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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual-aid fellowship focused on an abstinence-based recovery model from alcoholism through its spiritually...

tasks. The Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous article of this encyclopedia notes the difficulty in rigorously testing the effectiveness of AA. Given...

selected to abbreviate Nicotine Anonymous at the annual World Service Conference. Adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., the...

program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, aided its membership to overcome alcoholism. Since that time dozens of other organizations...

12-step pioneer Alcoholics Anonymous. As of May 2018[update] there were more than 70,000 NA meetings in 144 countries. The third tradition of NA states that...

peer support and non-professional counseling, however the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous is disputed. A 2020 Cochrane review concluded that Twelve-Step...

Clear: Stories of Hope. Crystal Meth Anonymous, Inc. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4507-7770-4. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of how Many Thousands of Men and Women...

Emotions Anonymous (EA) is a twelve-step program for recovery from mental and emotional illness.It is modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous. Founded in 1971...

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Neurotics Anonymous is abbreviated N/A or NAIL. The conception of Neurotics Anonymous began with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder...

Association (APA). Gamblers Anonymous was founded in 1957 by Jim W. He was an alcoholic who used his experience in Alcoholics Anonymous as the foundation in...

those affected. Of individual therapy groups, researchers distinguish between Behavior Control groups (such as Alcoholics Anonymous and TOPS) and Stress...

membership because of drinking, drug use, or disruptive behavior. Oxford House is not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, organizationally...

training Drug rehabilitation Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous Group psychotherapy Intervention (counseling) List of twelve-step groups Recovery approach...

were incorporated into the therapy, actual Alcoholics Anonymous meetings were not included. Three types of treatment were investigated: Cognitive Behavioral...

Horrified that an innocent man might be convicted, Justin asks his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor Larry, a defense attorney, for advice. Larry informs Justin...

solution" of the Group to suffering alcoholics led to Dr. Bob’s sobriety in 1935. Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob shortly after founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)....

of Alcoholics Anonymous and their application. The book dedicates a chapter to each step and each tradition, providing a detailed interpretation of these...

Anonymous (HA) is a non-profit group founded in Phoenix, AZ in 2004 to help people addicted to heroin remain substance-free. Modeled after Alcoholics...

four spiritual characteristics Alcoholics Anonymous identified by Ernest Kurtz); the scores were found to explain 41% of the variance in the treatment...

mutual aid self-help groups. Most common are 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and self-help groups for mental health. Professionally operated support...