Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was established in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, American men who were significantly influenced by a Christian organization called the Oxford Group. Central to AA ...

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA’s basic text, says, “We have ceased fighting anything or anyone.” Fighting is bad for alkies, because outrage often leads to alcohol. Maybe the people running ...

Allow me to brag for a minute: I’m a pandemic-shutdown champion. I sit in my apartment day after day, week after week, focused on getting through the next few hours and not allowing myself to worry ...

No recovery program is more widely known or more frequently recommended than Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). For nearly 90 years, AA has served as the default path to recovery for people struggling with ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In 1960 Bill Wilson, the co-founder of ...

Alcoholics Anonymous, a worldwide support fellowship with a goal to achieve sobriety, may be the most effective path to abstinence for people struggling with alcohol use disorder, according to a ...

The original manuscript that became the basis for Alcoholics Anonymous is the subject of a new lawsuit by the organization, which wants to reclaim it before it can be auctioned next month. According ...

At a members-only club in Manhattan, a new generation rejects alcohol but isn’t quite ready to give up the party. By Lauren Mechling and Ye Fan Life feels too short to keep walking on eggshells around ...