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NEW YORK, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
We hated to admit that we could never drink safely. But in A.A. we finally gave up trying to control our drinking. What once had felt like a solution to our problems had become a problem beyond what we could ever have imagined. And often we were the last to know.
We discovered that we had an illness called alcoholism - often referred to by the medical community as Alcohol Use Disorder.
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We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt, loneliness and hopelessness that we did.
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And a thank you from the General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous for continued cooperation
NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ From time to time we reach out to our friends in the media to thank them for helping us observe our long-standing tradition of anonymity for members of Alcoholics Anonymous.
First, we d like to express our thanks. From the beginning of A.A. over 85 years ago, we ve recognized that word-of-mouth is not enough to carry the A.A. program s message of hope and recovery to the many people still suffering from alcoholism. We ve needed help and the media has been a vital part of this effort. Today we estimate that there are more than 2 million successfully recovering members of Alcoholics Anonymous in more than 180 countries, and much of this growth can be attributed to the willingness of journalists and media professionals around the world to take an interest in our Fellowship.