Bornali Das, the Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) was invited as Chief Guest to a Seminar by Alcoholic Anonymous (AA), “Impact of alcohol use disorders in families of addiction” in Guwahati. AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with the stated purpose of enabling its members to “stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety”. AA is nonprofessional, self-supporting, and apolitical.