* 1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous ( d. 1950 )

Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) is an international mutual aid movement founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith ( Bill W. and Dr. Bob ) in Akron, Ohio.

AA's name derived from its first book, informally called " The Big Book ", originally titled Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism

To promote the fellowship, Wilson and other members wrote the initially-titled book, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism, from which AA drew its name.

A regional service center for Alcoholics Anonymous.

The Big Book ( from Alcoholics Anonymous ) states that once a person is an alcoholic, they are always an alcoholic, but does not define what is meant by the term " alcoholic " in this context.

In 1960, Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ), said:

* Bill W. ( Bill Wilson ), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Non-Communist organizations also have Central Committees, such as the Mennonite Church and Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors ( to war ).

* 1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.

* 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.

* 1935 – Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith ( founders of Alcoholics Anonymous ) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.

However, she was an alcoholic and often had to be brought home from Chicago bars by her husband ; she finally joined Alcoholics Anonymous.

Spirituality has played a central role in self-help movements such as Alcoholics Anonymous: "... if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead ...."

Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism in 1939.

These are the original Twelve Steps as published by Alcoholics Anonymous:

** The first London chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous is founded.

** Bill W. ( William Griffith Wilson ), co-founder Alcoholics Anonymous ( b. 1895 )

* June 10 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.

Jung recommended spirituality as a cure for alcoholism and he is considered to have had an indirect role in establishing Alcoholics Anonymous.

One of the alcoholics he brought into the Oxford Group was Ebby Thacher, a long-time friend and drinking buddy of Bill Wilson, later co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ).

The influence of Jung thus indirectly found its way into the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous, the original twelve-step program, and from there into the whole twelve-step recovery movement, although AA as a whole is not Jungian and Jung had no role in the formation of that approach or the twelve steps.

Rational Recovery and Rational Recovery Systems, Inc. is a commercial vendor of material related to counseling, guidance, and direct instruction for addiction designed as a direct counterpoint to Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) and twelve-step programs.

After commitment to a sanitarium, Joe finally gets sober for a while, with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous, a dedicated sponsor named Jim Hungerford ( Jack Klugman ) and regular AA meetings.

Although the two bonded over their shared alcoholism, Mike has coped with his own addictions by joining Alcoholics Anonymous and by becoming a compulsive gambler ; in between work on Coven, Mike goes to the gas station to buy lottery tickets, sometimes accompanied by his AA sponsor, who then drives them both to Gamblers ' Anonymous meetings.

Alcoholics Anonymous " is a program for alcoholics who seek freedom from alcohol " but does refer to " some AA members who have misused drugs ... in such a manner as to become a threat to the achievement and maintenance of sobriety " and mentions that drugs can " create a dependence just as devastating as dependence on alcohol ".

Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson wrote in the February 1958 AA Grapevine that

Since then he has abstained from alcohol completely and still regularly attends Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) meetings.

In 1941 the first prison meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous took place at San Quentin ; in commemoration of this, the 25-millionth copy of the AA Big Book was presented to Jill Brown, of San Quentin, at the International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Grapevine, The International Journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, identified Niebuhr as the author ( January 1950, pp. 6 – 7 ), and the AA web site continues to identify Niebuhr as the author.

Hellrung joined Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ), recovered, and eventually became well known for his activism within the organization.

Mr. Kinnon and several others were given permission from Alcoholics Anonymous to adapt the AA Twelve Steps, but Jimmy changed the Step 1 from " Powerless over Alcohol " to " Powerless over Addiction.

Fox's secretary was the mother of one of the men who worked with Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W., and partly as a result of this connection early AA groups often went to hear Fox.

This organization was based on many of the teachings of ACIM, as well as some Biblical and AA ( Alcoholics Anonymous ) materials.

She was the wife of Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) co-founder Bill W. They both were following their respective group's Tradition of anonymity until Bill's death in 1971 when The New York Times included his full name and identifying him as cofounder of AA as well as breaking Lois's anonymity.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence ( NCADD ) was founded in 1944 by the first female member of Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ), Marty Mann ( 1905-1980 ).

( i. e., Bill Wilson ), excerpts of which can be found in Pass It On, published by Alcoholics Anonymous.

" Although apparently elderly, he claims to be only 31 years old ( in 1993's " Selma's Choice ", his driver's license says he was born August 2, 1961, and in " Duffless ", Moleman confessed his real age at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, implying that his grotesque appearance has been caused by severe alcoholism ), though Moleman has been seen at the Springfield Retirement Home on season ten's " The Old Man and the " C " Student " and in the season 13 episode Little Girl in the Big Ten.

The All-American Soapbox Derby, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, National Hamburger Festival, Founders Day ( Alcoholics Anonymous ), and Road Runner Akron Marathon are annually hosted by the city which is a venue for some events of the 2014 Gay Games.

There also exist support groups for codependency, such as Celebrate Recovery a Christian, Bible-based group, Co-Dependents Anonymous ( CoDA ) and Al-Anon / Alateen, Nar-Anon, and Adult Children of Alcoholics ( ACoA ), which are based on the twelve-step program model of Alcoholics Anonymous.

The film is told mostly in flashback, with Eli recounting his side to Esther ( Doris Roberts ), an HIV clinic worker as he waits for test results and Tom to a guy he meets at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

* Bob Smith ( doctor ) ( 1879 – 1950 ), founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

* Richard R. Peabody ( 1892 – 1936 ), author of The Common Sense of Drinking, a major influence on Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson.

* Bill W. ( William Griffith Wilson, 1895 – 1971 ), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Abby went out of her way to make sure Val found out Gary was cheating on her with Judy Trent ( Jane Elliott ), the attractive wife of Earl Trent, a man he was sponsoring in Alcoholics Anonymous.

* GSR ( General Service Representative ), an elected service position in Alcoholics Anonymous.

* My Name is Todd W. ( original air date: November 28, 2002 )-Todd throws a party in an attempt at being cool, but after he spills beer on himself and falls out of a window ( and onto Dean Earhart ), Todd gets stripped of his R. A. duties and ends up in Alcoholics Anonymous, where he falls for Sanford's sister Cindy.

The fifth entry, 1982's Eight Million Ways to Die ( often cited as the best ), is the first to notably move the character forward, concluding with Scudder introducing himself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Though Scudder never takes another drink ( coming closest in Boneyard ), alcohol continues to play a large role in his life: he continues to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings ( which constitute a central setting of the later novels ), and his best friend, Mick Ballou, is a career criminal and saloonkeeper with whom he often spends long nights.

When the differences between them became too obvious, Helen breaks up with Frankie, and he joins Alcoholics Anonymous ( or a similar program ) and a theatre group along with Mary ( Susan Lynch ), a good-hearted alcoholic.