Alcoholics Anonymous

[ al-kuh-haw-liks uh-non-uh-muhs, -hol-iks ]

Trademark.

1. an alcoholism support and recovery organization for members whose purpose is to stay sober and help others recover from alcohol use disorder.

Alcoholics Anonymous

noun

1. an association of alcoholics who try, esp by mutual assistance, to overcome alcoholism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Alcoholics Anonymous¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He’d experimented with bouts of sobriety, going one year post-1D where his only “vice was cigarettes,” and attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, one time with Russell Brand.

From Los Angeles Times

First, it refers to intergenerational trauma — her parents met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and her father, Joel, died of complications from drug addiction in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

When asked what helped him to make a change, he named Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA.

From Salon

I haven’t drunk for more than 600 days now and I go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings every week but it is just one day at a time for me.

From BBC

He was a Ballard kid whose world straddled the early punk rock days in Seattle, the fishing industry and its battles for sustainability in Alaska waters, and his work with Alcoholics Anonymous.

From Seattle Times