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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the first twelve-step fellowship, was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, known to AA members as "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob", in Akron, Ohio. In 1946 they formally established the twelve traditions to help deal with the issues of how various groups could relate and function as membership grew.
The AA Foundation for Road Safety Research was created by the AA in 1986. [33] In 2002, the AA Motoring Trust charity was created to continue the AA's public interest and road safety activities; [34] its responsibilities were transferred to the IAM Motoring Trust, under the Institute of Advanced Motorists, at the end of 2006. [35]
The traditions were first published in the April 1946 AA Grapevine under the title Twelve Points to Assure Our Future [3] and were formally adopted at AA's first international convention in 1950. [1] Wilson's book on the subject, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions , was published in April 1953.
In 2011, secular meetings in Toronto, where the 12 steps were altered to remove references to God and prayer, were delisted from the Toronto AA online and print directories, effectively removing them from the network of meetings. They appealed this decision, but were rejected, leading to a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The ...
This is a list of Twelve Steps alternate wordings of the Twelve Steps set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems that was originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1]
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The AA, formerly AA plc, also formerly AA Limited, and formerly The Automobile Association, in the United Kingdom; AA Ireland in Ireland; ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club) in Germany; RACE (automobile association) (Real Automóvil Club de España) in Spain
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. AA Book may refer to: Projects Review, or the AA Book, of the ...