An interactive lineage · 1935—2026
From one room
to a world of rooms.
One peer-support model, many autonomous fellowships. Move through time to see origins appear, documented routes extend, and today’s reported meeting footprints come into view.
1935
A.A. begins in Akron, Ohio
1fellowships begun
1A.A. nations*
1.6M+selected current metric*
95 unique locations from 99 official A.A. directory selections · appearance year estimated
origindirectory location
1935195019651980199520102026
Fellowship origins
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A map of evidence—not a census.
Anonymous fellowships deliberately do not keep membership rolls, and their autonomous service structures report differently. Where an official world service publishes a meeting or country total, this page uses it. Elsewhere, registered meetings, intergroups, or explicitly named countries are used as a lower-bound proxy.
Origins are point evidenceDates and cities come from official fellowship histories or service manuals.
Arcs are milestone evidenceThey appear only when an official source identifies a dated place or expansion phase.
Halos are footprint proxiesSize reflects the latest official group, meeting, or country figure—not comparative membership.
DATA NOTE · Snapshot researched 6 Nov 2026. “Meetings,” “groups,” “countries” and “members” are not interchangeable; figures are official reported totals or directory proxies and may omit autonomous/unregistered groups. Principal sources: aa.org/the-start-and-growth-of-aa; na.org/e-lit/na-a-resource-in-your-community; al-anon.org (2024 Membership Survey); oa.org/documents/2017-membership-survey-report; adultchildren.org (2024 Delegate Guidebook); slaafws.org/a-brief-history-of-slaa; saa-recovery.org/information-for-professionals; coda.org/outreach/supporting-members/world-wide-support. Base map: Natural Earth geography, Robinson projection, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons. Full linked bibliography is available in the interactive Sources panel.
A.A. COUNTRY LAYER · Current locations are drawn from the official A.A. Worldwide Directory (aa.org/find-aa/world), captured 6 Nov 2026: 99 directory selections representing 95 unique ISO locations after consolidating England, Scotland, Wales and Great Britain into the United Kingdom. Appearance years are explicitly modeled estimates, not claims by A.A.