Alcoholics Anonymous is

A) a religious group that condemns the use of alcohol.
B) one of the best-known approaches to the treatment of alcoholism.
C) an intensive, short-term support group for alcohol-dependent persons.
D) a treatment program based on psychodynamic principles.
E) a treatment group, consisting of alcohol-dependent persons at different stages, run by a therapist who was a former alcoholic.

Alcoholics Anonymous

A self-help organization and global community of individuals who share the common goal of achieving and maintaining sobriety from alcohol.

Alcoholism Treatment

Medical and psychological interventions aimed at helping individuals overcome dependence on alcohol and address related health and behavioral issues.

Psychodynamic Principles

Theoretical ideas originating in Freudian psychology that focus on the roles of unconscious motivations and early experiences in shaping behavior.