Box 16 -verbal snapshot

When I walk into the old, wooden double doors at Fairbanks rehabilitation center I am immediately focused on the huge ligneous panels that have the twelve steps of A.A and N.A carved on them. They take up most of the wall at the front of the room. They look worn and like they have been through a lot. There is a small,proscenium stage directly below the panels that comes out about fifteen feet. The stage is covered with a flax like material with colors of green and blue. It looks fairly dingy from all the footsteps acquired throughout the many years of meetings. There are your typical gray plastic chairs in rows proceeding the stage. Chairs are also stacked up in sets of five along side the walls perpendicular to the rows. In the back of the room, when you first walk in, there is a small table where about three people can sit at. This table is filled with tiny pamphlets describing anything from alcoholics to overeaters. The table looks like it had just been sitting around at the rehabilitation center and someone just decided to take it and use it for the meetings. The rooms color scheme could put me to sleep. It's plain white bringing nothing of aesthetically pleasing value to the room. I wish they would make it more interesting. The aromas of anything from coffee to tea and peanuts to popcorn fill the air. I think this is because eating or drinking something takes your mind off of an addiction. It's an old oral fixation remedy. The lighting in the room is extremely bright because of the long, florescent bulbs in the ceiling. The ceilings are very tall. It is the kind of ceiling with squares and white, metal frames holding them.