history of alcoholics anonymous
ANONYMOUS MARKETING In the Beginning The beginning of the Alcoholic Anonymous movement is historically attributed to two men, William Griffith Wilson and Dr. ... This included a large group of alcoholics. ... As Bill started to expand his support groups to the New York area, his wife began support groups for the wives of alcoholics. ... They named the book ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ and the name was also adapted for the movement itself. ... It was then that Liberty magazine published the article “Alcoholics and God – Is there hope for habitual drunkards? ... Its whole concern is with the rescue of allergic alcoholics, the small proportion of the population who must be cured or perish. ... had never claimed to be the end all cure for all alcoholics. ... The Alcoholics Anonymous book, or “The Big Book” as AA’er call it is now in it’s 4th edition. ... No matter how many benders may be in a person’s history, they can walk into their first meeting and feel loved like one of a family.