Alcoholic Anonymous

Japanese: 断酒会 - だんしゅかい(英語表記)alcoholic anonymous
Alcoholic Anonymous
The American Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was founded in 1934 when a stockbroker and a doctor who had once been chronic alcoholics called for people to "help each other and serve those in need, so that we can break free from alcohol." The history of the Temperance Society in Japan is said to have begun with the Yokohama Temperance Society in 1875, but the organization was destroyed during World War II. In 1957, the Tokyo Temperance Society was established, modeled on the American AA, and organizations were established in various regions, leading to the formation of the All Japan Temperance Federation in 1963. It holds a national convention once a year. Today, Temperance Society can be found anywhere in the world where there are chronic alcoholics, and they conduct their activities in a way that is appropriate to the culture of each country.

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Japanese:
アメリカの断酒会 (AA) は 1934年,かつて慢性アルコール依存症であった株式仲買人と医師が,「アルコール依存症の者同士助け合って,困っている人に奉仕することによって,自分もアルコールから脱出しよう」と呼びかけたことに始る。日本の断酒会の歴史は 1875年の横浜禁酒会に始るといわれるが,第2次世界大戦によって組織が壊滅した。 1957年アメリカの AAを参考にした東京断酒新生会が発足し,その後各地で組織づくりが進んで,63年に全日本断酒連盟が結成された。年に1度全国大会を開いている。今日,断酒会は慢性アルコール依存症患者の存在するところなら世界中どこにでもあり,各国の文化に適した方法で運動を展開している。

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