Alcoholics Anonymous

aa.org zoominfo.com/c/alcoholics-anonymous/71374 lcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of over 2 million members recovering from alcoholism, founded on June 10, 1935, in Akron, Ohio by Bill W. and Dr. Bob, and based on the "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" outlined in its 1939 basic text, the "Big Book" — now translated into 70+ languages. aa.org is the official site of the General Service Office (New York) serving the U.S./Canada, with content in English, Spanish, and French, offering free literature (PDF, audio, and ASL versions), a searchable Big Book, meeting finders, and the Meeting Guide app. The fellowship operates in ~180 countries with 123,000+ groups; its 2022 membership survey (6,000 respondents) showed an average age of 52 and 44% with over 10 years of sobriety. A.A. is an "upside-down" organization: ultimate authority rests with autonomous groups, leaders are rotating "trusted servants," and it is fully self-supporting accepting money only from members $7,5k person/year