Editing Alcoholics Anonymous (section)

==== Inclusivity & language accessibility ====
Inclusivity is a core principle of AA meetings, which welcome all alcoholics, though some are tailored to specific demographics such as gender, age, profession, or cultural background. Since the mid-1970s, several 'agnostic' or 'no-prayer' AA groups have begun across the US, Canada, and other parts of the world, which hold meetings that adhere to a tradition allowing alcoholics to freely express their doubts or disbelief that spirituality will help their recovery, and these meetings forgo the use of opening or closing prayers.<ref name="HNN2011">{{cite news |last=C. |first=Roger |date=November 2011 |title=A History of Agnostic Groups in Alcoholics Anonymous: Part 1 |url=http://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2011-11-a-history-of-agnostic-groups-in-alcoholics-anonymous |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225510/http://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2011-11-a-history-of-agnostic-groups-in-alcoholics-anonymous |archive-date=21 February 2014 |access-date=12 February 2014 |publisher=Humanist Network News}}</ref><ref name="NYT2014">{{cite news |last=Freedman |first=Samuel |date=21 February 2014 |title=Alcoholics Anonymous, Without the Religion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/us/alcoholics-anonymous-without-the-religion.html |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/us/alcoholics-anonymous-without-the-religion.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |access-date=26 February 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Meetings in the United States are held in a variety of languages including [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[English language|English]], [[Persian language|Farsi]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[French language|French]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Russian language|Russian]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alcoholics Anonymous (A. A.) Meetings in Los Angeles County, California |url=http://www.simeetings.com/LA/LAMtgs.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609143805/http://www.simeetings.com/LA/LAMtgs.html |archive-date=9 June 2017 |access-date=29 May 2017 |publisher=Alcoholics Anonymous in Staten Island, N. Y.}}</ref>[[File:Alcohólicos Anónimos, Montevideo URU.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of Alcohólicos Anónimos in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]]]