Alcoholics Anonymous

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In the summer of 1935 the world's most famous programme for treating alcoholism, Alcoholics Anonymous, was founded in Akron, Ohio.

(Photo: Two men pouring alcohol down a drain during prohibition in America circa 1920. Credit : Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The story of our times, told by the people who were there