselves. This group, although open to

anyone, is geared towards the LGBTQ+ community.

The basic rules that the facilitator/spokesperson mentioned at the beginning of the meeting

were the following:

Anonymity—Basically, confidentiality. “What says here, stays here”.

Respect: this means that all members show respect towards one another regardless of personal

differences and opinions.

No Cross Talking which refers to not interrupting others while one person is talking or sharing, but

rather share their own experiences after the one who is speaking finishes and how what they heard

affects their own lives.

Time Limits: The facilitator mentioned being mindful of with use of the time. I noticed that some

people were taking a long time to talk, and the facilitator reminded the members that other members

may also need to share.

No Outside Issues: During the meeting, the facilitator reminded members to share in the context of

alcoholism and no other non-alcoholism and recovery-related topics.

No Criticism or Debate: AA meetings are not debate groups to criticize others, but rather members

are reminded to speak about themselves.

Not Discussing “Cross-Addiction”. It was reminded to the attendees that discussing other types of

addictions (i.e., Sex or Cocaine) should be discussed at other 12-step groups related to that addiction.

No recording or taking pictures, doing so is prohibited.

I noticed that members started by saying “My name is ______and I’m an alcoholic”. After the

introductions, the facilitator read what they call the 12-step and 12 traditions and also included the

rules, and introduced the speaker that night by first name. While the speaker spoke, I noticed some

members crying. The theme of the speaker’s share was related to how alcoholism affected his

relationship and family. After the speaker finished talking, a member said “Thank you for sharing”

and went on to talk about his own life and discussed something in particular and thanked the speaker

for sharing this similar thing about his own life. Several people did the same thing.

It appears that members who spoke about their own lives brought up how alcoholism affected

their relationships and family as well, but also other areas of life. These areas I noticed were related

to money, reputation, health, jobs, legal issues, and school. Some people lost marriages, some people

stated they became HIV positive because of having unprotected sex while inhibited and not using

good judgment, some people shared about having to file bankruptcy, and another person mentioned

was fired from several jobs. One member shared he had several DUIs. The meeting went over

because one member asked “I have an urging desire” and went on to discuss he was having a hard

time with what the other person had shared. After that, the group closed with what AA calls the

Serenity Prayer and all created a circle and held hands together.
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 RNSG 2160 12-Step Paper Grading Sheet

Name: Roberto Buezo

Date: 09-19-2023

Ten (10) points will be deducted for each spelling, grammar, punctuation errors.

Ten (10) points per day will be deducted for paper not submitted on time. After 2 days of

late work, you will receive a zero (0) for this clinical assignment.

Criteria Possible Actual

1. Identify type of group attended (A.A., N.A. etc.). Points

5 Points
2. Describe philosophy of 12-step meeting attended. 15
3. Describe/ discuss where meeting was held and who 5

4. sponsored the meeting.make-up of group members.

Discuss demographic 15
5. What were the ground rules for the meeting? 15
6. Describe the interactions that took place while the 15

7. meeting
Describewas in session.
primary theme(s) that seemed to dominate 15

group process. Were they directly / indirectly related

8. Describe the major functional problem area(s) of the 15
to stated reasons for the group meeting?
group deducted
9. Points members.forHow
latedoes abuse affect their life?
submission
10. Points deducted for errors in spelling, punctuation, or

grammar.
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