Free exhibition in Eastbourne to celebrate 75th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous
and live on Freeview channel 276
‘Darkness Into Light’ will be held at Eastbourne Library in Grove Road from August 3-27 and will be opened by the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Mr Andrew Blackman DL at a private event on August 2.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was established in the UK 75 years ago and now has more than 25,000 active members.
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The exhibition, which is part of a roadshow travelling across the South of England, will be open to the public and is free to attend.
A spokesperson at AA said: “We, at AA, are not anti-alcohol, but are people who have discovered and admitted that we cannot control alcohol. We have learned that we must live without it to live normal, happy lives. We do not impose our experience of problem drinking on others but only share it when asked.
"It is our hope that the Darkness Into Light exhibition promotes the history and work of AA in the UK, informs and removes the stigma around excessive alcohol use, and offers support to anyone wishing to address their problem and seek recovery.”
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