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[1] [2] [3] SLAA is also sometimes known as the Augustine Fellowship, because early members saw many of their shared symptoms described by St. Augustine of Hippo in his work Confessions. [4] COSLAA is another twelve-step fellowship created to support the family members and friends of sex and love addicts.
William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) with Bob Smith.. AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about two million members worldwide belonging to AA groups, associations, organizations, cooperatives, and fellowships of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve and ...
[18] [19] During this time, the B.A.A. was a commercial enterprise of the Boston Garden, which hosted its annual indoor meet. [20] For many years, the Boston Athletic Association Indoor Games, not the Boston Marathon, was the Association's premier event. It attracted top athletes, including Cornelius Warmerdam, Wes Santee, and Ron Delany ...
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of how Many Thousands of Men and Women have Recovered from Alcoholism (4th ed.). New York City: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. 2001. ISBN 978-1-893007-16-1. LCCN 2001094693. OCLC 864485735. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. 2012. ISBN 978-0-916856-01-4. LCCN 53-5454.
He attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, cleans up his appearance, and attends helicopter-flying lessons. He remains sober by the episode's end, though his alcoholism is replaced by an unhealthy dependence on coffee. [212] Bloody Mary - A 2005 episode of the animated TV series South Park where Randy Marsh must attend AA meetings after getting ...
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. ISBN 091685602X. Alcoholics Anonymous (1984). Pass It On: The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A. A. Message Reached the World. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. ISBN 0916856127. Cheever, Susan (2004). My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson – His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous.
After the Boston Massacre in 1770, yearly anniversary meetings were held at the church until 1775, featuring speakers such as John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren. In 1773, 5,000 people met in the Meeting House to debate British taxation and, after the meeting, a group raided three tea ships anchored nearby in what became known as the Boston Tea ...
[1] Narcotics Anonymous uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied substance use disorders [2] and is the second-largest 12-step organization, [3] after 12-step pioneer Alcoholics Anonymous. As of May 2018 there were more than 70,000 NA meetings in 144 countries. [4]