Editing Alcoholics Anonymous (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Grupo de Alcohólicos Anónimos en Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 02.jpg|thumb|AA group in [[Pátzcuaro|Pátzcuaro, Michoacán]], Mexico]]

=== 2014 membership survey ===
AA's New York General Service Office survey of over 6,000 members in Canada and the United States concluded that, in North America, AA members who responded to the survey were 62% male and 38% female. The survey found that 89% of AA members were white.<ref name="MembershipSurvey">{{cite web |year=2014 |title=Alcoholics Anonymous 2014 Membership Survey |url=http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-48_membershipsurvey.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-48_membershipsurvey.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |publisher=AA World Services}}</ref> Average member sobriety is slightly under 10 years with 36% sober more than ten years, 13% sober from five to ten years, 24% sober from one to five years, and 27% sober less than one year.<ref name="MembershipSurvey" /> Before coming to AA, 63% of members received some type of treatment or counseling, such as medical, psychological, or spiritual. After coming to AA, 59% received outside treatment or counseling. Of those members, 84% said that outside help played an important part in their recovery.<ref name="MembershipSurvey" />

The same survey showed that AA received 32% of its membership from other members, another 32% from treatment facilities, 30% were self-motivated to attend AA, 12% of its membership from court-ordered attendance, and only 1% of AA members decided to join based on information obtained from the Internet.  People taking the survey were allowed to select multiple answers for what motivated them to join AA.<ref name="MembershipSurvey" />

=== Diversity ===
A 2024 study found that Black, Hispanic, and younger adults are less likely to attend AA meetings compared to white and older adults, with these disparities remaining consistent over time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Dennis |date=24 Jan 2024 |title=AA Programs Turn Lives Around, But Most Members Are White: Study |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-01-24/aa-programs-turn-lives-around-but-most-members-are-white-study |work=U.S. News}}</ref>