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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), an international nonprofit organization, founded in 1935, consisting of abstinent alcoholics whose purpose is to stay sober and help others recover from the disease of alcoholism through a 12-step program, including group support, shared experiences, and faith in a higher power. The AA program, which emphasizes both medical and religious resources for help in overcoming alcoholism, consists of attending meetings and coping with abstinence "one day at a time." Meetings are held at convenient times in public locations such as factories, schools, churches, hospitals, and other community buildings. Similar groups who work with the children, relatives, friends, and associates of alcoholics are Al-Anon and Alateen. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), n.pr a 12-step program designed to assist those addicted to alcohol; participants aim to achieve and maintain sobriety through personal and group accountability relationships. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), n.pr a group program in which the members help themselves and each other defeat alcoholism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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must also attend Alcoholics Anonymous and complete the
annual relapse prevention program provided by the Sexual Behaviour
Program, while both adults are to maintain regular contact with the
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program and to complete other parenting
programs consistent with the girls' development. It takes an often-overlooked approach of transforming the
twelve-step recovery program of Alcoholics Anonymous to a similar
Depression Anonymous program, in order to help people cope and remain
balanced. Fired from Hughes Missile Systems (now Raytheon) in 1991 when he
tested positive for cocaine, Hernandez, who also had a drinking problem,
reapplied in 1994 after joining Alcoholics Anonymous and giving up
drugs. |
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