Alcoholics Anonymous

Summary

Alcoholics Anonymous is a nonprofit organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,543 views/month, #11 of 3,287).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alcoholics Anonymous's field of work was twelve-step program^[3].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's field of work was teetotalism^[4].
• Alcoholics Anonymous was influenced by Samuel M. Shoemaker, III^[5].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[6].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's instance of is recorded as support group^[7].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's instance of is recorded as self-help group for mental health^[8].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's founder is recorded as Bob Smith^[9].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's founder is recorded as Bill W.^[10].
• alcoholism is named after Alcoholics Anonymous^[11].
• anonymity is named after Alcoholics Anonymous^[12].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's logo image is recorded as Alcoholics Anonymous (logo).svg^[13].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121719039^[14].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151122076^[15].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 313014548^[16].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's GND ID is recorded as 2058106-3^[17].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78087105^[18].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119889943^[19].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's IdRef ID is recorded as 142595977^[20].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001245963^[21].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01001645^[22].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's Commons category is recorded as Alcoholics Anonymous^[23].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000436^[24].
• +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous^[25].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0wb_^[26].
• Alcoholics Anonymous's MeSH tree code is recorded as N03.540.782.270^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Bob Smith^[9] and Bill W.^[10]. +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous^[25].

Industry

Fields of work include twelve-step program^[3], a medical treatment^[28] and teetotalism^[4], a human behavior^[29].

Why It Matters

Alcoholics Anonymous ranks in the top 0.33% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,543 views/month, #11 of 3,287).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]