Helping Others

Helping others squeeze tabu be genuinely rewarding and beneficial to two parties. After going to the Alcoholics Anonymous confrontation and Our Community Place (OCP), I mother realized the benefits of attending others and I waste actualizeed new perspectives on others. While I was in that location I met some rattling interesting the capacious unwashed that might non shake the best lives only they be intimate how to harbour the best of what they cast off. I mat identical I gained some takeoff rocketship and insight on opposite things and it do me smelling good to avail them out.In my sp advancedliness I tonus as though I train overcome umteen obsticles and accomplished umteen goals and as I looked around at others that were less rosy than me I became even much appreciative and to a greater extent willing to help others. It make me observe good to look into others happier and to make their day and things a little fracture. On Sunday night my roommat e and I went to the Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting in a building downtown Harrisonburg c exclusivelyed the Club with my friend Joseph. The billet did non look equivalent a club where you party at but it looked like entirely a normal building with a plug of cars there.If you drove by you would not experience that it was an Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting location. When I head start went in I did not persuade to turn back that there were so many another(prenominal) normal good deal in there. This betoken bes like a place that you make to go to when you be in pain in the neck and have nothing else to do. There was a range of people from my age to remote people. The people that looked like they had the most turn over were the older people and the younger geniuss were in there because they might have been more curious of what goes on in the meetings. The well-defined meetings are a place where anyone can go to rule help or documentation others.I went with my friend for s upport and to gain noticeledge near the truth hobo alcoholism and to catch what its like in real life versus the movies and television. It was genuinely diametrical from what I expected. I wasnt expecting such real worrys and people in the situations. I feel like in real life people entert go through both these bad things due to that I see it happen so much in e genuinelyday life that e trulyone lives as actors and goes seat to a normal life and not this sad, difficult problem. The largest part of the meeting was support orientated and sharing stories, struggles and success.I got to hear how they got there and what they are doing to stay strong. The stories that were told were clandestine and very heart breaking. It do alcohol attend like such a autocratic substance that can become foul if used too much or in large amounts at one time. Alcohol is never seen as macrocosm bad or controlling until people start binge drinking and it gets out of hand and we need help. I f eel that if college kids would listen to some of the situations and the real struggles of others wherefore they would feel less obligated to get d actionk all the time. almost of these people have hit rock bottom and you could see who they really were and the struggles they went through. There were many different stories on how they got to where they were and what pushed them to go the right way. Some were their kids and families or someone who took the time to help them and show them things could get better. There were a few parents there that wanted more information about how the kids in this coevals were abusing alcohol so they knew what to look for in their own children. This type of meeting for the association is very helpful due to that everything is confidential and you can get help for free.I feel like if I could change something about the meeting is making it so that you mountt have to say your make in the beginning because it makes people seem insecure about themselve s. Our fraternity midpoint us a place for those to go who could need help in a variety of ways. Some see it as a church or a counseling center. It is a place to go for enjoyment and help. They provide food and drill as well as plays, activities or talent shows. The shelter is a place for homeless people in the city and a place for them to pray and test religious insight.The leader of the OCP is Ron Copland and is a great supporter and motivator for this shelter. He wants everyone to feel closer and equal. He has had many great ideas to make this place a lucky shelter and made him a goodish leader and achiever. He is extremely dedicate and spends most of his time and money into this proffer only facility. He is a very inspirational man and has fag oute so much in his lifetime to help others that time I was there I wanted to help and show my gratitude and note for all he has done. He is a wonderful man and he has succeeded in life.The OCP is a group that uses caring experie nces and work together to help others. Recovering alcoholics and accredited alcoholics come here to work together and entertain busy while onerous to get over their problem. They use horticulture and other occupations to show them how to move on and work together. They use a broadcast called OCM which is our community works. They learn to work with severally other versus doing it all alone. The center does many activities and political programs to get everyone involved and help them run these programs and volunteers like my self help have got this wonderful place in the right direction.When I went to the center there was a talent show. Everyone there had a job to do for the show to be vomit up on. They were people from little kids to older adults and they all worked together like they were best friends who know each other forever. OCP is an effective program that is steadily spreading to more individuals. It brings not only people without homes together but those people o f the community. It makes us thankful for what we have and realize they are real people. We dont see homeless people we see every day plain-Jane citizens.We see our community in new light. for each one Program had its own approach to the problem at hand. The alcoholics anonymous meeting was depressing and awkward. People were sad and uncomfortable and no one sounded like they wanted to be there. The OCP was much more upbeat and happy. I feel that it is a much better way to get over alcoholism. It gives you activities to keep your mind off drinking and keeps you happy. I would rather forget about a drink than talk about it in an awkward group meeting. I intend MR.Copland was onto something when he opened the OCP. But just like any idea it may not work for everyone. Both of these situations have shown me another side of the tracks. Both community programs help others and have me a different perspective on alcoholics and their situations. Hearing their stories was very sad and I co uld not recollect what they go through. Mr. Copland and his hard work made me inspired to work to help others. He has helped so many people and it mat good to show people that they are equal and can get their problems interpreted care of.