Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 and since then the 12-step program has been pushed as the mainstream way of “kicking the demon”. In fact, the program has morphed to entail “other” drugs too. What’s more important is that A.A became the way for courts to make addiction “not their problem”. In fact, most times when there is someone who broke the law while under the influence of alcohol – the judge would mandate A.A sessions in order to avoid jail.