[The composition of alcoholics anonymous in the Federal Republic of Germany (author's transl)].

In this, the first, enquiry of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Federal Republic of Germany, undertaken with the support of the AA organisation, nearly 1200 members of various group meetings (most of them weekly attenders) answered an extensive questionnaire, randomly distributed. The results indicate a steady growth of this self-help organisation over the years, at about 30% yearly, to a projected total of 23 000 in 1980. Comparison with similar enquiries in the USA indicates that the German AA consist of younger age-groups. No regional differences emerged from these largely group-demographic data.