October 1996
How AA Started in South Africa
A brief history of 50 years of AA in South Africa (1946-1996)
One of the earliest AA pioneers in South Africa was Arthur S. of Johannesburg. Arthur, a stockbroker, first found out about AA from an article in Reader's Digest, which featured Alcoholics Anonymous quite prominently. He wrote to the AA office in New York and received a pamphlet. Armed with nothing more than this, Arthur started the first group of Alcoholics Anonymous in South Africa.
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