Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was established in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, American men who were significantly influenced by a Christian organization called the Oxford Group. Central to AA ...

Alcoholics Anonymous is, by far, the largest and most venerable addiction recovery group in the world. Founded nearly 80 years ago, AA now boasts 2.1 million worldwide members, many of whom attribute ...

A local support group is on the hunt for a new meeting space to accommodate a growing number of attendees. Calhoun’s ...

(CNN) --Alcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide support fellowship with a goal to achieve sobriety, may be the most effective path to abstinence for people struggling with alcohol use disorder, according to ...

Dealing with addiction can be a lifelong struggle -- but it’s not a battle you have to fight alone. For many people dealing with alcohol addiction, they turn to Alcoholics Anonymous as a first step in ...

Its faith-based 12-step program dominates treatment in the United States. But researchers have debunked central tenets of AA doctrine and found dozens of other treatments more effective. J.G. is a ...

With the fervor of a tent revival, the Cherry Fellowship Hall rocked with cheers and applause. “I’m Amy … I’m Jeffrey … I’m Miranda, and I’m an alcoholic.” Some had been sober 24 hours. Some more than ...

From broken necks to casual sex and crumbled marriages, binge-drinking women reveal their darkest battles with the bottle IT’S Tuesday night and I’m at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at a church in a ...

The legendary composer says becoming sober is "the best thing that ever happened to me." ...

Alcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide support fellowship with a goal to achieve sobriety, may be the most effective path to abstinence for people struggling with alcohol use disorder, according to a ...