Alcoholics Anonymous

Japanese: Alcoholics Anonymous(英語表記)AlcoholicsAnonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous

...Alcoholics Anonymous is a group activity that is organized by friends to break the vicious cycle of drinking, escape self-destructive behavior, and to free people from loneliness and motivate them to seek treatment. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which was founded in the United States in 1935, has grown worldwide with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. There is AA in Japan, but there are also local alcoholics groups all over the country that meet without anonymity, organized by the All Japan Alcoholics Anonymous Federation. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Alcoholics Anonymous" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アルコール依存者が飲酒の悪循環を断ち切り,自己破壊行動から逃れるために,孤独感からの解放と治療への動機づけのために,仲間たちでつくるグループ活動が断酒会である。アメリカで1935年に生まれた酒害者匿名会Alcoholics Anonymous(略称AA)は,ロックフェラー財団の援助を受けて,今では世界的に発展している。日本にもAAはあるが,とくに匿名でなく集まる全日本断酒連盟がつくっている地区断酒会が全国各地にある。…

※「Alcoholics Anonymous」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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