ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Definition & Meaning

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Alcoholics Anonymous

[ al-kuh-haw-liks uh-non-uh-muhs, -hol-iks ]

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an alcoholism support and recovery organization for members whose purpose is to stay sober and help others recover from alcohol use disorder.

Alcoholics Anonymous

noun

an association of alcoholics who try, esp by mutual assistance, to overcome alcoholism

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Origin of Alcoholics Anonymous¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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When Chamberlain was about 9, his father joined Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Kennedy has been outspoken about his own experience using heroin and seeking help through Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Villarreal: Part of your preparation involved attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, which is such an intimate thing to observe.

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He’d experimented with bouts of sobriety, going one year post-1D where his only “vice was cigarettes,” and attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, one time with Russell Brand.

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First, it refers to intergenerational trauma — her parents met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and her father, Joel, died of complications from drug addiction in 2015.

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