Alcoholics Anonymous

n. organization which provides group meetings and group support for recovering alcoholics

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an informal society for recovering alcoholics. Members meet in local groups that vary in size from a handful to many hundreds of individuals. In 2001 there were 100,000 groups worldwide, making a global community of more than two million members.The stated primary purpose of the society is "to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety." AA teaches that an alcoholic, in order to recover, should abstain completely from alcohol on a daily basis; the society in turn offers a community of recovering people who support each other by "sharing experience, strength and hope" and often by working the suggested Twelve Steps together.
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Noun
1. an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
(synonym) AA
(hypernym) nongovernmental organization, NGO

noun
organization of former alcoholics which helps sufferers from alcoholism to overcome their dependence on alcohol by encouraging them to talk about their problems in group therapy

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