New Delhi: Ever since the coordinates of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) were aired on the Aamir Khan-hosted Satyamev Jayate, the AA office phones have been continuously ringing and their website has crashed because of an unprecedented spurt in traffic. But not many in India know about the entity and the help alcoholics or alcohol abusers can get there. AA, an international mutual aid movement founded in 1935, lists this as its main aim: "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety". Built on strong evangelical values in consonance with 1st century Christianity, its founders Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, along With other early members, developed AA's twelve-step programme of spiritual and character development. They are called the 12 Traditions.
Our common welfare should come
first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.
For our group purpose there is but
one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group
conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
The only requirement for AA
membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Each group should be autonomous
except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Each group has but one primary
purpose — to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
An AA group ought never endorse,
finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise,
lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary
purpose.
Every AA group ought to be fully
self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain
forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
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