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Alcoholic Anonymous

During my Gwahati visit long back, I get chance to interact with this group. In the class, they shouted loudly raising hand and said " I am alcoholic". It appears to me that this reduces social stigma. Got some info about them in wikipedia. This is given below: Alcoholics Anonymous  ( AA ) is an international  mutual aid  fellowship [1] founded in 1935 by  Bill Wilson  and  Dr. Bob Smith  in  Akron, Ohio . AA's stated "primary purpose" is to help  alcoholics "stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve  sobriety ". [2] [3] [4]  With other early members Bill Wilson and Bob Smith developed AA's  Twelve Step  program of spiritual and character development. AA's initial  Twelve Traditions  were introduced in 1946 to help the fellowship be stable and unified while disengaged from "outside issues" and influences.