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Alcoholics Anonymous

self-help organization
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Summary

Alcoholics Anonymous is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,314 views/month, #11 of 3,287).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: twelve-step program[3], teetotalism[4]
  • Influenced by: Samuel M. Shoemaker, III[5]
  • Instance of: support group[6], self-help group for mental health[7]
  • Founder: Bob Smith[8], Bill W.[9]
  • Named after: alcoholism[10], anonymity[11]
  • Commons category: Alcoholics Anonymous[12]
  • Inception: 1935[13]
  • Official website: https://aa.org/[14], https://www.aa.org/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alcoholics Anonymous[16]
  • Native label: Alcoholics Anonymous[17], アルコホーリクス・アノニマス[18]
  • History of topic: history of Alcoholics Anonymous[19]

Why It Matters

Alcoholics Anonymous has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

William Inge

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Iru no ha tsurai yo. alcohol.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . aa.org. aa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Iru no ha tsurai yo. e-healthnet.mhlw.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Alcoholics Anonymous. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/alcoholics-anonymous
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Jeuwre · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → De-Anonyme Alkoholiker.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Anonyme Alkoholiker.ogg"
  2. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 316980
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 316980, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296167373|Alcoholics Anonymous (#296167373)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisim"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → alcoholics-anonymous
    Nl cr aut id → ko2011618210, xx0326359
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: alcoholics-anonymous, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912425|alcoholics anonymous (#289912425)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  4. 18w ago · ~2026-33719-14 · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ko2011618210, xx0326359
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Nl cr aut id: ko2011618210 DOBLE II SEGUNDA VENIDAD FIN DE LOS TIEMPOS TEMPLO DE LA LETRA"
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