Ethnic Communities

A.A. and Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

After smoking, alcoholism kills more people in the UK than any other drug. One adult in 13 is dependant on drink, according to Government statistics.

33,000 people die each year due to alcohol-related incidents or associated health problems.

Alcohol is involved in 15% of road accidents, 26% of drownings, and 36% of deaths in fires.

A quarter of accidents at work are drink-related.

A.A. for Ethnic Communities

Alcoholics Anonymous is keen to work effectively with black and minority ethnic communities in Britain and there are now translations of the book “Alcoholics Anonymous” into over thirty languages including Hindi, Malayalan, Punjabi, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Turkish, and Arabic with more translations in hand.

The various pamphlets about different aspects of the Fellowship are also now in many Asian, European, and other languages and A.A. keeps a list of members that speak different languages at its Southern Service Office in London to help with calls from various minority ethnic communities.

What is the best way to get AA help for a problem drinker?

By far the best way to get help is to give them the A.A. telephone number (0800 917 7650) or to call the number while the patient or client is with you and hand them the phone.

The A.A. telephone helpline is manned by A.A. members with at least one year’s sobriety who will offer to arrange for a member to contact them to take them to a local meeting. A similar service is also available by email by writing to email hidden; JavaScript is required

For more information please click here to contact the Public Information team of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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