AA Membership Survey 2007

Relations with helping professionals Results of the 2007 AA Membership Survey of Alcoholics Anonymous confirm growing trust and transparency in the relationships between alcoholics and their health caregivers – doctors, nurses, counsellors and others – who, in turn, appear to be more informed about A.A. 74% of members’ doctors know they are in A.A., and 39% of members said they had been referred to A.A. by a health care professional. 63% said they had received some type of treatment or counselling before coming to A.A., and, of these, 74% said it had played an important part in directing them to Alcoholics Anonymous. The typical A.A. member has been sober more than 8 years, attends an average of 2.4 meetings a week 85% belong to a home group. Women The percentage of women in A.A., which climbed steadily from 22% in 1968 to 33% in 2007, is holding, after a minor dip or two, at that figure. The Survey Random anonymous surveys have been conducted by the General Service Office of A.A., New York City, about every three years since 1968. Their main purpose has been to keep A.A.s informed about current trends in membership characteristics and to provide information about the Fellowship to the professional community and the general public as part of the ongoing effort to help those who suffer from alcoholism. Questionnaires for the latest 2007 survey were completed by approximately 8,000 U.S. & Canadian members, ranging in age from teens to 70 plus years....
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